How do you typically dispose of food scraps?

@Shavkat (139400)
Philippines
December 9, 2023 9:22pm CST
Recently, I have started to reduce food waste at home. The food scraps are being planted, like the bases of cabbages, carrots, eggplants, etc. This morning, I was so glad to see my tomatoes growing fast. In time, I can harvest them fresh. Since I am not good at planting seeds, I tried to learn the DIYs to grow them. In this way, I don't need to buy fresh vegetables in the public market. Thus, I can reduce my food expenses. Are you reducing food waste in your home in any way? Image Credit: ruralsprout.com
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@LadyDuck (470799)
• Switzerland
10 Dec
In winter nothing grows here, not even inside the home. I use the vegetable scraps to make home made vegetable broth cubes.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@LadyDuck I had checked some videos. I will do the same thing if there are a lot of veggies left at home.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I have not tried to do that. It made me curious about how to do it.
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@LadyDuck (470799)
• Switzerland
11 Dec
@Shavkat I found a YouTube video explaining how to prepare bullion cubes at home.
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@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
10 Dec
I've been trying something similar, attempting to regrow scraps, but I must admit, my success rate isn't quite as impressive as yours. Maybe you have some tips to share?
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I am not an expert, either. All I did was dry the seeds first and plant them in the soil. For the eggplant, it is still in progress. I just cut the base and scratched the surface with the sliced onion. Then, I soaked it in water with salt. I am waiting for roots to pop out of them.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
13 Dec
@wiLLmaH I will try to check the link. I will get back to you.
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@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
13 Dec
@Shavkat Where do you learned about this soaking with salt? Can you please recommend a site or YouTube link? I want to try that! Please?
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@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
11 Dec
Right now we just try to eat what we have. It is clever of you to propagate your produce. I hope it all goes great and you have abundant crops.
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• United States
11 Dec
@Shavkat Now that's a good idea.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@popciclecold I also think so. Thanks.
@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I was also hoping that this idea would be fruitful. If there are a lot of them, I might sell them to my aunt, and she might resell them to her community.
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@popciclecold (38549)
• United States
10 Dec
That's a good idea, I need to look into that myself. Food is so expensive.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I can agree with you more. The commodities' prices are still skyrocketing. I need to do something if it is possible. I hope it will be a successful idea.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
10 Dec
I don't keep track of how much food we house of 5 waste or don't waste. We try to eat as many as possible of our left over before they go bad. Gluten-free food tends to go back a lot quicker then none gluten free good but that isn't the case all of the time.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
11 Dec
@Shavkat try to eat them certainly does help
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@ShyBear88 It is like my old man used to say: "There are a lot of people who are not eating, so we need to consume everything instead of wasting them."
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
We also try to consume food enough for the family. If there are some leftovers, we need to eat them for the same reason you mentioned.
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@dya80dya (36481)
10 Dec
This is a good idea if we have where to plant them.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I think it is. I hope I can plant more than now.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@dya80dya Speaking of small tomatoes, I want to have some cherry-type ones.
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@dya80dya (36481)
11 Dec
@Shavkat Here we can plant tomatoes, but they are very small.
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@AmbiePam (91962)
• United States
10 Dec
That is a wonderful idea. We can save so much money growing our own fruits and vegetables. My stepmother grows her own vegetables, and has a blackberry bush that grows incredibly well.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
This is also my primary goal. If I have these vegetables planted and growing, I do not need to buy them in the market. Since we are just tenants at my place, I managed to plant them in pots.
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@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
10 Dec
Everyday we get rid of food waste. The truck comes past our house and they collect the food waste.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I got it. In my city, solid waste management is strictly followed. We need to segregate them before throwing them in the designated areas. If we do not do this, they will not pick them up.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
11 Dec
We have compost pits.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
11 Dec
@Shavkat We are encouraged here
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
That's good. We are not allowed to make compost pits here. I used to see them at my granny's yard in the province.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@allknowing Is it allowed to burn something in the yard there like dry leaves? It so forbidden here now.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 Dec
Good luck
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
Thanks for the encouragement. So far, I am enjoying the small progress of doing so.
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@wolfgirl569 (105284)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Dec
Glad that is working for you.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I am proud of myself for doing this. If I could only do farming full-time, I would want to.
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@RasmaSandra (79362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Dec
I have no place to plant anything, Whatever scraps I have I throw away,
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
I also have the same notion. I am using some DIY plastic containers to plant them. I am trying to contribute to lessening the carbon footprint that can affect our environment.
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@Deepizzaguy (102072)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Dec
My relatives and myself use food scraps to feed a stray dog outside every night.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
10 Dec
My grandmother used to feed pigs with food scraps, as did even my neighbors who have piggeries in the countryside.
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@porwest (89371)
• United States
10 Dec
If we're talking just inedible scraps, I usually just throw them away. I tried making compost once but it didn't go quite as I planned.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
My younger brother can make the compost, but he does not have enough time to teach me. I can just do the baby steps of growing some vegetables.
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@jstory07 (139354)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Dec
That is a good idea. I only fix what we will eat at each meal.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
11 Dec
This is also what I am considering. I tried my best to cook only enough meals for the family.
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• United States
13 Dec
I break out my crock pot and use my meat scraps, veggie bits, and onions and garlic to simmer down for soup. Then I throw in noodles, and I can have soup for several days. What I don't eat right away is put into a zip loc bag and put flat in the freezer and saved for another couple meals later. I love homemade soup in the wintertime, and if the neighbors get a good whiff and make comment, they usually walk off with a container of soup to enjoy. Any of the meat that isn't useable in the soup gets cut up and I give it to the outside cat in her meals.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
13 Dec
Now, I got an idea from you. I also learned that we can make vegetable cubes using them. It can be used to pack them in a zip-loc. Then, put them in the freezer and use them when cooking some local dishes.
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• Georgia
11 Dec
I don't have a garden space and until I can find someone with a few chickens close by, we generally throw out whatever I cannot use for fresh vegetable stock. If I had a dehydrator again, we would dry and make vegetable stock powder from scraps as well. We try to use as much as possible of whatever we buy.
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@Shavkat (139400)
• Philippines
12 Dec
I heard about dehydrators. This is a good way not to waste them. There are some chickens here that can have them. However, I need to try regrowing them first.
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