I want to get rid of organic waste

The following tips will help you to achieve this goal.

Small steps

Freeze leftovers and meals you don’t want to eat right away

This will help you to avoid wasting food, and means you can have a healthy meal available for those busy days when you don’t have time to cook.

Medium steps

Re-use your food waste by composting

Composting your food scraps is good for the garden and reduces the amount of organic rubbish going to landfill. It is also an alternative to using your in sink waste disposal.

Re-use your food waste and set up a worm farm

Worm farms turn food scraps into 'worm juice' and worm casts that you can use for fertiliser for your pot plants and garden.

If you have fruit trees, a vegetable garden, or access to cheap produce when it is in season try preserving it

This means you can avoid wasting food, plus you can eat the fruit and vegetables you enjoy when they’re not in season.

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