The humble kitchen – the place where you cook up a storm, experiment with new recipes and enjoy the tastes of homecooked meals. It may seem an innocuous part of your home, but it could, no matter how unintentionally, be having an impact on the environment. With fridges packed full of plastic-wrapped products and perfectly edible food going to waste in our bins, kitchens can easily become the opposite of eco-friendly. Here are seven ways to make yours kinder to the Earth.