WASTE REDUCTION

Food Waste Reduction

Minimizing and reducing waste in your community can result in immediate environmental benefits, both locally and globally.

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Reducing food waste helps save money while also protecting the planet. From meal planning to finding ways to preserve your food, there is a lot you can do to reduce the amount of food waste coming out of your home or business.

Food Waste Reduction Tips

Plan Meals

Meal plan using an online portion planning calculator to help determine how much food you should purchase (or grow)

Optimize Storage

Learn about effective fridge storage solutions to keep your food fresh for as long as possible

Figure out leftovers

Eat your leftovers in their original form, or make your them into a new dish.

Preserve

If you’re not going to eat something before it spoils, think about how you can preserve it through freezing, canning, or dehydrating

Partners in Food Waste Reduction

Here are a few groups working to ensure that any food “waste” you have doesn’t end up in the landfill

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Compost Winnipeg

If you’re in Winnipeg, you can purchase a subscription and have your food waste pick-up and composted in an industrial composting facility.

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Loop

Loop partners rural stores with farmers, where farmers can pick up food that would normally go to waste and use it as animal feed!

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RESCUING FOOD

Leftovers Foundation

The Leftovers Foundation aims to reduce food waste and prevent the greenhouse gas emissions caused when good food is left to rot.

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RESCUING FOOD

Leftovers Home Harvest

Partner with Leftovers volunteers to have someone harvest fruit and vegetables from backyard trees and gardens.

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Food Waste Reduction Resources

Here are a few resources to help ensure that any food “waste” you have doesn’t end up in the landfill

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Harvest Time | Tips, Tricks and Preservation

Depending on the size of your garden, harvest may be a bit of an undertaking. Here are some basics tips to get you started.

Harvest Time | Tips, Tricks and Preservation

Depending on the size of your garden, harvest may be a bit of an undertaking. Here are some basics tips to get you started.

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Vermicomposting Basics

Vermicomposting Basics

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Composting Basics and Getting Started

Composting Basics and Getting Started

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Let’s all “Chip In” and recycle our Christmas trees this year!

When the holiday season ends, you may be wondering what to do with your (live) Christmas tree? Here are your sustainable options

Let’s all “Chip In” and recycle our Christmas trees this year!

When the holiday season ends, you may be wondering what to do with your (live) Christmas tree? Here are your sustainable options

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