How to reduce waste at home

Even when you live frugally, there’s always a certain amount of household waste – often from food and packaging. We know that waste can get more difficult to manage at the end of celebrations.

Find out how we can help you organise your leftover food and sort out your recyclables. You might save yourself both time and money – all while reducing your waste and making your home a little tidier!

A person adds vegetable peel to a brown-paper food waste bag in a HÅLLBAR waste sorting bin within a high MAXIMERA drawer.

Why let good food go to waste?

Rather than add to the mountain of food that’s thrown away each year, why not chill or freeze your leftovers for a quick meal on another day? Most of our IKEA lunch boxes with lids, bags & food containers are freezer-safe. Some of them are safe to use in microwave ovens, ovens and dishwashers. So you don't have to worry about your food spoiling because of external factors.

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Did you know

To prolong freshness, arrange your fridge shelves based on the temperature zones and how fast certain foods will spoil.

Waste reduction aids

Here are just some of the IKEA products to help you stay on top of household waste.

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IKEA 365+ Food container with lid, square glass/bamboo, 600 ml

Get your waste sorting sorted

Sorting is easier if each type of recyclable material has a dedicated container – so less waste goes to landfill. With both freestanding and built-in options, such as HÅLLBAR series, your home can be tidier, too.

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Six white SORTERA waste sorting bins with lid, in two stacks of three, in a wooden shelving unit beneath eggs and bottles.

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A white SORTERA waste sorting bin with open lid to show newspapers inside, beneath a shelf of glass jars of red preserves.

Did you know

Waste isn’t always waste. Veg peels in broths, seeds grown in egg boxes, newspaper as gift-wrap...

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Let's reduce waste together

IKEA is proud to partner with the National Environment Agency in support of Singapore's drive towards a Zero waste Nation. Let's do our part to reduce waste today!

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