Reduce Waste with These 3 Tips When Renovate Your Kitchen

Reduce Waste with These 3 Tips When Renovate Your Kitchen. A zero-waste kitchen is a viable alternative when remodelling your kitchen. It cuts costs and gives you the satisfaction of going green.

Ultimately, your kitchen will reflect how you live. Because there are no hard-fast rules on where the budget must be spent in the kitchen, how you splurge and save your money will depend on what’s most important to you.

Opt for Custom Design

Design the new kitchen for ease of use. Opt for custom-made cabinets, matching the size and proportion of the kitchen. Also, ensure easy access and visibility to all cabins. When making cabinets and cupboards, many innovative materials such as trendy glass, shiny metal, and rustic wood look elegant. Appearance is always an important consideration. Always choose a material that gives a stylish and elegant look. But do not neglect utility, practical considerations, and quality. Opt for kitchen cupboard doors with glass, for viability. Replace your cupboard doors with good-quality materials that prevent moisture seepage. Design cupboards, cabinets, and work areas to ergonomic standards. This prevents strain and injury to the users. Pay attention to safety as well. Design storage space for knives and other dangerous objects out of reach of children.

Co-opt an efficient freezer or refrigerator. The quantum of food waste from each kitchen, ending up in landfills, is staggering. About 30 percent to 40 percent of all food, on average, ends up as waste. About 95 percent of it ends up in landfills, where it produces methane gas, which contributes to global warming. Easy visibility and access to the food on hand reduces waste. Knowledge and visibility of the foods available would prompt you to make use of it before getting fresh food.

Adopt a Philosophy of Reuse and Recycle

Apart from stale food, plastic also contributes to waste big-time. Shun one-time use plastics, such as disposable plastic cutlery and covers. Opt for reusable containers over throwaway plastic bags. Allow extra cabinet space to stock containers in a well-organised way. Use ceramic or other re-usable plates and cutlery. Divide spaces for cutlery and other kitchen equipment. Make space for a drying station, to reduce the use of a dishwasher. Also, make room for compost and recycling stations. Use semi-custom cabinets to design these places out of sight.

Design for Long Term Use

Technically, renovation itself is a waste of resources. But renovation may become indispensable when the kitchen becomes too broken or dysfunctional. Make sure the investment in renovation provides sold, quantifiable savings. Invest in high-quality cabins and kitchen cupboard doors that do not break down easily. Opt for dual-purpose semi-custom cabinets. This offers a pantry pull-out and saves space. Invest a little extra amount to produce high-quality sturdy materials. Design the kitchen for optimal efficiency upfront. These steps save the waste of another renovation a few years down the lane.

Renovating the kitchen is both time-consuming and costly. Invest some time upfront to design well. Give topmost considerations to ease of cooking, efficiency, and productivity improvements. Undertake some research on a zero-waste kitchen, using these tips as a starting point. Talk with sellers of kitchen cupboard doors and other equipment, and prepare a budget. Hire expert professionals. Fine-tune the plans before starting the actual work. Changing your mind midway into the execution stage may result in more waste.

With the many benefits of updating your kitchen, we encourage you to contact us to speak with our KSI kitchen experts.

We are offering a free consultation for your plan and budget control. We can sit down with you to discuss your vision for your kitchen.

Whether you’re looking to make the necessary updates to increase the marketability of your home, increase the functionality of the room, or create more storage space to help with organization, we can help you create the kitchen of your dreams.