Overheard a guy at the coffee shop say his family saves all their veggie scraps for broth, I always just trashed mine.

I was standing in line at this little cafe downtown and this guy was telling his friend how they keep a bag in the freezer for carrot tops, onion skins, celery ends, all that stuff. He said they make stock once a month and it cuts down their trash by a lot. I used to just throw all those scraps right in the bin without thinking. It hit me that I'm basically paying to throw away something I could use for free. So I started doing it last week, just threw a ziploc in the freezer and started filling it up. I made my first batch last night and it was way easier than I thought, just boil everything for an hour and strain it. Has anyone else tried this and noticed a big difference in how much trash they produce?

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the_blair2h ago

Honestly it's wild once you start noticing how much stuff we just throw away without thinking. Kinda makes you realize how little habits can add up to something bigger.

jordan3301h ago

@the_blair I get where you're coming from but I see it a bit different. A lot of that stuff is actually recyclable or compostable if people just took two seconds to sort it. Like, yogurt cups and cardboard boxes in my city get picked up curbside. The real problem isn't the little habits, it's companies making everything in single-use plastic that can't even be recycled. We're here sorting our trash while they keep pumping out packages that fall apart after one use.