Would you like to reduce your household waste and be more food efficient, while saving money ?  Stop Food Waste.ie brings you some practical tips to reduce your food waste.

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Key Steps to Reducing Food Waste

The first thing is to be aware of how much you are throwing out, and what you are throwing out. So, for a couple of weeks try the following:

• Keep all your food waste in a separate sealed container – you’ll be surprised by how much you actually throw out (you can then add it to the appropriate bin when your waste is due to go out)
• Watch what you are throwing out – you may see some things that are always being thrown out 
• If you can, keep a note of how much you throw out and what you throw out regularly  
• Don’t forget the sink – a lot of milk and dairy products get thrown down the sink and while you don’t need to keep these separate, don’t forget to include them on your list

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