EATING WELL FOR A HEALTHY PLANET
SCHEDULE A ‘USE-UP’ DAY
Save money and reduce food waste at the same time by bookmarking one day a week to cook using only food you already have lurking in your fridge and cupboards. Bread, potatoes and tomatoes are some of the most commonly binned foodstuffs – blitz bread into crumbs and scatter on a fish gratin, wedge and roast the potatoes, and chop tomatoes into a salsa to serve on the side.
CHOP CHOP
Choose bamboo for your next chopping board. It’s a sustainable, low-cost material with natural antibacterial properties.
BAMBOO CHOPPING BOARD SAINSBURY’S, £8
3 TYPESOF FOOD PACKAGING TO… recycle, not bin
Merchant Gourmet makes it easier to eat healthily with its range of goodfor-you grains, rice and pulse mixes.
Now it has made it easy to recycle too, with a postal scheme to turn used pouches (any brand) into new products (merchant-gourmet.com).
If you enjoy the convenience of a coffee-pod machine, podback.org recycles pods from the big three pod brands (Nespresso, Dolce Gusto and Tassimo) and compatible brands. 3. WINE CORKS Despite being a natural material, most wine corks won’t break down in landfill. Instead, send them off to recorkeduk.org who re-sell them in the form of crafts and cork-based products, donating a percentage of its profits to nominated charities.
‘Grow your own’
THE EDIBLE GARDENER
‘A handful of pea seeds sown now will grow fast up twiggy sticks. All you need is a dustbin-size patch of ground or a pot. Why not sow super-thickly and harvest some
