Zero waste on 19 April 2022

MORE COOKING FOR LESS TRASH

Let's put our rubbish bins on a diet!

According to the ADEME (the French Agency of the Environment and the Control of Energy), a French person produces around 580 kg of household waste each year. Today, more than 3/4 of the waste found in our household waste bins doesn’t need to be there: it could be reused by properly sorting or composting it. And better yet, it could not exist at all! As a little reminder, the best waste is the one that does not even exist!

Source: ADEME, Agir Pour La Transition.

Zero waste on 26 November 2021

Don’t throw away your brewed tea!

Tea drinkers, did you know that brewed tea leaves hide incredible virtues?

Whether it is green, white, red, or black, on average 2 out of 3 French people are tea lovers, three times more than 25 years ago. (Source: SIAL Inspire Food Business, 2019). Tea is known for its many health benefits, but did you know that, once brewed, it can also be used for your beauty routine or in food dishes? Discover our zero waste tips to duly honour tea.

Zero waste on 19 November 2021

GREEN FRIDAY: QWETCH IS FIGHTING FOR A GREENER WORLD!

How about replacing the famous Black Friday with Green Friday? Faced with the delusional consumerism of Black Friday - which generates immeasurable environmental and social costs - initiatives are multiplying to raise public awareness about their consumption patterns. This is the case of Green Friday, the anti Black Friday movement.

Tips on 19 November 2021

WASTE REDUCTION: LESS WASTE, MORE HAPPINESS

"CONSUME BETTER TO REDUCE WASTE", LEITMOTIV OF THE EUROPEAN WEEK FOR WASTE REDUCTION

Today, a French person produces an average of 590 kg of household waste (and other similar waste) per year. In the past 40 years, this amount has doubled as we now buy more (and more frequently) products with a short lifespan (Source: EWWR, 2020). The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is held this year from the 20th to the 28th of November 2021. Organised alongside the ADEME (the French Agency for the Environment and Energy Management), this year’s programme focuses on raising awareness on how we sometimes (often!) consume unreasonably. This EWWR sends out a clear message: the best waste is the one we do not produce!

Zero waste on 14 October 2021

No more waste!

QWETCH IS COMMITTED TO FIGHTING FOOD WASTE – AND MUCH MORE!

Understanding the French Law Against Waste and For a Circular Economy, its measures, and the solutions at hand to avoid any waste! The 16^th of October is the French National Food Waste Day. In France, 10 million tons of food - still consumable - are thrown away each year according to the French Ministry of Ecological Transition. At global scale, nearly a third of food production ends up in the bin!