Food, Shopping & Storage
FRUITS
By: SYHTip Provided By: The Green Book Try to limit purchases of canned fruit, and substitute fresh fruit whenever possible. The process involved with canning fruit is at least 10 times more energy intensive than picking fresh fruit. If every U.S. household replaced just one pound of canned or jarred fruit with one pound of fresh [...]
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RINSE RECYCLABLES
By: SYHTRUTH OR TRASH?
You should rinse out your recyclables before placing them in the bin
Food
Chew on this: You’re throwing away more than $500 cash in your kitchen every year
By: SYHBy: Elizabeth Rogers With bikini season approaching, Food Inc. on our DVD queues, and Jamie Oliver all over everything, food is definitely top of mind right now. We’re eating right, being more conscious of what we put in our bodies, and increasingly mindful of where our food comes from, because “from the grocery store” no [...]
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HOLD WATER
By: SYHSAVE $ 200.
Instead of grabbing a diet soda, iced tea, energy drink, or bottle of flavored vitamin water the next time you feel parched, drink what’s freely available from the tap.
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PAPER OR PLASTIC
By: SYHTRUTH OR TRASH?
Paper grocery bags are more eco-friendly than plastic ones
Food, Shopping & Storage
COLA CUTBACK
By: SYHYou could save up to $650 per year (including CRV) by reducing your soda purchases by just two 12-packs per week.
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WINNING SEASON
By: SYHSAVE $130. Buy fruits and vegetables when they’re in season. If one-third of the produce you buy annually is out of season (i.e., you’re buying tomatoes and peaches during the dead of winter), you can save up to $130 or more per year by shifting to seasonal produce (i.e., apples in the winter, plums and [...]
Family, Food, Kids & School, Shopping & Storage
BABY FOOD
By: SYHBuy organic baby food in reusable glass jars or recyclable paper boxes.