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- Make sure your dishwasher is absolutely full before running it! Five spaces left empty every wash over a year could add up to running seven extra cycles.
- Compost! Too many food scraps are just cast into the garbage. With composting, you can sprinkle the composted material on your lawn as an organic fertilizer.
- Handwash a lot of dishes instead of putting them in the dishwasher. Fill a sink with water and soap all the dishes in the water. Empty it, or use a second sink, and rinse them all using the same water, if possible.
- If you persist in running the dishwasher, why have use the heat dry option? Just open the dishwasher door a crack and let them air.
- The same goes for the main cycle. Why use extra wash when economy or light will do?
- Some foods are better cold than hot. Try eating them cold instead of heating them.
- Use napkins and paper towels to their full extent! Don't double up a paper towel just for the fun of it. Use napkins to wipe leftover food off of plates instead of rinsing it off. Use half a paper towel to clean up a mess? There's a quick swipe somewhere where you can use the other half.
- Does your fridge need to be on the coldest setting? Your food won't go bad if you set the fridge a degree or two warmer.
- Some foods need to be warmed just a bit, to room temperature, before eating, like butter. Ahead of time, take it out of the fridge and leave it on the counter.
- Buy organic foods instead of the normal stuff. It's so much better for the environment, and could even be better for your health.
- When boiling water for coffee or tea or pasta, use just as much water as you need.
- Buy compostable tea bags or coffee filters.
- If you have a lot of food crumbs left over from something, throw them outside for the animals, as long as they aren't bad for them.
- Pay attention to expiry dates. Food gone bad is food wasted.
- If you cook up a storm and there's a bad smell about, open a window or two instead of switching a fan on.
- Squeeze the last drops out of ketchup containers, mustard containers, milk bags, etc.
- Scoop the last bit out of ice cream tubs, jam jars, peanut butter jars, etc.
- Know what you want before opening the fridge door. It saves energy of having to cool the fridge if the door has been open for too long.
- Keep a bottle of water in the fridge rather than letting water run in the sink to get a cold drink.
- Use only the minimum amount of water to cook foods.
- When filling the kettle, try to estimate the actual amount needed.
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