What to do with food waste during Covid-19

So you’ve bought too much food and worry it’ll go to waste? Roz Brown reports for Public News Service there are steps you can take before composting leftovers, which obviously should be the last resort. Even without a pandemic, it’s estimated the U.S. wastes about 40 percent of its food supply, with individual households not using 25 percent of food they buy. Utilize your freezer and remember “best before” labels are a guide, not a rule. Also? You don’t have to go quite so wild with your panic shopping.

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