>> What do you do when squirrels nibble on your yet-unripe tomatoes? Fry up some green tomatoes, of course! That’s what Jonathan of Wasted Food did: “I battered them with egg, milk and breading. To get the breadcrumbs, not something I use much or keep around, I blendered some old heels of a sourdough loaf. It worked quite well.” Then he fried up what remained of the batter into griddle cakes for a completely waste-free lunch!

>> Few have the waste-not ethic that Jonathan does though. Tristram Stuart shows just how much food we waste in a photo slideshow at the Guardian UK.  The first photo: Tristram holding “large bags of spicy tomato and basil soup discarded by the sandwich chain Eat four days before its sell-by date.” (via Treehugger)

>> Most of us could do better about avoiding waste—but what about onion skins and banana peels? That's where this upcycled shipping pallet compost bin comes in. Waste neither shipping materials nor food by assembling this DIY composter. The trickiest part, in my view, is finding the shipping pallets. The financially lucrative part: The handmade product will cost you just $15. (via Re-Nest)

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