Everything but the kitchen sink: how to choose more sustainable and durable cookware

What to donate, buy and borrow to free up space, use fewer resources and give your kitchenware a great shelf life Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com As a baby boomer and grandmother, I’m keen to find ways in my kitchen to try to make up for the damage wrought by my generation and help keep the planet sustainable for my children and grandchildren. As a former professional cook, I have the culinary tools to feed my growing family but am only now acquiring the knowledge to do so in a sustainable way by making small changes at minimal or no cost. Using fewer resources in the kitchen can result in net gains. By choosing equipment carefully, recycling plastic and foil food wraps and being more mindful of power usage, it’s possible to save money and minimise one’s carbon footprint in the kitchen. For anyone embarking on a more sustainable lifestyle, a kitchen sustainability audit is a way in. Go through your cupboards one by one and set aside anything you either don’t use or think might be better uti