Opinion: Why a proposed CT waste incinerator is a bad idea https://www.byteseu.com/2442639/ #CarbonMonoxide #Chemicals #connecticut #ct #EasternConnecticut #environment #FoodScraps #gasification #HartfordCourant #incineration #insider #local #MaxImagePreview #nature #NitrogenOxides #o&g #organic #ParticulateMatter #plainfield #PowerPlant #pullman&conley #SmartTechnologySystems #SulfurOxides #Technology #torrington #TrashPlant #TrashToEnergy #volatile #WasteManagementCrisis
#foodscraps — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #foodscraps, aggregated by home.social.
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Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Medically Tailored Groceries, Dryland Forests, Climate-Resilient Seeds – Food Tank https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/49000/ #ClimateChange #ClimateResilientSeeds #compost #FoodScraps #FoodWaste #MedicallyTailoredGroceries #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityFood #Nutrition #NYC #NYCFood
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Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Medically Tailored Groceries, Dryland Forests, Climate-Resilient Seeds – Food Tank
Each week, Food Tank is rounding up a few news stories that inspire excitement, infuriation, or curiosity. Medically…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Climatechange #climate-resilientseeds #compost #foodscraps #foodwaste #medicallytailoredgroceries #Nutrition
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G.R.O.W. pilot program to expand green cart composting to food waste https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/47636/ #Composting #FoodScraps #GROW #GreenCart #Hawaii #HawaiiDining #HawaiiFood #HawaiiGroceryStores #HawaiiRestaurants #PilotProgram
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"Detroit started its first municipal food scrap drop-off initiative this past year with a single central site.
Hundreds of residents registered to participate, filled buckets at home and dropped them off at the city’s site."
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Nearly 6 million kilos of street oranges in Spain become electricity, not food
Most cities treat fallen fruit as little more than a street-cleaning problem. In Seville, it has become an…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Food #foodscraps #Sevilleoranges
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NYC chefs are making dinner out of scraps for Make Food Not Waste Restaurant Week https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/29900/ #BangkokSupperClub #FoodScraps #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityFood #NYC #NYCFood #RestaurantWeek #ShrimpHead #TopBilling
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NYC chefs are making dinner out of scraps for Make Food Not Waste Restaurant Week https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/8159/ #BangkokSupperClub #Chef #FoodScraps #RestaurantWeek #ShrimpHead #TopBilling
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, urges curbside food-scrap pickup as landfill space shrinks https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/17692/ #BlackEarthCompost #CrapoHillLandfill #CurbsidePickup #FoodScraps #Massachusetts #MassachusettsDining #MassachusettsFood #MassachusettsGroceryStores #MassachusettsRestaurant #NewBedford #WBSM
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South Carolina county turns food scraps into soil, eyes $1 million in taxpayer savings https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/17177/ #BeaufortCounty #FoodScraps #KitchenScraps #SouthCarolina #SouthCarolinaDining #SouthCarolinaFood #SouthCarolinaGroceryStores #SouthCarolinaRestaurants
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‘Start it wrong. Fix it later’: Backyard composter’s 3-rule method cuts through fear of messing up https://www.allforgardening.com/1934462/start-it-wrong-fix-it-later-backyard-composters-3-rule-method-cuts-through-fear-of-messing-up-2/ #backyard #BackyardGarden #BackyardGardening #FoodScraps
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#Composting program to provide #Everglades with soil for #CommunityGarden
by Martin Vassolo, March 12, 2025
"Your #FoodScraps could be used to help support the Everglades through a new partnership between the village of #PinecrestFL and the #MiccosukeeTribe.
"Instead of dumping #FoodWaste into crowded #landfills, which produce #methane emissions, the #EvergladesEarthCycleProject will expand Pinecrest's residential composting program and deliver nutrient-rich soil to the #Miccosukee Tribe.
"Driving the news: The project, funded with a $400,000 federal grant and other contributions, calls for installing four new #CompostingBins in Pinecrest and three around #MiamiDade County District 7.
"The initial phase of the program will supply compost to the #SwampyMeadows #CommunityGarden, which grows vegetables just outside the Miccosukee Indian School.
