Taste of Zero Waste

04/16/2021

🚨PSA!!! Select stores are letting you bring in containers again! 🚨
It's a super easy way to make a difference 💪 Bring your own clean containers, get them weighed at the front, and fill 'em up! 🌳☺️🌎 If you have any questions about the experience, feel free to comment or DM me 🧐😉
Today I picked up some staples to try new recipes from the cookbook - can't wait to dig in and share some with you 🥑🥒🥙

02/07/2021

13 peppers and 14 tomatoes for $5! 🤯🤯🤯 Just discovered and used and was SUPER impressed! This app saves food that grocery stores would otherwise throw out, and saves you cold, hard cash. 🌎🍅🤑 Would recommend checking it out!
Scroll ➡️ to see how it works!
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10/31/2020

Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃 This year while carving pumpkins, try these low waste recipes - a classic fall soup and a healthy snack!! This cozy pumpkin soup and these crisp roasted pumpkin seeds can get you in that fall lovin' mood 🙏🙏
In Canada, over 80,000 metric tonnes of pumpkins are produced annually in Canada — but we don't even eat most of them. Instead, we carve them, use them as decoration, and then toss them away. Hands up if you've done that. 🙋🙋- Narcity
These two recipes help to make that statistic a little less scary 👻 So give them a whirl!

10/27/2020

A good read from the Globe and Mail on how eating more plant based meals can lower your footprint! 🌱🌍🌾

How a green diet of rice, beans and plant-based proteins can help squash your climate impact (Sponsor Content)

10/19/2020

🚨Low Waste RECIPE Alert!🚨 This time, it's irresistible Homemade Tortillas! 😍💜😍
Throughout our journey of going , we realized we consume a lot of bread, especially tortillas which meant purchasing a lot of plastic… UNTIL NOW!
Follow this link for the easy to make recipe: https://bit.ly/3mc4h23

09/08/2020

560 square feet, 141 pieces of plastic, 1 month, 0 trips to the garbage disposal 🙌🤯🙌 We did it. We kept every piece of our garbage for a month. 🗑️

🚨To see why the HECK we did this, visit our blog: https://bit.ly/32c5LSo 🚨
Here's a sneak peek 😉:
Living in a developed country like Canada, we often have the privilege of ignoring our plastic usage by simply tossing it in the garbage. The reality is, our waste disposal system 'magically' makes our garbage disappear in to what feels like a black hole. This makes it incredibly easy to ignore the repercussions of plastic use.

The negative impacts of our subconscious behaviours are piling up. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be 12 billion metric tons of plastic, 35,000 times the weight of the empire state building. This is due to the explosion of plastic use which has increased approx 620% since 1974, combined with the fact that nearly every piece of plastic created still exists on Earth. 🌎

✨To keep reading, click here: https://bit.ly/32c5LSo✨

08/16/2020

Did someone say up-cycling?! Up-cycling is a great way to find a second home for an item you are no longer using, without tossing or donating it. ♻️

Take this boot that has been up-cycled into a flower pot... If the boot was donated, the reality is that there would only be a 10 - 20 percent chance that it would be resold in Canada. 🤯🤯🤯 That's mind blowing, right?! That means that 80 - 90% of our donated stuff goes elsewhere... but WHERE? 😬🌍

For the answer to this question, check out this CBC article: https://bit.ly/3hRPJSQ

The root of this problem is our society's obsession with stuff. So the solution starts with YOU - be aware of what you buy, and be sure to really use and love it when it is in your possession. 💜
"We're the ones that are buying too much stuff and then we want our unwanted things to somehow be good for the world."
- Elizabeth Cline, author

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08/10/2020

Well said.🙌🙌 It's important to remember that smaller changes from many individuals makes a greater difference than the perfect impact of a few.
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08/04/2020

Craving a mouthwatering zero waste snack? 🍉👉Watermelon and other fruits with rinds including cantaloupes and oranges are a perfect solution!

Just be sure to compost the rinds afterwards, and you are all set! 🙌♻️👊
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07/30/2020

Yum, plastic free granola!! 😊🌍🌱
Now I know many of you are thinking 'what a time consuming hippie move!', but guess what?! It's SUPER EASY!
1. Add 3 cups of oats and 1 cup of your favourite (un-roasted) nut or seed in to a bowl - would recommend almonds or pumpkin seeds! 🎃🎃
2. Add in 1/2 vegetable oil OR maple syrup and stir 🍁
3. Bake at 300F for 15 mins to 20 mins, stirring halfway through
4. Let it cool off before putting it in a container! 🤒
5. Add in dried fruits of your choosing
And voila! You have some easy plastic free granola! Top it on your favourite yogurt, or even eat it straight!

07/16/2020

✨TIP✨ As huge lovers of produce, these are our not-so-secret weapon to reduce plastic bag usage... Mesh bags!
Given that Canadians use 15 billion plastic bags a year, these are an effective and easy solution. 🌱♻️🌍

Here are some mesh bag tips:
1. Remember to bring them to the store by keeping them with your other reusable grocery bags 😉

2. They come in different sizes making them flexible and convenient for all types of fruits and veggies 🍊🥑🍅

3. Wash them when done - just toss em in with the rest of your laundry and air dry

For more ways to kick start your zero waste journey, click here: https://ivannafranko.wixsite.com/tasteofzerowaste/post/5-observations-to-kick-start-your-tasteofzerowaste-journey

BUDGET FRIENDLY SOLUTION: If you're not up for buying the mesh bags, no worries. Just put your produce directly in your cart 🛒🛒