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| Pantry Nightmare |
Surprise, surprise, you may have expired foodssitting in your pantry. If you stock up on dry goods like breadcrumbs, cakemixes, noodles, and canned goods, it is possible that many will expire withinone to three years (if not already). If your pantry is overflowing and disorganized (like mine), it is easyto overlook products that have been sitting on your shelves long past theirprime.With Spring-cleaning looming, it may be time totackle your pantry. Yes, someguilt about getting rid of unused expired products may be lurking around, butexpired food can cause health problems such as gastric distress, gas, bloating,or diarrhea. Many materials found in dry food packaging areperfect for recycling. Make agreen choice by recycling expired foods packaging materials. Keep in mind that some packagingmaterials may look like foil or another material but is plastic. Try these tipsfor responsible recycling as you clean out the pantry:1. Removeplastic packages such as cake mixes and noodles from the cardboard packaging.This is easy to throw away in the green recycle bin.2. Removedry foods from their plastic wrappers. You can make plastic wraps more suitedfor the recycling bin by rinsing them off quickly under the tap.3. Dumpout the contents of expired canned goods, rinse them out, and throw them in therecycling bin.
After following these steps, you will reach thebest part, a pantry with room to clean, reorganize, spray for bugs (if needed),and stock up on healthy foods for this summer! 
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