With food prices escalating as they are, freezing eggs is one way to help your wallet – and the environmentPlanning to make pancakes this week? With food prices escalating as they are, freezing eggs for a year could even be an act of financial hedging. Alternatively, freeze milk in ice cube trays for popping straight into your hot drinks. Households could save about €60 per month, or €700 a year, by avoiding food waste, the agency estimates. [ Counting the cost of food waste: ‘People don’t have enough to eat not due to lack of production, but lack of access’Opens in new window ]Food waste contributes to climate change too, with greenhouse gas emissions from food production, manufacture, packaging, transport and waste warming our planet.

Source: The Irish Times February 16, 2026 15:00 UTC