Thanksgiving Food Waste Is Nothing To Celebrate

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Savethefood.com’s Guest-imator tool is the best way to figure out how much food you’ll need for your event!

Use leftovers in creative ways. There are tons of recipes online for Thanksgiving leftovers.

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Compost any food that you can’t eat. This will help reduce emissions from landfills.

Food waste isn’t just a humanitarian concern. It’s also an environmental one.

Food scraps that end up in composters, anaerobic digesters, animal feed, or other more environmentally friendly destinations aren’t considered waste by ReFED’s analysis.

Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what we have. Let’s not waste it! Read More