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09.17.2015
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The UN campaign "think, eat, hold", suggests some tips to reduce this waste in our day to day. We put them into practice?
1. intelligently shopping
Plan your meals, make shopping lists, avoid making impulse purchases. Do not be fooled by marketing strategies that want to convince you to buy more than you need.
2. Buy "ugly fruit"
In many cases, fruits are thrown away because they present size, shape and color "inadequate". Buying these fruits that actually are in perfect condition for consumption, you are using food that would be discarded. The same goes for vegetables.
1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually by FAO / UN report
3. Understand the due dates
Consume the product until the date indicated on the package or verify that you can freeze it.
4. Zero the refrigerator before a new purchase
Eat foods that are already in your refrigerator before you buy or prepare something new. This approach will save you time and money.
5. Use the freezer
Frozen foods remain safe indefinitely. Freeze fresh produce and meals of leftovers if you know you will not consume in the coming days to use them on another occasion.
6. Ask for smaller portions
Often restaurants offer half-portions at lower prices. If you live alone and has little product packaging that often use, share with neighbors.
7. Compost
You can reduce the impact on the climate making compost food scraps. Composting also recycles nutrients, which are availed by land.
8. Be rules in your kitchen
Attitudes as the first product that is opened should be consumed until the end before opening a new help to contain the waste. Has control over his dismissal. Cook and eat before you bought first. Store the newest canned deep shelves. Keep older in front for easy access.
9. Reuse leftovers of meals
Create recipes from leftovers. Rice's left of today's dinner can be enjoyed as a cookie at lunch tomorrow. Be creative! In the restaurant, take the leftovers home to eat later. Freeze leftovers if you do not want to eat immediately.
10. Make donations
Non-perishable foods and perishable foods that still have good consumption conditions can be donated to charities, for example.
Source: Consumidor.gov
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