Making a list with weekly meals in mind can save you money and time. Below are some tips to help you do just that: Planning and Shopping Tips Planning, prepping, and storing food can help your household waste less food. The Scraps Book- A Waste-Less Cookbook (pdf) LeanPath Infographic- 10 Tips and Tricks to Help Reduce Food Waste at Home (pdf) Natural Resources Defense Council Infographic- The Refrigerator Demystified (pdf) Municipal solid waste landfills are the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S. and food waste is responsible for 58% of landfill emissions. 2 Plus, when food decomposes in a landfill, methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted. More than 85 percent of GHG emissions from landfilled food waste result from activities prior to food entering a landfill, including the production, transport, processing, and distribution of food.
When food is wasted, the land, water, energy, and other inputs that are used in producing, processing, transporting, preparing, storing, and disposing the food are wasted as well. The average family of four spends $1,500 per year on food that does not get eaten.
