LOW WASTE KITCHEN HACKS for Busy People 

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I have known people who threw out all their plastic containers, that would have lasted them 10-12 years, and replaced it all with glass. So all that plastic into the landfill rather than replacing with glass when it naturally ran out.

I do too, I also reuse any plastic take out containers to bring leftovers to work, I just make sure to use a real plate to heat up my food.

mac mac I feel the same way. I save more time making coffee at home than going to the coffee shop. Coffee shop lines are long in the morning anyways since everyone is, “saving time”

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Love this idea! Especially because we ALL have missing socks

I have a thick cloth headband that I wrap around mine. It also means I always have a headband if I find I need one. Multipurpose win-win.

Love this! Thanks for sharing! I wish I had a bigger freezer. I want to make muffins now

Why didn't I think of this! Thanks for the tip!

Thats what I do!

you can use old woolen socks or socks of any kind...jst cut off the sole part n u r good to go...i do it for my oil jar ketchup jar n freezer jars

I love the sock idea - great idea for all those solo socks one accumulates. And more eco-friendly than "silicone products".

YES! I completely agree! Sundays are really the start of the week. I don't know how people survive without pre-prepping things.

YESSSSSS #lifechanging

Thanks so much, Immy! Not as calming as your ASMR😉

haha you have your own calming style and its epic

Yes! I forgot to mention that. Most of my jars are wide mouth but more caution is needed with shoulder jars. Thanks for commenting 💚 Hopefully people saw this

yes yes yes ! please

I'll try my best!💚

I second this request

Just layer it breakfast oatmeal cut fruit get to work ad water microwave

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Glad it could help! What else would you like to see?

Right?! I am KNOWN for letting limes rot. This completely changes it. And you can blend whole lemons (without peel) for more nutritional value.

Alex - Love this idea, thanks for sharing!

BRILLANT!

Yay!! Glad it could be helpful💚

Yes! Great tip💚

That's awesome! Love that you make your own💚

You would just take it out the night before and stick it into the fridge or leave it on the counter. It does take a bit of forward planning though

Yes! be cautious with it but it works well

💚💚💚 glad it could help

Love it!

Hi! 💚I normally just a cloth napkin or towel and it will absorb the liquid and also then later I can use it as a napkin :) But traditional insulated lunch boxes are great for this! I had one growing up for school

I get this comment ALL the time lol... I think we are the same person or at least I aspire to be her in this is US

I was thinking she sounds just like Mandy Moore.

I was literally about to comment this lol she looks and sounds exactly like her

I was just thinking this and then immediately after saw this comment

No Mandy Moore looks like her!

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you're welcome💚thanks for watching!

Great idea! oh an yes, winter calls for ALL the hot drinks!

I do that, too. You don't need to chop the veggies and lose some of the vitamimes and it looks so beautiful in the fridge. When I open it there are celery and karrot and herbs looking like flowers in a jar haha i love it

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Wow, that's a lot of condiments. I think certain ones can be frozen. I'm not sure how to solve your issue. Maybe analyzing which ones you actually use monthly and not just occasionally. Not sure, best of luck!

The Girl Gone Green + I discovered that gravies, fruit toppings & tomato based sauces can be frozen. I store them in small servings using either freezer bags or ice cube trays. Items that I can’t freeze, I share them with my Mom. We divided the full size bottles into smaller portions using small squeeze bottles. Collecting a few packets like ketchup, mustard or soy sauce, etc. from restaurants is much easier than full size bottles to store in our fridge. Finally, we’re trying to completely use only one or two types of condiments before opening up, or buying another one. This has helped us to enjoy a variety of condiments, AND free up more space in our refrigerator. I hope that maybe these ideas can help other people too.

Silicone is recyclable in specialized facilities

They say 5 days but if you change the water, it can be a lot longer. You can also freeze them (without the water)

Hey Kianna! They definitely get stained easily. I found that putting things in the sun removes some or most of the stain. I do the same thing with my blender after it gets stained with turmeric. If things are burning on there, soak it in water like you would a pan. Hope this helps!