"Another proposal that's been floated is adding new soil to the Everglades' tree islands, though that would need tribal approval, says the Rev. Houston R. Cypress of the #LoveTheEverglades Movement, a partner in the program.
"Cypress told reporters on an airboat ride through the Everglades last week that the tribe teaches 'the essence of being in harmony with nature is giving back to it.'
"'With the Everglades Earth Cycle Project, we're giving back clean and healthy soil; we're giving products that might eventually improve the water quality out here, but we're also giving directly back to local indigenous communities here,' he said.
"Pinecrest already has two free public composting bins, one at the Pinecrest Public Library and another between the Community Center and Pinecrest Gardens."
https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/03/12/everglades-composting-pinecrest-miccosukee
#Composting #CommunityGardening #FoodSecurity #ReducingFoodWaste #SolarPunkSunday
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#AucklandNZ - Free Introduction to #Composting Workshop – #Whangaparaoa
Saturday, 15 August 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm#WhangaparāoaLibrary
9 Main Street, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa, 0932, Auckland"Join Sarah Williams at Whangaparaoa Library for this free workshop. It offers an introduction to composting with the three most common and easy composting systems that can be used in the home and garden; traditional cold composting bins, worm farms and #Bokashi buckets. Sarah will have examples of the systems and walk you through setting them up from scratch and how to keep them going using your #FoodScraps and/or garden waste. Come and discover how easy it is and what suits you best!
To help you on your way, all confirmed workshop participants get a 50% discount voucher to order a compost system through our website and we’ll deliver it straight to your door. Plus, you’ll also receive a free rat trap to help keep pests under control!
This workshop is proudly supported by Auckland Council, Whangaparaoa Library and delivered by the #CompostCollective .
Most Compost Collective workshops are free to attend, though some special events may require a ticket fee."
FMI and to register:
https://compostcollective.org.nz/events/free-introduction-to-composting-workshop-whangaparaoa/#SolarPunkSunday #Workshops
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Keep cats out of gardens using three food scraps gardeners ‘swear by’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1884839/keep-cats-out-of-gardens-using-three-food-scraps-gardeners-swear-by/ #animals #cats #coffee #FoodScraps #fruit #garden #GardenDeterrents #gardening #GardeningIreland #NaturalMethods #pests
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#Aotearoa / #NewZealand
FREE #CompostingBasics Workshop – #ManurewaAucklandSunday, 19 July 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm#AucklandBotanicGardens
102 Hill Rd, #Manurewa, 2105, #Auckland"Join us at Auckland Botanic Gardens for a FREE composting workshop, facilitated by Sue, to learn about the three different systems for #composting food and green waste in your #HomeGarden. You’ll get a great understanding of the basics of composting and see some of the systems in action in the #EdibleGarden.
This workshop will be held in the Logan Campbell building, next to the edible garden.
What to bring: optional ‘pen/paper’ to take notes.
To help you on your way, all confirmed workshop participants get a 50% discount voucher to order a compost system through our website and, we’ll deliver it straight to your door.
This course is proudly supported by Auckland Council, Auckland Botanic Gardens and delivered by the #CompostCollective."
FMI and to register:
https://compostcollective.org.nz/events/free-composting-basics-workshop-manurewa-3/#SolarPunkSunday #NewZealand #FoodScraps #Composting #CompostWorkshop #BuildingCommunity
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#Aotearoa / #NewZealand - Free #LoveFoodHateWaste Workshop: Peels, Stems and Pulp – #DevonportAuckland
Sunday, 19 July 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm#DevonportLibrary
2 Victoria Road, Devonport, 0624, Auckland
"Join Sarah Williams at Devonport Library for this free Love Food Hate Waste Workshop – peels, pulp and stems.These are parts of fruit and vegetables that are usually thrown away or composted but are often edible. This would suit those who are already on their food waste reduction journey and want to learn more as well as those new to the subject. We’ll get hands on and explore some techniques that can easily be replicated at home.
The workshop will also cover practical advice on how to avoid food waste in the kitchen including meal planning and how to store fresh produce to help it last longer.
This Love Food Hate Waste workshop is proudly supported by Auckland Council, #DevonportLibrary and is delivered by #CompostCollective."
