DON’T BIN IT!
Bananas
A staple of most shopping baskets, bananas go from ripe to overripe fairly quickly and are one of our most wasted food items. Emily Gussin is here to change all that
MAKE THEM LAST LONGER
Store your bananas in a cool, dry place (not the fridge). Hanging is ideal as it lets the air flow around them. Bananas release ethylene, a gas that triggers ripening in fruit, so unless you have fruit you want to ripen, keep them apart. For the same reason, don’t store newly purchased bananas with older ones – unless they’re green.