Nine easy ways to reduce food waste 10 minutes to read Megan Wood is a food, travel and lifestyle writer based in [email protected] I am that person who has a dozen airtight containers taking up room in my fridge because I just can't bear to throw out food. I save spoonfuls of cooked rice, a couple of broccoli florets and half-used tubs of tomato paste. Sadly, however, a lot of them sit there for so long that they have been rendered utterly unrecognisable by the time I get around to throwing them out. I ended up clearing out the fridge feeling like an abject failure. That food could have been put to good use, if only I was more organised. Something had to change. And that something was me.