FMI and to register [space is limited]:
https://compostcollective.org.nz/events/free-love-food-hate-waste-workshop-peels-stems-and-pulp-devonport/#SolarPunkSunday #NewZealand #FoodScraps #BuildingCommunity
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Restaurant food scraps and horse manure key to soil farmers’ success
While diners are enjoying their evening seaside meals, Andrew Collins is happily outside chasing the scraps. Cruising the…
#Australia #AndrewCollins #AU #Austrlia #CircularOrganics #composting #FOGO #fogobusinessmandate #foodscraps #foodwaste #KylieMagner #sconeraceclub #soilfarmer #TobySmith #wormfarm #wormtea
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Gardener shares the easy fix to avoid compost smells — and why a bin isn’t even required https://www.allforgardening.com/1848854/gardener-shares-the-easy-fix-to-avoid-compost-smells-and-why-a-bin-isnt-even-required-2/ #composting #FoodScraps #garden #gardening #UnwantedAnimals
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Gardener Buries a Metal Pasta Strainer In Her Garden For a Brilliant Reason https://www.allforgardening.com/1848023/gardener-buries-a-metal-pasta-strainer-in-her-garden-for-a-brilliant-reason/ #composting #DecorativeAccessories #FoodScraps #garden #PastaStrainer
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Home cook stops tossing kitchen scraps and turns peels, bones, and ends into broth
A freezer bag full of kitchen leftovers is the focus of a TikTok showing how those scraps can be made into broth. By saving vegetable trimmings and leftover bones instead of discarding them, on…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #brooke #chickenbones #foodscraps #freezerbag #homemadebroth
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#WellingtonNZ - The value of #CommunityGardens
28 January 2021
by Alison Ballance"Research shows that community gardens provide more than just silverbeet and beans – they promote a sense of engagement and belonging in a community.
"And it turns out that a good #composting scheme will also attract people from the surrounding suburbs who are keen to recycle their food scraps."
#Aotearoa #SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #NewZealand #FoodScraps #ZeroWaste #FoodSecurity
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Methane from landfill biggest driver behind rising City of Winnipeg carbon emissions
Winnipeg is getting farther away from its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Total corporate emissions rose last…
#Canada #Winnipeg #BradyRoadResourceManagementFacility #foodscraps #greenhousegasemissions #landfillgas #net-zeroemissions #organicwaste
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‘It’s like a sauna’: Compost layers heat up as food scraps turn to soil https://www.allforgardening.com/1839121/its-like-a-sauna-compost-layers-heat-up-as-food-scraps-turn-to-soil/ #CompostPile #ContainerGardens #EnvironmentalEducator #FoodScraps #garden #gardening #IsaiasHernandez #RichSoil #SoilAmendments
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From scraps to sprouts, this backyard keyhole garden became a thriving mini ecosystem https://www.allforgardening.com/1802943/from-scraps-to-sprouts-this-backyard-keyhole-garden-became-a-thriving-mini-ecosystem/ #BackyardGarden #BackyardGardening #FoodScraps #garden #gardening #KeyholeGarden
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Not Food Scraps, Not Paper: The Bizarre Item You Could Be Adding To Your Garden Compost https://www.allforgardening.com/1791156/not-food-scraps-not-paper-the-bizarre-item-you-could-be-adding-to-your-garden-compost/ #compost #Compost(Material) #FoodScraps #garden #gardening #GreenMaterial
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Cooking with #ZeroWaste with the City of #Boston: The #Recipes!
February 7, 2023
"Over the summer we got to work with the City of Boston on the launch of their new curbside food waste collection program! As budding food waste management nerds, we were super excited to help spread the word on how to use the bins as well as how to keep food out of landfill!
Here are some of the Use-It-Up hero recipes we demoed: a Thai-style curry, a frittata, and rice fritters. They’ll help you use up your #leftovers, clear out your fridge, and get a delicious meal on the table fast!"
FMI [includes links to YT how-to videos]:
https://foodwastefeast.com/recipes/2023/2/7/cooking-with-zero-waste-with-the-city-of-boston-the-recipes#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWaste
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Includes #recipes such as #SpringGreens Spanikopita, Veggie #StaleBread Pudding, Rainbow Stir Fry, #BananaSkin Fritters, Surplus Shakshouka, and #ZeroWaste Herb Bombs!
