Avoid grocery - store waste by bringing reusable totes, cloth bags for
dry bulk items, and jars for wet items such as cheese and deli foods.
Use a solid cloth bag to buy bread and
dry bulk items.
Not exact matches
Meal planning and buying
items like quinoa,
dried beans, and raw nuts from your local groceries
bulk aisle.
I would think that
dried beans would be an easy
bulk item to find.
You can also bring your own refillable glass jars to buy
bulk items like
dried fruit and nuts.
I buy unpackaged produce,
dried goods from
bulk bins, and loose
items that would otherwise go to waste, like single bananas.
Peek at your shopping list and see if you buy any of the following: beans, legumes, seeds, nuts, grains, nut butters, coffee, tea, granola, spices,
dry baking stuff,
dried fruit, candy... Now, gather some bags and jars and try to shop for those
items in
bulk.
Shop around, you might be surprised that
items such as
dry pet food, salt, tahini, oil, honey, spices, nuts,
dried fruits, baking
items and so much more can be purchased via the
bulk bins and often for less money.
Both the problem of hitch - hikers finding a ride in the ballast water, and the frequency of trips between ports giving invasive species a stronger foothold in a new area are
items to be dealt with, but the mapping showed that the former is more an issue among oil tankers and
dry bulk carriers and the latter is more an issue among cargo ships.