Plastic-Free Food Storage Tips
Plastic-Free Food Storage takes some thinking outside of our 21st century box but it can be done and this post shares some of my tips. There is no denying that plastic does a very good job of keeping fresh food,…
Use what you have
The idea to ‘use what you have’ is not new but it is difficult to break free from the consumerist principles of our society even when we are trying to live a lower waste life. Even those with anti-consumerist values…
Recycling is not the answer
Recycling makes sense, doesn’t it? Reusing resources means Earth’s finite resources last longer, plus energy, fuel and water are saved in the harvesting of new resources. And making products from recycled materials uses less energy than making them from new…
Shopping from Bulk Bin Stores
Shopping from bulk food or bulk bin stores is an excellent way to avoid a lot of single use plastic. It also has other advantages such as being able to buy just the quantity of food you need. If you…
Minimising Food Waste at Home
As a family wanting to reduce our carbon footprint, undoubtedly looking at ways to minimise our food waste is important. Food waste is not only costly for the household budget, the environmental impact of the production, transport, packaging and preparation…
Quick and Easy Menu Planning
I needed a quick and easy menu planning process to make menu planning a weekly habit, which I committed to do in Our First Family Footprint Steps. I’ve been refining my process over years and I’m at the point now…
Waste Reducing Principles
What are waste reducing principles? Well, they are the actions we can take to divert our household (or office or business or factory…) waste away from landfill. One of our family footprint goals for 2019 is to reduce as much…