#UKHarvest Recipes"Here you can discover some of our favourite and most loved left over food recipes for you to try at home."
Learn more:
https://www.ukharvest.org.uk/education/ukhrecipes#SolarPunkSunday #FoodForAll
#Food4All #FoodSecurity
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Includes such recipes as #BananaPeel Chips, #CarrotTop Pesto, #BeetGreens Stir Fry, and #CitrusPeel Marmalade!
31 #Sustainable #Recipes That Reduce #FoodWaste
By Jessica
July 2, 2024"Using sustainable recipes helps in several environmental ways. By using leftovers, we cut down on the amount of food that ends up in landfills, which reduces the release of harmful greenhouse gases.
Ingredients like fruits and vegetables have a smaller carbon footprint compared to meat and dairy, which means by focusing on plant-based recipes, we can decrease the overall carbon emissions from our diets.
When I choose recipes that use local and seasonal ingredients, I also support sustainable agriculture practices that use fewer resources and produce less pollution. This, in turn, helps conserve precious natural resources like water and soil."
Learn more:
https://balancedkitchen.com/2024/07/sustainable-recipes/#SolarPunkSunday #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste #FoodScraps #Leftovers #FoodSecurity
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11 Effective Solutions for #FoodWaste - What can I do
by Jangira Lewis, Global Commons
Sep 29th 20259 minsExcerpt: "Food waste isn’t just a corporate issue; individuals are also responsible, as household waste accounts for 37% of the global total. To make a real difference, we need to change our habits and mindset.
A simple way to reduce food waste at home is to get organized. You can arrange your fridge so that items with the nearest expiration dates are front and center. Keeping a running list of your food inventory and its use-by dates can also help prevent overbuying and forgotten food. While this might seem time-consuming, a 2020 study showed that these small habits can lead to significant savings of both food and money.
We also need to shift our perception of food. Instead of cooking whatever we’re in the mood for, we should make meal decisions based on what needs to be used first. Furthermore, researching recipes that use leftovers and food scraps is a great way to be more resourceful. For example, increasing composting rates globally could generate carbon savings equivalent to taking roughly 15 million passenger vehicles off the road for three decades."
Read more:
https://earth.org/solutions-for-food-waste/#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWaste #ReducingFoodWaste #Composting #FoodScraps
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#ZeroWaste, #FoodWaste Reducing #Recipes: Sustainable Eating Hacks and DIYs to Try at Home
No-waste ideas for using up scraps, leftovers, and rescued ingredients
May 21, 2025
"Reducing food waste doesn’t mean sacrificing flavor or fun in the kitchen—in fact, it’s often the opposite. Some of the most creative, delicious meals come from using what you already have: soft produce, stale bread, scrap stems, even leftover wine."
Learn more:
https://blog.misfitsmarket.com/zero-waste-recipes-sustainable-eating/#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #RescuedIngredients #MisfitFood #FoodScraps #Leftovers
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Ooooh...! Lots of recipes to try out here! (I may have to post some individual ones on future SolarPunkSundays!) Recipes include #ThaiCurry and Fridge-Cleanout #Okonomiyaki !
Food Waste Feast - Recipes and tips for a #ZeroWaste kitchen!
https://foodwastefeast.com/recipes/
#SolarPunkSunday #FoodWasteRecipes
#ReduceWaste #ReduceFoodWaste
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Recipes include making #CornStock out of corn cobs (something the #SiouxChef #SeanSherman talks about as well)!
26 Recipes to Use Up #FoodScraps
"Waste not want not" never tasted so good!
By Cathy Jacobs
Updated on 02/14/25https://www.thespruceeats.com/recipes-to-use-up-food-scraps-5179510
#SolarPunkSunday #FoodWasteRecipes
#ReduceWaste #ReduceFoodWaste
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Food scraps may not be good for birds (though the local corvids would disagree with that), here are some recipes for humans that involve food scraps! (And I intend to try making banana bread using banana peels!)
