Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Woman Starts Campaign To Cut Food Waste

THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT

AT 6:00.

YOU BUY FOOD AND TOSS IT

OUT BECAUSE IT GOES BAD.

THE AVERAGE FAMILY THROWS OUT

$15,000 WORTH OF FOOD A YEAR.

CBS 2'S MARY CALVI SHOWS US

THOUGH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF

WAYS TO CUT THAT DOWN.

Reporter: JACKIE FEELS BAD

ABOUT THE FOOD SHE THROWS OUT.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE A BAG A

WEEK OF PRODUCE, BREAD, THOSE

ARE OUR TWO MOST COMMON THINGS

ARE LEFTOVERS THAT WERE NEVER

EATEN.

Reporter: BUT NOW SHE IS

GETTING SOME HELP.

JOANNE IS WITH THE NATURAL

RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL A

NONPROFIT THAT STARTED A

CAMPAIGN TO CUT FOOD WASTE AND

PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE

PROCESS.

SHE SAYS THE FIRST STEP TO

SAVING, PLAN AHEAD.

AM I BUYING FOR FIVE NIGHTS

OR TWO ORR THREE.

THEN WRITE IT DOWN.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON

WHAT YOU PURCHASE AND WILL USE.

Reporter: WHEN IN THE

PRODUCE AISLE IT'S BET OTHER TO

THINK BEFORE GRABBING.

IT'S BETTER TO BUY FOOD WITH

MULTIPLE USES SAY SPINACH THAT

YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT IN OTHER

MEALS LIKE PASTA.

IT WILL COOK DOWN QUICKLY IN

TWO OR THREE MINUTES AND IT'S A

WAY TO USE A GREAT VOLUME OF

SALAD GREENS REALLY QUICKLY.

Reporter: WHEN YOU GET THE

FOOD HOME, DON'T JUST SHOVE IT

IN THE FRIDGE.

WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EAT FOOD

THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE.

GET A REFRIGERATOR THERMOMETER

TO CHECK FOR A READING BETWEEN

36 AND 38 DEGREES.

THAT'S WHAT WILL KEEP YOUR FOOD

LASTING THE LONGEST.

Reporter: SHE SUGGESTS

COMING UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO

USE UP LEFTOVERS LIKE SOUP AND

CROCKPOT RECIPES.

FINALLY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE

FREEZER.

MOST THINGS CAN BE FROZEN.

Reporter: MILK, SOUR CREAM

AND MOST FRUITS AND VEGGIES CAN

ALL GO IN THE FREEZER.

BREAD IS ALSO NICE BECAUSE

IT FREEZES WELL AND THAWS

QUICKLY.

Reporter: YOU WILL SAVE

MONEY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

WHEN FOOD IS DISPOSED IN A

LANDFILL, IT ROTS AND BECOMES A

SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF METHANE A