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5 Ways to Cut Down on Food Waste in the Home

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Disclaimer: Article written with Bristol residents in mind; doesn't mean these tips don't apply wherever you are though! Food waste accounts for 7 million tonnes   of all waste created in the UK annually . Unlike other forms of waste, food waste has the potential to be easily diverted from landfill,   avoiding continued overfilling of landfills, pollution of the environment, and emissions from the transportation, industry and uncontrolled decomposition of this waste, not to mention the wasted man hours, soil nutrients, water, and additional costs needed to create any and all food. Grow your own vegetables By growing your own vegetables you can be in control of everything that will go into them, and eventually your mouth. Asides from the taste and health benefits, you’ll be more wary of wasting the results of your hard work rather than easily accessible supermarket produce; you won’t have to purchase as much produce as well, and so will sav

Ecojam Bristol Article Portal

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I joined the Bristol section of ecojam as a voluntary writer in November 2017, and have since had a number of articles published on their website, and continue to write articles suitable for the site, which is primarily an environmental, ethical and local jobs/ carreers site. See below for the articles: How to Plant Trees in Bristol - this article looks at a number of ways Bristol residents can help get trees planted in the city 4 Reasons Volunteering in Bristol Helps Start Your Career - an article looking at ways that volunteering can help start and structure a career, based on a lot of what I learnt while volunteering myself. 5 Environmental Volunteering Opportunities in Bristol - a follow up to the previous, offering a guide on what organisations and tasks are on offer for different kinds of volunteering What Happens to Bristol's Sewage? - a researched look at the sewage process in Bristol, it's environmentally damaging faults and possible recycling and eco-friend