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Nov 18, 2020

'When life gives you lemons...': What sustainable living can teach us about COVID and lockdown

At TBWY, we are all about transforming adversity into opportunity. Give us a batch of rescued food, and we’ll whip up a delicious meal...

Ralitza Petrova

Oct 2, 2020

3 Tips For a Cozy and Eco-Friendly Fall

The sound of rain coming through the windows, cinnamon wafting through the air, warm jumpers worn on chilly days – we all know what time...

3 Awesome Female Eco-Friendly Influencers You Should Be Following

Ralitza Petrova

Sep 7, 2020

3 Awesome Female Eco-Friendly Influencers You Should Be Following

Social media can feel like a jungle of cat memes, TikTok dances, and news about Kylie Jenner and her latest offspring. It’s easy to...

8 Things You Never Need to Buy Again: An Eco-Lover’s Guide to Becoming a Better Consumer

Ralitza Petrova

Aug 7, 2020

8 Things You Never Need to Buy Again: An Eco-Lover’s Guide to Becoming a Better Consumer

In a world that always urges us to move faster and do more, it’s easy to get swept up in a consumer rollercoaster. We are constantly...

Having the Climate Talk with Your Parents

Ralitza Petrova

Jul 24, 2020

Having the Climate Talk with Your Parents

Talking politics with our parents – it’s a struggle we’ve all had to deal with. Whether it’s addressing women’s rights, arguing about...

Apr 17, 2020

Surviving Self-Isolation

In this time of uncertainty and loneliness, we can all do with some more positivity and inspiration. Living in self-isolation can easily...

Environmental Guilt: Are You Doing Enough to Save the Environment?

TBYW

Nov 13, 2019

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 8, 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...

How to Recreate Cuisines Around the World with Spices and Herbs

TBYW

Oct 25, 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...

Student Low-Waste Recipes – Quick, Easy & Cheap!

TBYW

Oct 18, 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 11, 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...

How to Make a Difference? Save the Environment, Join Eco-Activism to Demand Social and Political Cha

TBYW

Oct 4, 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...

Beginner’s Guide to Environmentally-Friendly Food Shopping

TBYW

Sep 20, 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

Jun 21, 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 14, 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...

4 Things I learnt at the Taste Before You Waste Summer Festival

TBYW

Jun 7, 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 1, 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...

The five most wasted foods, and what you can do with them

TBYW

May 24, 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...

Zero Waste Living Update and Tips & Tricks

TBYW

May 17, 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 10, 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...