Saving food to save money: top tips

We think of food as a renewable resource – in some cases it literally grows on trees – but producing enough food for everyone has huge implications in terms of energy usage, carbon emissions, the land area taken up by farming and the associated cost of all of those things.

Using less food by being smart and less wasteful can all help to make this most crucial of global resources more sustainable, while saving money on household food costs at the same time.

Here are a few tips based on figures from Love Food Hate Waste to cut down on your food bill by being a bit more careful about how much you cook and how much you throw away.

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Top tips for an eco New Year’s resolution

We could all help the environment by making a new year’s resolution to reduce, reuse and recycle more, in order to minimise the amount of waste we each send to landfill.

But what are the best new year’s resolutions you can make for an eco-friendly 2018? Here are some of our top tips for an eco new year’s resolution, which might help inspire you to come up with some ideas of your own too.

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What to recycle after Christmas is over

Christmas can seem like a distant dream for most of the year, but once December arrives, the festive season soon comes and goes, leaving those of us who played host to clean up the mess it leaves behind.

While many households are becoming more conscious of reducing the waste packaging they produce and using more eco-friendly wrapping papers and decorations, there’s usually still a small mountain of waste to deal with.

So what can be recycled – and how easily?

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How to declutter your home the easy way

Clutter can consume your daily life, and decluttering can often feel overwhelming — whether the junk’s in one room or has taken over your entire house.

However, you’re not alone — 90% of the UK public has clutter in their home, and reducing it is more critical than ever.

Clutter impacts your physical space but can also affect your mental health. A shocking 47.2% of people reported feeling stressed and swamped by a disordered property.

Likewise, jumble leads to conflict between household members in 80% of the country’s houses.

It can be tempting to delay decluttering, but this can lead to further problems like the misplacement of essential things like keys.

Let’s dive into four vital decluttering tips to get you started on the road to an organised, junk-free home.

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Kitchen renovations: tips for a more economical cooking space

Homeowners everywhere dream of stamping their personality on their home, and while kitchen renovations can be ambitious, they can also have the biggest effect, and it doesn’t have to cost the earth to get the job done.

These are just some of the ways you can complete kitchen renovations on a budget, without compromising too much on the finished product – and how you can even save money over the long term.

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Restaurant food recycling: how it works

Restaurant food recycling helps businesses in the foodservice industry to manage their waste more carefully – and crucially means that organic waste that could still be used does not get sent to rot in a landfill site.

A general restaurant food recycling scheme might mean small food caddies around the kitchen for vegetable peelings and so on, a large bin lined with a biodegradable bag to empty them into, another one for leftovers from the dining room, and a hygienic lidded skip outside for the full bags to go into for collection.

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