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How to compost food at home

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“Meal planning and composting mean we’re now living an almost zero food waste life”

The way you dispose of your food waste can have a massive impact on the environment. Have you thought about what happens to the potato peelings and bags of lettuce after you stick them in the bin? Check out our clever leftover recipes, like our veg peel fritters (see recipe, right), to use up everything you can from your kitchen. Find more inspiration at goodfood.com.

One way to reduce the amount of food waste going into landfill is to compost it at home. Two popular options are the bokashi system and worm composting.

Both bin systems are easy to set up and use and are readily available online (complete with everything needed to get

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