19 Recipes That Use Food Scraps To Make the Most of Your Ingredients
March 26, 2024
"Our Best Ideas for Repurposing Food Scraps
It never feels good to throw food away. Whether you're tossing scraps from a batch of mashed potatoes or peels from bananas Foster, it’s always a win to stretch those pennies just a little bit further. It might come as a surprise to find all the ways that you can use odd bits of waste, from ingenious appetizers to creative sauces and sides. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite tricks for using various scraps headed to the compost bin so you can perform feats of culinary magic and save a buck, too. For example, many people toss the tough broccoli stems in favor of the dark green crowns, but the stems have a lot of flavor and a great texture if prepared right. Peel away the hardy exterior and include them in a creamy, cheesy potato gratin."
Learn more:
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/photos/recipes-that-use-food-scraps#SolarPunkSunday #FoodWasteRecipes #ReduceWaste #ReduceFoodWaste #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste #ZeroWasteRecipes #FoodScraps
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How to Make Homemade Lemon Vinegar #CleaningSpray: Natural, Non-Toxic & Effective!
By Deanna Talerico updated Jan. 22nd, 2025, published Aug. 5th, 2019
"Got lemons? Hate chemicals and artificial fragrances? Try making your own non-toxic household cleaning spray solution! It only has two ingredients: lemon and vinegar. Actually, you can repurpose any type of citrus peels to make this cleaning spray. Orange, lime, lemon, grapefruit, or even a combination of a few.
Not only is this homemade lemon cleaner incredibly easy to make, it also serves the added benefit of repurposing spent citrus #scraps instead of trashing them! This is one of our favorite uses for lemon rinds, along with making homemade lemon powder. We also love to make salt preserved lemons and freeze lemon juice cubes.
On its own, white vinegar provides natural but effective antimicrobial activity. It’s also very inexpensive. However, many people find the smell of white vinegar to be far too pungent and sharp to use as a cleaner on its own. That is where the lemon (or other citrus) come in!
By infusing white vinegar with lemon peels, this cleaning spray takes on a fresh, citrusy, enjoyable scent. Furthermore, lemon has its own formidable cleaning powers too! Lemon is known to have natural anti-fungal, antibacterial, insecticidal, and deodorizing properties.
Supplies Needed
Lemon peels, or other citrus scraps – organic if possible!
White vinegar (you could also substitute with over-brewed acidic kombucha vinegar!)
A large glass jar or other container for steeping
A spray bottle
A fine-mesh strainer and/or cheesecloth
Optional: fresh aromatic, antiseptic herbs such as lavender, rosemary, thyme, sage, or mintDirections
Step 1: Gather Lemon Peels
Collect your spent lemon rinds (or other citrus peels) in a large glass container. We typically use a half-gallon mason jar, but a pitcher, a couple of smaller jars, or even a vase would work! Also, it is definitely okay to have the membranes, pith, or seeds in there as well!
Our favorite time to create this cleaning spray is right after we make a large batch of our garden “Besto Pesto” – because we use a lot of our backyard Meyer lemons in the process! If you can’t collect your rinds all at once, that is fine too. Just keep the container of rinds in the refrigerator and add to it as you generate more.
If it is going to take you more than a week to build a nice little collection of citrus peels, I suggest adding a little white vinegar to your jar by day 6 or 7. Pour in enough to submerge the lemon or citrus peels. This will prevent the citrus from molding while you continue to add more. If you do this, you can keep the jar out on the counter instead of in the fridge.
The amount of citrus rinds you collect isn’t crucial. As you can see in the photos, we had almost a full half-gallon of spent, squeezed lemon halves! This will create a very lemony cleaning spray. Yet a lesser amount will do the job too! I suggest collecting at least a heaping handful. The more citrus you have, the more wonderful the smell will be.
Step 2: Soak and Wait
Once you have a good amount of lemon or citrus rinds collected, pour plain white vinegar into the container over them. Fill it all the way up, or at least until the peels are all submerged. Feel free to add a handful of fresh herbs (listed above) for increased natural aromatherapy and disinfecting power.
Soak the citrus in vinegar for at least one week, and up to three weeks. The container of steeping rinds can sit out on the counter at room temperature. To help encourage the infusion, you could give the container a shake every few days to mix things up.
