Food, Shopping & Storage
BULK UP
By: SYHSAVE $500 Buy food packaged in bulk instead of individually wrapped single-serving packages. You can save up to per year or more. Additionally you can save the planet by keeping an estimated 500 pounds worth of packaging waste out of the landfill and conserve the resources to make that packaging and the energy used to [...]
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 [...]
Food, Shopping & Storage
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.
Food, Shopping & Storage
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.
Food, Shopping & Storage
MILK CARTON vs JUG
By: SYHTRUTH OR TRASH?
It’s better to buy milk in the plastic jug than the wax paperboard carton.
Food, Shopping & Storage
CANNED GOODS
By: SYHTip Provided By: THE GREEN BOOK If you’re planning to purchase several cans of the same product, look to see if a larger can is available. If you buy a 28-ounce can of stewed tomatoes instead of two 14.5-ounce cans, you’ll not only save up to 50 percent on the price, but you’ll also reduce [...]