Soaking definitely helps. Glad I am not alone here! LOL thank you so much

💚 Hope you are well!

I am thank you. Love your videos

I didn't see any glitches.

I didn't either

I didn't see any glitches. I was reading through the comments and the first comment about it, I thought the person was going crazy, but someone else mentioned it.

let it thaw and use your oven or pan/pot?!

Hey, there! I just don't have a microwave, My kitchen is the size of a closet. I wouldn't have where to put it and my mom always told me they were bad. Like, ForForkssake said, I let it thaw ( normally overnight) and then put it in a pot with a lid to heat up. Not very convenient. It takes a bit of planning

@Misha Sunne For glass to be frozen without leaving microscopic shards behind, it has to be tempered. This is why you can't reuse baby food jars in the freezer. www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/freezing/freezer-fundamentals

actually the waves the microwave sends into your food to warm it up are very unhealthy. apart from that microwaves are so unnecessary when you can just warm up food in the pan or oven

I actually don't have a microwave because I live in a box. there's no space for appliances. My mother does swear by microwaves killing us so I probably wouldn't buy one anyway.

CurveTheRain weird.. not sure what it is

You could make the sleeve out of cloth or knit it

@@couch_philosoph3325 That is amazing idea. Thank you :) I was just confused that video has "no waste" in it's name, and then boooom - silicone attack :D I think even silicone works fine for most of the people, but just video name shouldn't be misleading.

@@esaasa2541 i think silicon can be greaz for things like a reusable baking sheet, because there isnt really a no silicone option, but with the sleeve i think the silicone is unecessary :). Also you could just wrap your glasses into kitchen towels to prevent breakage if you are too lazy to diy a sleeve xD

@@couch_philosoph3325 That baking sheet thing is so deep. We have to choose between paper, which is biodegradable , but bad for forests, and silicone - which is poison to us and the planet, not biodegradable at all. Just like that bamboo brushes: nylon bristles that mess up the planet, or animal bristles that are not cruelty free. Maybe in future technology will give us better options, but for now we have to do exactly what you said about baking sheet : to make unperfect choices , while me make perfect ones on other sides. To be honest, I can't give up on makeup packed in plastic. I just can't :D Have a great day :)

@@esaasa2541 have a great day, too :). I often struggle because being a relatively regional and seasonal vegan is one of the best thing for the climate, yet in my country many vegan things are highly packaged, because not many are vegan and they need to increase shelf live for those items. I think zero waste isnt attainable for most; but we all can do something. We dont need to be perfect, we just need to try. If everyone tried to reduce their single use plastics and such, we would already have a different world

Yes, I don't have a microwave but it's sometimes the only option for busy people or at office complexes

I recommend using the defrost setting on your microwave first. This speeds up the thawing process without intense heat and then microwaving it. I typically used to let it thaw in the morning at work and then by the time it was lunch time it was good to go in the microwave.

Hi Lauren! Locally the only tea options in bulk are green or black and they are non-organic. I've been working with Numi for over 2 years. They are a small family-owned company that really values fairtrade practices and working with organic, well cared for farms. I buy the bulk tea from them, it has a plastic seal. They are working on a fully compostable tea bag but they aren't quite there yet. Essentially I'm buying my own bulk instead of buying it from a bulk bin. Typically the stores still buy tea in plastic anyway. It's just the option I have found that works best for me. Of course, I prefer you find your own solutions. Green living is not a one size fits all :)

Personal preference? Yes.

@@aussiejubes i mean because knitted items are biodegradable if theyre made from cotton or wool but silicone isn't. Just a more conscious option i thought I'd mention

@@aussiejubes plus im just obsessed with knitting lol

See whole foods plant based cooking. It explains it. It worked for me. Basically, one guy says, not to be mean rather to be truthful, he said, "The fat you eat is the fat you wear", and it's processed. Check it out.