Step 3: Strain and Bottle
After it has finished steeping, it is time to separate the lemon rinds from the vinegar. The liquid may be more cloudy, especially if you’ve been shaking or stirring it. We want to remove as many chunks and particles as possible, to avoid clogging the spray bottle!
Therefore, you could pour the entire concoction into a very fine-mesh strainer perched over a bowl to catch it, as shown below. Another option is to pour the solution through cheesecloth. It may be worthwhile to strain the mixture twice before bottling.
Either way, I like to squeeze and squish the citrus rinds a bit – ringing them out to extract as much vinegar and juice as possible. Finally, pour the strained solution into a spray bottle. Grab a funnel if needed! We use these glass spray bottles, but you can also rinse and reuse any other spray bottle you have around! If there is extra, simply store it in a jar until your bottle needs a refill.
Some recipes say to dilute it by mixing it with equal parts water. If you want to increase the volume of your batch, feel free to add some water! However, based on my research, vinegar has the most effective disinfecting powers when it is used full-strength.
Step 4: Get Cleaning!
Check it out! You just created your own non-toxic citrus vinegar cleaning spray. Now you can clean and refresh your space. It really doesn’t “go bad” in the bottle – you’ll surely use it long before that is a concern.
See a list of uses as well as sensitive surfaces to avoid below!
How to Use Lemon Vinegar Cleaning Spray
We use this vinegar cleaning spray on our super-fancy 1970’s laminate kitchen counters, sinks, shower, toilets, bathtub, on tile, stainless steel appliances, inside the fridge, and other durable, sealed surfaces.
One of my favorite uses for it is to remove unwanted odors, such as that gross egg smell that seems to stay on plates and bowls, or to eliminate residual garlic and onion odor and flavor from cutting boards. In addition to sanitizing and deodorizing, vinegar is great at lifting stains, and sticky messes like sticker glue!
Spray it on, allow it to sit for a minute to reach its full antimicrobial potential, and then rinse or wipe away – such as with a damp sponge or cloth. For a deeper clean and stain removal, such as on shower grout, allow the vinegar cleaning spray to sit for up to ten minutes.
You can also add a splash into the dishwasher, or even in the washing machine to freshen up laundry. I especially love to add a splash with our gym clothes. Plain white vinegar can also be used to clean windows (even better than Windex!), yet the citrus may make it a little streaky.
Do Not Use Vinegar or Lemon on These Surfaces
Please note that vinegar and citrus are very acidic! Therefore, it is NOT recommended to use this vinegar cleaning spray on granite, marble, or other sensitive or porous stone surfaces. The acid can cause staining and etching to them.
We use it on our laminate “wood” floors, but would avoid using lemon vinegar on natural hardwood floors or wood furniture. On the other hand, we DO use this spray on our wood cutting boards. When in doubt, use caution and do some research on the surface in question before dousing it in lemon vinegar."
Source [includes photos]:
https://homesteadandchill.com/homemade-lemon-vinegar-cleaning-spray/#SolarPunkSunday #DIY #HouseholdProducts #NaturalCleaners #FoodScraps #ZeroWaste
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So, TBH, I used to be a true #omnivore. I had no problems eating other people's leftovers, things that might be considered "garbage," and have actually #DumpsterDived when I lived in Boston. So much so, my nicknames used to be "Seagull", "Crow" and "Scavenger". I've gotten a bit fussier now (a few bouts of food poisoning helped with that), but there is so much we can do with #FoodWaste and #FoodScraps. And yeah, if it's too far gone, give it to the seagulls or crows or #CompostPile. Bones are a whole different matter (as are brains -- don't eat them), but they can be utilized as well. I'll be going full on #Crow for next week's #SolarPunkSunday -- as I post recipes for food waste! Caw caw!
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So, I'm thinking I'll save the remaining articles for next week's #SolarPunkSunday (utilizing #FoodScraps, more #ClimateChangeGardening ). Re-tooting some posts for yesterday, and of course, boosting today's SPS posts!
