Waste Not with Wireless Internet on Hand

The average household sends quite a bit of garbage to landfills every year, with calculations showing that this averages out to around four and a half pounds of waste per person, per day. Of that amount, around seventy percent could be recycled or reused. Doing so sometimes translates into cost savings, too. If you are looking for ways to reduce the waste you send to the curb every week, wireless internet connects you to tips and tricks to maximize everything you bring home.

Starting to evaluate your habits in the kitchen is one of the best ways to begin reducing waste. Most people end up throwing out significant quantities of spoiled, rotten, or expired food every month. Keeping track of everything in your fridge is not easy, especially if you work or study full-time and have trouble finding the time to cook on a regular basis. Creating a weekly meals list, however, can help eliminate unnecessary purchases at the grocery store. Start by planning out your meals according to what it already in the cabinet and, when you go shopping, stick to the plan. In order to avoid impulse purchases, try shopping online via a 4G connection and have a snack ahead of time so that you are not hungry when heading to checkout.

When it comes to stocking the pantry shelves with newly-bought groceries, be sure to move any old products forward and put the latest purchases behind them. If you notice that the expiration date is very near and you do not think you will be using the item, look up alternative uses and storage options with wireless internet. Many products, from bread to fruits, can be put into the freezer just before they go bad. Frozen bananas, berries, melon, peaches, and even pears can be tossed into smoothies and, because they have been kept in the cold, you may not even need to add ice to your mixture.

Another way to prevent your garbage can from filling up with smelly or moldy foods is to set up a composting system. This lets you turn food-gone-bad into mineral-rich, natural fertilizer for your plants or garden. If you have a backyard, setting up a compost pile is quite straightforward. The advice-giving site ‘eHow’ has an entire section while YouTube has lots of instructional videos you can watch via mobile broadband. Apartment dwellers face more challenges but, with vermicomposting, it is possible to use worms to help you break things down into usable soil much more quickly.

The next time something in your cupboard starts to show signs of turning bad, take a moment to look it up online. This means that there really is no reason to cry over spoiled milk – or throw it away – because it can always be used to make cheese, to bake casseroles, or in mashed potatoes. Finding a solution that keeps food out of landfills may take a few more minutes but, with the 4G network keeping you connected around town, you have more total time online every day.

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