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~ Laura

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DID YOU KNOW?

Food packaging accounts for 30 million tons of waste annually. Cutting back on processed, packaged foods is a smart eco-friendly move.
 

  

TAKE ONE SMALL STEP

Start eating from a
9-inch plate to avoid portion distortion. Since the 1980s, the standard size of a dinner plate has grown from 9-10½ inches to 12 inches in diameter, the size of a European dinner platter. Restaurants plates are even larger, averaging out at 12½ inches across. Studies have shown that when a person eats off a smaller plate, they consume up to 30 percent less!


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