Earth Day was started 50 years ago to get people mobilized to enact environmental change. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve put together 5 tips to help you live more sustainably. These suggestions are a good reminder that the everyday choices we make can have a large cumulative affect on the environment.
Reducing organic waste is becoming an increasingly widespread issue in our world. Every year Americans throw away nearly 36 million tons of food. Even more alarming is the fact that 40% of all the food produced in the US is never used, which ultimately means thatAmericans are wasting roughly $165 billion worth of food per year.
One of our goals as human beings should be to leave the earth in a better condition than we found it. That includes doing as much as we can to reduce our footprint — a task that is sometimes easier said than done.
There's a solution for your home food waste that doesn't involve landfills: Composting (Plus, keeping food out of landfills can help fight climate change.)
