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The 1% rule can save the planet: Why small changes make a big difference
The 1% rule – also known as the rule of marginal gains – is the idea that big goals can be achieved through small steps. It eliminates the d
Ralitza Petrova
Feb 13, 2020


Environmental Guilt: Are You Doing Enough to Save the Environment?
I credit environmentalism for many of the wonderful things in my life – it’s the reason why I became vegetarian, adopted a more...
TBYW
Nov 13, 2019


Going Zero Waste with Pets
If going zero waste is your ambition, you need to take a look not only at our own lifestyles, but your pet’s lifestyle as well. My...
TBYW
Nov 8, 2019


How to Recreate Cuisines Around the World with Spices and Herbs
Rescuing vegetables and preventing food waste at home (e.g. by making leftover dinners) requires some creativity. It happens sometimes...
TBYW
Oct 25, 2019


Student Low-Waste Recipes – Quick, Easy & Cheap!
Eating eco-friendly can be tricky when you lead a busy, fast-paced life, and no-one knows that better than university students. Exams,...
TBYW
Oct 18, 2019


How to Resurrect Limp Vegetables
Next time you’re about to throw away limp vegetables from your fridge, think again! It’s possible that the veggies are simply dehydrated...
TBYW
Oct 11, 2019


How to Make a Difference? Save the Environment, Join Eco-Activism to Demand Social and Political Cha
Taste Before You Waste has always stood for making small, individual acts of change that can build up to create a greater difference. We...
TBYW
Oct 4, 2019


Beginner’s Guide to Environmentally-Friendly Food Shopping
Whether you want to lower your food waste, or are looking to make some more environmentally-friendly diet choices, food activism starts...
TBYW
Sep 20, 2019

The Social Impact of Food Waste
In speaking of food waste we often hear about the environmental consequences: waste of land use, energy, water, our natural surroundings,...
TBYW
Jun 21, 2019


Don’t waste this summer
Summer’s here! Bring out the sun beds, dig out that bathing suit, lather yourself in sun screen and just lie under the sun forgetting all...
TBYW
Jun 14, 2019


4 Things I learnt at the Taste Before You Waste Summer Festival
After last weekend we can gladly say that summer has officially started. This asks for celebration! TBYW closed off the season before the...
TBYW
Jun 7, 2019


More to Food Waste; Land
Around the Wei river, trees and shrubs dot the area and grass stretches over kilometres of land cut by dramatic canyons. This green...
TBYW
Jun 1, 2019


The five most wasted foods, and what you can do with them
In this blog you’ll find the five most wasted food products, and some inspiration for what to do with them so they don’t have to go to...
TBYW
May 24, 2019

Zero Waste Living Update and Tips & Tricks
“Oh c’mon, it’s just one straw” Said 8 billion people. Straws are made in ten minutes, used up in twenty and stick around in the natural...
TBYW
May 17, 2019

More to Food Waste; Water
Every single thing which you are holding, sitting on or nibbling is water. In the same way as plants and produce need water to grow, the...
TBYW
May 10, 2019


Keepin’ it fresh – Tips to store food properly in your fridge
There is nothing quite like opening a fully stocked and perfectly organized squeaky clean fridge. It becomes a well-chilled sanctuary for...
TBYW
May 3, 2019

Cut the Crap!
Waste and zero-waste living ©The Green Hub Waste. Something we, at Taste Before You Waste, do not like. This week’s blogpost takes a...
TBYW
Apr 26, 2019


An environmentalist on Earth Day
I consider myself to be an environmentalist. At the age of twelve I found myself in my first environmental march holding a banner over my...
TBYW
Apr 19, 2019


World Disco Soup Day 2019
World Disco Soup Day 2019 Code Orange! © Pebble Magazine The 27th of April is the day that for 364 days a year, the Dutch are patiently...
TBYW
Apr 17, 2019


The Planetary Health Diet Cookbook
DIY Environmental Heroïsm! This post will give you the best recipes with the least environmental exploitation, so you can sustainably eat...
TBYW
Apr 5, 2019
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