18/08/2026
☀️🍉 Planning one last pool party before summer ends? Make it a good one!
A good, but sustainable pool party doesn't have to mean boring food, complicated rules or buying a completely new set of “eco” products.
In fact, one of the most sustainable things you can do is much simpler:
Make sure the food you already have actually gets eaten.
It's as simple as this?
In 2022, around 1.05 billion tonnes of food were wasted globally.
And when we waste food, we aren't wasting only the thing sitting on the plate. We also waste some of the water, land, energy, labour and other resources used to grow, produce, process and transport it.
So here is the thinking behind our Late-Summer Pool Party Sustainable Essentials. 💦👇
A cooler isn't just for cold drinks. On a hot summer day, keeping perishable food properly chilled helps prevent perfectly good food from becoming unsafe and ending up in the bin.
Before you make your pool-party shopping list, open the fridge. What needs eating?
Very ripe peaches? → Smoothies.
Half a watermelon? → Fruit platter.
Opened hummus? → Snack board.
Vegetables that have seen better days? → Dips, wraps or skewers.
We often prepare a huge spread because we want the table to look abundant.
But your guests don't need to take everything at once.
One big container of cold water with ice, lemon, mint or leftover fruit + reusable cups = an easy poolside drink station. It also means everyone can pour as much as they actually want instead of opening a new drink, taking three sips and forgetting which one was theirs.
We plan what we're going to bring to the party.
We rarely plan what we're going to bring back. Pack a few reusable containers and leave some room in the cooler before you leave home.
Then, when the party ends, safe untouched food already has somewhere to go.
Send friends home with their favourites.
Turn tonight's leftover vegetables into tomorrow's lunch.