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I agree! Someone should get on creating a better system for ice

If you live near an ice machine they have an option for you to fill your own cooler, bucket, bag, etc. it cost .25 to a $1 less depending on how much you get. also even if you buy it with a plastic bag you get more and are way... cheaper than the gas station or store ice bags.

One thing that you can do is to add salt & water to your ice. It lowers the freezing point, makes the ice colder & it lasts longer. I always double bag it in freezer gallon Ziploc bags which uses plastic but the bags can be reused for quite a while & the fact that you can shape the bags to fit the cooler completely really helps keep the food cold using a minimum amount of ice.

Go to a hotel and buy it from the front desk...then fill your cooler from their ice machine. No plastic.

I have huge mason jars but those I believe are the normal sized wide mouth jars

SAME!

It seems to be a RU-vid issue this week. It's fixed now

I noticed that too. Do you repurpose them, Manuela?

Yes! The tea shop that sold bulk tea near me shut down :/ so now I order my own bulk tea from the Numi website. The bag is paper and aluminum with a plastic seal. It comes with a lot of tea, I haven't finished them yet but I plan on using them to freeze fruit afterward

Wahhhht?! :( I feel like I just don't know what to use anymore... I use silicone spatulas and cookwares. I loved wood and bamboo but I feel like I can never completely clean them properly because they are porous. Arghhh now what...

i figure people have been using them for millennia... We have wooden salad bowls, as well. I don't think it's "as porous" as you are thinking. it's not like a sponge. 8 kids, and we rarely get sick, and hand wash everything / no dishwasher. Stainless steel, glass/ceramics, and wood for us.

Stacy Thomas Oh interesting. So do you use a baking mat at all? Thanks! Wow you’ve got a big family but seem to have it all figured out! I’m only in a family of three but constantly have guests throughout the year such as families and friends who stays over for vacation so I would always make sure I have all the things I need. We’re not a vegan family but we don’t do pork or beef anymore so when I cook chicken, I’m always afraid of cross contamination with my kitchen utensils. I have a bamboo cutting board for just meat and I’m thinking if I should do the same for my wooden spatulas.

commercial poultry scares me. ;) I never have done anything special with my wooden spoons, ever, so my opinion is that when you are cooking with it, it's getting as hot as the food, so if the nasty bugs are cooked out of the food, it's probably okay on the spoon. maybe it's not as sanitary as possible, but I think we are often obsessed with that. and yes, I don't use a baking mat. I very sparingly use parchment or wax paper. Like, a roll of either will last me YEARS. otherwise it's old fashioned greasing the pan. sometimes flexing the cookie sheets will do the trick. There was a period where we literally bought nothing disposable, except school supplies, and as little packaging as possible, with 2 in diapers. I'm not there right now, but what I can say is that there is not a paper product I can't do without, and I did not have a silicon mat then, either.

Stacy Thomas Wise! That’s really true. I might have a problem always paranoid if things are cleaned enough haha. Will apply some of things I learned here. You’ve been a great help as well, thanks!!

I agree + the fresh smell wakes me up a bit more😏

only by night

I live in a closet. There's no space for extra appliances. also, my mom swears it'll kill you

Better than single use plastics... have to use something, better it be reuseable and multipurpose...

Hi there! These are bulk tea bags. Most stores that carry tea get them either in bags like this or from metal tin shipped in plastic. I support Numi for their commitment to farmers. It’s a truly family owned company and they uphold the highest standards. Yes, they sponsored me in 2019 but I’ve been promoting their tea for years. It’s a grey industry without a lot of regulation. The tea you buy at the store may be plastic free but It might not be ethical or organic. I trust Numi which is why I choose to work with them. That’s my choice, you have yours! 💕 have a great day

that's very true!

most youtubers speak too slow for me so what you can do is speed up the video. there at the little cog-symbol go to speed and adjust the speed to your liking. you are welcome :)

Hey Katie, Yes! You can speed up the video. Most viewers on RU-vid are non-native English speakers so I try to enunciate more for this reason. People used to comment all the time that I was speaking too fast🙈Trying to make green living more accessible.

Yes

i love the xmas tree ice cube try