Plan Meat Purchases Carefully

Plan meat purchases carefully. Only purchase as much as you know you'll need or use. The average person wastes more than 22 pounds of edible store-bought meat each year. Given that is takes 5 pounds of grain and 2,500 gallons of water to produce just one pound of beef, that's more than 100 pounds of wasted grain and 55,000 gallons of wasted water per person. 

Avoid foam or plastic containers that cannot be recycled. Instead, opt for cardboard, aluminum foil (which is easy to recycle) or recyclable plastics graded 1 or 2.