10 Ways To Reduce Food Waste During the Holiday Season

[jeffrey]

As Americans prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, here are 10 tips to help reduce the amount of food we waste

10 Tips to Reduce Food Waste During the Holidays | NationofChange

[Osburt55]

There is definitely more waste produced during the holiday season. According to Recycle Works, from Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons - it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfills. (EPA and Use Less Stuff) In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags totals 4 million tons. (Use Less Stuff) Half of the paper America consumes is used to wrap and decorate consumer products.