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Detroit nonprofit Make Food Not Waste aims to cut state’s 2 billion pounds of annual food waste in half by 2030:
https://mrgreatlakes.com/2025/05/02/all-scraps-food-and-tires/
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Interesting article... So, ammonia found in humanure inhibits methane production. However, the addition of chicken feathers seems to be a workaround! I did not know that!
@BrambleBearGrrrauwling @Spr1g
How #biogas from human waste will lead to energy independence
Chicken feathers enhance the quality of biogas produced from human waste, allowing impoverished communities to generate their own power.
by Victoria Corless | Apr 14, 2022
"Accessible and affordable biogas
The solution they propose centers around the production of biogas, conventional sources of which include #FoodScraps, #wastewater, and animal #manure. But human waste could provide a viable, renewable source of energy, especially in regions of the world where energy supplies are unstable.
"'The shift into animal waste such as poultry droppings and cattle dung has huge prospects, but it is not sustainable in the long term as rural farmers depend on it,' said the researchers. 'The use of human excreta is the most available and sustainable due to the human population.'
"One challenge, however, is the ammonia naturally found in human waste, which inhibits the growth of #methane-producing bacteria and results in impure biogas with high levels of nitrogen. Chemical and microbial pretreatments are an option, but the team wanted to develop a truly sustainable and accessible solution to meet energy demands in impoverished regions.
"The trick, according to the study published recently in Global Challenges, is to combine the waste with powdered chicken feathers. The feathers are themselves useful in generating biogas, but only when pretreated to make them amenable to anaerobic digestion. Instead of adding an additional treatment step, the scientists let the microbes found naturally in human waste do all the work for them.
"In a laboratory-scale biodigestor, the team mixed together powdered chicken feathers and human waste in a 1:5 ratio and allowed the solution to incubate, measuring the quantity and quality of biogas produced over roughly two months. Compared to controls that contained no powdered chicken feathers, the biogas produced when the feathers were co-digested with the human waste contained, at minimum, 68% less nitrogen and 73% more methane.
“This experimentation means that there could be minimum nitrogen content with more microbes in the human excreta acting on the chicken feather as biotreatment,” said the authors. “The extensive effect of the microbes can be seen in the improved carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide content [of the biogas].'"
https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/how-biogas-from-human-waste-will-lead-to-energy-independence/
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Oh wow, the #EU published a food scraps and leftovers cookery book! Free to download, worth checking it!
It is not exactly #vegan (meat and dairy feature in it a lot), but there are many great ideas for vegans as well, don't be put off by those recipes.
#ZeroWaste #FoodWaste #FoodScraps #Leftovers #CookeryBook #CookBook #cooking #ClimateAction #diet #food
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Maine Senate passes food scraps disposal ban
The measure would require commercial and industrial-scale food waste producers to donate their edible leftovers and recycle what remains.
by Penny Overton, March 6, 2024
"The Maine Senate voted 20-12 in favor of the #FoodScraps disposal ban on Tuesday, moving the state one step closer to becoming the final New England state to require commercial and industrial-scale food waste producers to donate their edible leftovers and recycle what remains.
"'This bill will divert food waste from landfills within the state of Maine,' said Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, the Senate chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee that worked the bill. 'Currently 40% of municipal waste in the state is food waste.'
The House approved L.D. 1009, a bill introduced by Rep. Stanley Zeigler, D-Montville, 75-64 last month.
"Although approved by both chambers, the bill has not yet been funded. It would require about $550,000 to $600,000 a year to pay the staff needed to regulate and monitor a food waste disposal program. It is up to the appropriations committee to decide whether to fund the bill."
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"The bill would gradually ban the landfilling or burning of food waste. It would require commercial and industrial producers to donate edible leftovers to food rescue groups, such as food banks, transfer them to farmers for use as animal feed or fertilizer, or take them to an organics recycler.
"The ban would be implemented in 2026 and initially apply only to waste producers making at least 2 tons of waste a week located within 25 miles of an organics recycler. Eventually, in 2028, the ban would expand to include 1-ton producers within 25 miles of an organics recycler."
Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/06/maine-senate-passes-food-scraps-disposal-ban/#Maine #FoodScrapBan #FoodWaste #FoodInsecurity #FoodBanks #Methane #MethanePollution #ClimateChange #Composting
