10 Ways Towards A More Eco-Friendly Kitchen

The basis of an eco-friendly world moves outwards from your eco-friendly kitchen. Every day we bring in large amounts of poly bags in which the “sabjiwala” puts your veggies and fruits and offers you to embellish his produce and make you feel grand about your happy cooking time.

Then, another visual- Cows and Birds scrounging in the corner dumping space for garbage, looking for food amongst the filth. Now, filth because of all that mix of wet waste and dry waste, all hugging each other to death of us all.
Polybags in the cow’s stomach left to fend for themselves. No milk, no gain for their keeper who turns them out for the day.
So high time we did ourselves a favor by managing our own waste which finds its way to the sad cows, the landfills, the Yamuna and the Ganga…. So what can you do?

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Have a look at some of the eco-friendly kitchen tips.

1. Composting– Just need a large container. For example, A big clay pot in which plants are grown. Put in all your veg. peels, tea leaves etc. called wet waste from your kitchen and let it brew. Stir it every few days, in about 45 days it will become compost.
   Use it for your plants or donate it to an enthusiastic gardening freak in your neighborhood. You would have just done the Earth a great favor. Clean the dry waste like plastic, metal foil etc, and sell it to a “Kabadi”.

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Compost Your Food Scraps

1. Expand and create your waste management company and pool in with your neighbors for collection and composting or even go up to creating your own biogas plant.
2. Recycle packaging materials. Keep 2-3 cloth bags handy for getting your food ingredients instead of carrying back 5-7 poly bags for the same wares.
3. Lighting: Use critical lights, preferably LED lights which last much longer, are cheaper in the long run, and save up to 80% energy.
4. Conserve energy: You kettle, your toaster, your juicer….Plug them on only when you are using them and unplug them immediately after use.
5. Change your cleaning ways: Instead of the toxic chemical cleaners for your utensils, use lemon juice, vinegar, and baking soda which will do the job. Also, use cloth towels for cleaning or wiping your tabletops rather than tissue paper.
6. Upgrade old appliances: Make sure your old gadgets are energy efficient. If not buy some new more energy-efficient models which are available in the market.
7. Use only what you need: In your electric kettle put only 1 cup of water for your one cup of tea. It’s sheer carelessness to just dump in water and let it boil and simmer for only your 1 cup. It also saves electricity.
8. Use durable cookware made of stainless steel or cast iron or copper and brass instead of these “modern” Teflon-coated non-stick ware. The toxicity of this material is debatable.
9. Use the microwave for a large part of your cooking as it accounts for 80% saving of energy. Use solar cookers to reduce the gas bills and do the Earth another big favor and save on LPG. Grow your own herbs. Use glass containers for your ingredients instead of plastic.

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Grow your own herbs

Find more of your own energy-saving and environment-friendly gadgets and devices to enhance your eco-friendly kitchen for the longevity of us all on this planet.