Generally, it should be a habitual duty to always remove junk or waste and keep your kitchen clean. Judging according to how these appliances are made, that is, the chemicals, steal, etc. The non-stick pans (pans and pots) should not exceed 5 years before replacement. Even to keep up the good health, you must replace them anytime you notice that some part of the surface has started peeling or if any scratches have occurred.
Special attention needs to be put into consideration to restore the balance and reduce food wastage to the last option. Food wastage occurs either intentionally or unintentionally at different stages; during the cost of transportation, cooking, processing, retailing, etc. 1.3 billion tonnes of food wastage has been recorded each year by the Agriculture Organization and UN food.
A greenhouse gas (GHG) is produced anytime food wastage gets to the landfill. The massive layer decomposes and produces a GHG that is 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide. The methane gas produced serves as a heat-trapping gas.
Why waste the food, when it can be recycled. Creating a diversion from the landfill can reduce the carbon footprint then renewable energy is not only trapped but essential nutrients are also restored to the soil. By doing this, the greenhouse emission from landfill is trim down.
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Compost the Kitchen and Garden Scrap
Each year, a typical house generates about 474 pounds of wastage food which not only consumes space but also adds to the greenhouse emission by releasing methane. from the reports of the US Environmental Protection Agency, scraps deposited by cafeterias, supermarkets, and households contain about 90 percent of recyclable items.
The provision of regular vehicles will make the work easier and faster. Scraps like grass clippings, organic yard waste, dried leaves, and food waste can get to the recycling center easily. Your food waste can be best recycled through composting.
Make a good choice by diverting your food waste in a common composting facility if available at your workplace or neighborhood. Find out about their policy and discuss them with your recycling coordinator.
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Put Your Waste to Work
There are various available options on how to recycle your organic materials. Peradventure you don’t like the idea of composting, researching the ones in your town or talking to a farmer. There are farmers everywhere in the world and some also have a large compost pit. Meet with them anywhere or anytime they bring their goods to the town and ask if you can drop it at their farm or they will come around to pick it.
If need be, you might deposit your waste at the organic waste recycling center, town solid waste facility or contribute the food waste to a neighbors pile and make certain that no meat is included. Constant vehicles are available in most towns to pick up the grass clippings, leaves, and yard waste.
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Creative Use of Leftovers
Creativity goes a long way, especially when applying them to recycle leftovers.
Banana peels can be very useful in polishing silverware whilst avoiding harsh chemicals. It can also be used in the following ways:
- It can serve as teeth whiteners
- For polishing leaves of plants
- Making your leather shoe sparkle
potato peels can also be helpful in diverse ways, they are used for protecting bacteria from continuous affection on a wound. Whereas, refrigerated mashed potatoes are used to top a shepherd’s pie, make potato pancakes, etc. Effective in the direct application on burns, sore eyes, infections, and boils. Dark circles can also be reduced by the application of Apple peel.
Another leftover that helps greatly includes the nutshells and egg. For barbeque grilling, take peanut into consideration instead of coal. They contribute greatly to compost and aids in the reproduction of the worms especially vermicompost. Peanuts and pistachios serve as a natural fertilizer as they aerate and add calcium to the soil.
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Convert Food Scrap into Biogas
Researchers have gone through length and breadth to make certain that organic food waste energy is being trapped and very little content is sent to the ocean and landfills. Biogas is a sustainable source of energy originated from organic matter like forest debris, scrap timber, waste residues of fruits, etc. Moreso, a source of heat and electricity is generated. This is achieved by incinerating the waste to get crude liquid (biofuel) then treated to give methane.
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Reuse the Food Packaging Material
Recycling plans can divert packaging materials like cartons, containers, and wrappers from landfills. Most times, various food-service establishments, restaurants, and grocery stores generate a larger amount of food packaging materials that later end up useless. These food packaging materials can be recycled and use for the production of egg trays, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard though it’s not feasible for all kinds of food items.
Conclusion
Both the private and public sectors have been convinced over the years to take corrective measures on how to process waste in an eco-friendly manner. Mentioned above are the basic ways you can use to divert organic matter from landfills, reducing greenhouse gases (GHG), and recycle food waste effectively.