Sounds like a good idea, but that was six years ago. What's happened since?
While I'm at it, the article says "The average American family throws away 25% of groceries purchased." I've heard similar statistics before, used in favor of composting. We use our city-provided composting service, but produce only a pound or two of "food scraps" a week, and 95% of that is banana peels, orange peels, or used coffee grounds: all inedible stuff. I seriously doubt that we're that much of an outlier--so I seriously doubt that most people throw away 25% of their groceries.
Of course, 96.2% of all statistics are made up.
gus_massa · 16h ago
25% is insane. Is is true? [Hi from Argentina!]
For vegetables I buy them every other day. The greengrocery is 100m away. A few apples/bananas/oranges/grapes/small-tomatoes for two days, kids eat a lot of fruit. And some potatoes/carrots/onions/whatever if needed, because they last like a week. Probably only 1% or 2% are wasted. (We tried a weekly purchase, but there is a lot of spoilage.)
Protip: Buy peepers or tomatoes, cut and put them in a air fryer for 25 minutes and freeze them. No spoilage risk. It can be done in as a background task with minimal oversight. And you can microwave and use as a side dish for meat.
While I'm at it, the article says "The average American family throws away 25% of groceries purchased." I've heard similar statistics before, used in favor of composting. We use our city-provided composting service, but produce only a pound or two of "food scraps" a week, and 95% of that is banana peels, orange peels, or used coffee grounds: all inedible stuff. I seriously doubt that we're that much of an outlier--so I seriously doubt that most people throw away 25% of their groceries.
Of course, 96.2% of all statistics are made up.
For vegetables I buy them every other day. The greengrocery is 100m away. A few apples/bananas/oranges/grapes/small-tomatoes for two days, kids eat a lot of fruit. And some potatoes/carrots/onions/whatever if needed, because they last like a week. Probably only 1% or 2% are wasted. (We tried a weekly purchase, but there is a lot of spoilage.)
Protip: Buy peepers or tomatoes, cut and put them in a air fryer for 25 minutes and freeze them. No spoilage risk. It can be done in as a background task with minimal oversight. And you can microwave and use as a side dish for meat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1EU7jeSsM&ab_channel=Caspa...