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The Zero Waste Dinner Guide Hosting Christmas or New Year's at your place? Check out these handy tips to help you lower the impact of your delicious holiday dinners! Tip #1: PLAN AHEAD Know how many guests will be over for dinner. Plan accordingly using an online food calculator to determine the size of turkey and the amount of sides you will need to buy. Shop your fridge and pantry first. Use the stuff on your spice rack or that can of corn or cranberry sauce in the back before buying new stuff! Don't forget your reusable bags. Keep them by the door or in your car for easy access. Invest in reusable produce bags that keeps veggies fresh for longer! Whole Foods Servings Calculator: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holidays/servings-calculator Tip #2: SHOP SMART If possible, shop at a farmer's market and support local businesses. Shopping locally strengthens local economies, builds community, and reduces pollution due to shorter shipping distances. Shop in the bulk aisle. Bring your own bags or containers to fill to make even less waste. Why buy a whole jar of a spice when you only need a teaspoon? Choose goods with minimal or easily recyclable packaging in mind. Refer to your local recycling program or call the RCBC Hotline to ask what's accepted and what's not. What can I recycle? A guide by Recycle BC: https://recyclebc.ca/what-can-i-recycle/ TIP #3: CONSIDER ZERO WASTE DECOR Create your own decoration and centerpieces with things found in nature. Pine cones and boughs and be used to spruce up the dinner table. Leafy greens can be used as edible focal points. Invest in cloth napkins and reusable tableware that can be washed and used over and over again. Purchase local wines or beers to reduce shipping impact. Get a growler from local breweries and get them refilled. Choose wines with either a twist off top or a real cork so they can be recycled. Search for the nearest location that offers grower refills: http://growlerfill.ca/ Tip #4: GREENING THE CLEAN Utilize your dishwasher to its full potential. Research has found that dishwashers tend to use 1/2 the energy and 1/6 of the water compared to handwashing. Choose an eco-friendly dish soap. Choose products with plant based ingredients and products that are free of chlorine and other harsh chemicals. Keep your recycling bins in the open and be sure to let guests know what items can go into each bin. All your recycling is then already source-separated and ready to go! Built In Dishwashers vs. Hand Washing: Which is Greener? https://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/built-in- dishwashers-vs-hand-washing-which-is-greener.html TIP #5: TREASURE THOSE LEFTOVERS! Pack any leftovers that won't be or can't be used up right away into tupperware and put them into your freezer for use at a later time. Encourage guests to bring tupperware so you can send food home with them. No fuss, no muss! Save any vegetable peelings, roots, stalks, leaves or ends from food prep and use them to make a warm and comforting vegetable stock. Jamie Oliver's Christmas Leftover Recipes: https://www.jamieoliver.com/christmas/collection/leftovers/ Looking for more zero waste holiday ideas? Visit www.rcbc.ca or call Lower Mainland: 604-732-9253 Toll-Free: 1-800-667-4321
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The ZeroWasteDinner Guide
Hosting Christmas or New Year's at your place? Check out thesehandy tips to help you lower the impact of your delicious
holiday dinners!
Tip #1: PLAN AHEAD
Know how many guests will be over for dinner. Planaccordingly using an online food calculator to determine thesize of turkey and the amount of sides you will need to buy.
Shop your fridge and pantry first. Use the stuff on your spicerack or that can of corn or cranberry sauce in the backbefore buying new stuff!
Don't forget your reusable bags. Keep them by the door orin your car for easy access. Invest in reusable produce bagsthat keeps veggies fresh for longer!
Whole Foods Servings Calculator: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holidays/servings-calculator
Tip #2: SHOP SMART
If possible, shop at a farmer's market and support localbusinesses. Shopping locally strengthens local economies,builds community, and reduces pollution due to shortershipping distances.
Shop in the bulk aisle. Bring your own bags or containers tofill to make even less waste. Why buy a whole jar of a spicewhen you only need a teaspoon?
Choose goods with minimal or easily recyclable packaging inmind. Refer to your local recycling program or call the RCBCHotline to ask what's accepted and what's not.
What can I recycle? A guide by Recycle BC: https://recyclebc.ca/what-can-i-recycle/
TIP #3: CONSIDER ZERO WASTE DECOR
Create your own decoration and centerpieces with thingsfound in nature. Pine cones and boughs and be used tospruce up the dinner table. Leafy greens can be used asedible focal points.
Invest in cloth napkins and reusable tableware that can bewashed and used over and over again.
Purchase local wines or beers to reduce shipping impact.Get a growler from local breweries and get them refilled.Choose wines with either a twist off top or a real cork sothey can be recycled.
Search for the nearest location that offers grower refills: http://growlerfill.ca/
Tip #4: GREENING THE CLEAN
Utilize your dishwasher to its full potential. Research hasfound that dishwashers tend to use 1/2 the energy and 1/6 ofthe water compared to handwashing.
Choose an eco-friendly dish soap. Choose products withplant based ingredients and products that are free ofchlorine and other harsh chemicals.
Keep your recycling bins in the open and be sure to letguests know what items can go into each bin. All yourrecycling is then already source-separated and ready to go!
Built In Dishwashers vs. Hand Washing: Which is Greener?https://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/built-in-dishwashers-vs-hand-washing-which-is-greener.html
TIP #5: TREASURE THOSE LEFTOVERS!
Pack any leftovers that won't be or can't be used upright away into tupperware and put them into yourfreezer for use at a later time.
Encourage guests to bring tupperware so you cansend food home with them. No fuss, no muss!
Save any vegetable peelings, roots, stalks, leaves orends from food prep and use them to make awarm and comforting vegetable stock.
Jamie Oliver's Christmas Leftover Recipes: https://www.jamieoliver.com/christmas/collection/leftovers/
Looking for more zero waste holiday ideas?
Visit www.rcbc.ca or call Lower Mainland: 604-732-9253 Toll-Free: 1-800-667-4321
