These Zero-Waste Food Storage Tips are Super Effective and Sustainable!

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Emily H
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When it comes to food storage, you can really produce a lot of waste if you’re using disposable items. Instead, go the easy and zero-waste route with these tips!

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Beeswax

Beeswax is one of the newest products that you can use in order to cover your food securely without having to use plastic wrap. You can wrap anything from cut vegetables to bowls and plates, which is really convenient.

The best part is that you can wash them and you use them over and over again! The downfall is that you do have to buy them, which creates wastes in and of itself.

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Plates

The plate method of food storage is super underrated, and you can do it today if you choose. All you have to do is put a plate over the plate or bowl you have your food in, and put it in the fridge. This creates enough of a seal, and you can stack things on top of it! This is especially useful for things like pie crust that needs to be chilled.

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How to store half a cut melon without plastic wrap: place it on a flat dish, cut side down. . I don’t have a flat plate large enough for this very big, very delicious and very juicy melon—my plates all have slightly concave bottoms—so I used a pie plate. I’ll put this in the refrigerator and eat it within a few days. . If you have half an avocado, use this trick for that also. Remove the pit and place the avocado cut side down on a plate. Swipe to see my half onion (that almost sounds lewd). . My mom, who grew up without plastic wrap, wonders how my sister and I survive without the stuff. I wonder how we all got hooked on it in the first place. (Actually, I don’t wonder. I know. Marketing.) But you can kick plastic pretty easily: cover bowls with plates, hoard glass jars to store leftovers, freeze food in wide-mouth glass jars, chill pie dough between two plates, wrap a sandwich in Japanese furoshiki and so on. . There is no away. But if there is a plastic-free will, there is a way!

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Jars

Jars are another great method for food storage, especially for things like cut-up produce, loose greens, legumes, grains, and more! Plus, you probably already have them in your home which is extra zero-waste.