Before writing this, we loaded every “best zero waste blogs” list we could find. Most of them are quietly broken: blogs on expired domains, a famous one returning a server error, category pages that 404, and a bulk-store finder app whose domain no longer resolves. Recommending dead links helps nobody, so we did it the slow way. Every zero waste blog below was loaded and checked in July 2026, and we note the last time each one actually published.
| Blog | Who runs it | Focus | Status (July 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Going Zero Waste | Kathryn Kellogg | Practical swaps, beginner guides | Actively posting |
| Moral Fibres | Wendy Graham | UK green living, cleaning, thrift | Actively posting |
| Gittemary | Gittemary Johansen | Zero waste lifestyle, fashion | Actively posting |
| Zero Waste Chef | Anne-Marie Bonneau | Food waste, fermentation, cooking | Occasional posts |
| Zero Waste Home | Bea Johnson | The movement’s founding text | Live archive |
| Wasteland Rebel | Shia Su | Radical trash reduction | Live archive |
| Treading My Own Path | Lindsay Miles | Plastic-free living, minimalism | Live archive |
| My Plastic Free Life | Beth Terry | Plastic-free pioneering | Live archive |
The Zero Waste Blogs Still Posting
Going Zero Waste: Best for Beginners
Kathryn Kellogg, author of 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste, has kept this blog genuinely alive while most of its 2015-era peers went dark, with new posts as recently as late June 2026 when we checked. The archive is deep on approachable swaps and the tone never guilt-trips. If you send one link to a friend who is curious but overwhelmed, make it this one, then follow it with our own 90-day starter plan.
Moral Fibres: Best for UK Readers
Wendy Graham has run Moral Fibres since 2013 and was still publishing in June 2026. It is the rare green-living blog with real specificity: UK shop recommendations, natural cleaning recipes that cite quantities, and secondhand shopping advice that goes beyond “try eBay.” If you liked our online thrift stores guide, her thrift content is a natural next read.
Gittemary: Best for a Younger, Sharper Take
Danish creator Gittemary Johansen bridges the blog era and the video era: long-form posts on her site, plus one of the most-watched zero waste channels on YouTube. She is direct about fast fashion and consumerism in a way the gentler American blogs tend not to be, and she was still posting on the blog as of early 2026.
Zero Waste Chef: Best for the Kitchen
Anne-Marie Bonneau is behind the line every zero waste person has quoted at least once: we don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly, we need millions doing it imperfectly. Her blog goes deepest on the highest-impact room in the house, with sourdough, fermentation, and scrap cooking guides. New posts have slowed, but the archive is the best food-waste resource on the internet.
The Archives Still Worth Reading
These blogs are no longer updating regularly, but their sites are live and the writing holds up. Zero Waste Home is where the modern movement started; Bea Johnson’s 5 Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) are still the cleanest framework anyone has written. Wasteland Rebel by Shia Su remains the best documentation of just how far trash reduction can go in a normal apartment. Treading My Own Path by Lindsay Miles is thoughtful on the psychology of consuming less, and My Plastic Free Life by Beth Terry is the original plastic-free experiment, running since 2007.
The Ones That Are Gone (Why This List Exists)
This is the part other roundups don’t do. When we checked in July 2026: Trash is for Tossers, probably the most famous zero waste blog of the 2010s, was returning a server error. Litterless, long the go-to directory for package-free shopping in the US, no longer loads. Eco Warrior Princess was unreachable. The Bulk Finder app that half the older lists still link to is on a domain that no longer resolves. Several smaller blogs featured in major roundups now show expired-domain notices. None of this means the movement failed; it means blogs are businesses and side projects, and both end. But it is why a list that has actually been checked, recently, is worth having, and why we will re-verify this one.
How We Verified This List
Simple, boring method: we loaded every site, confirmed it returns a working page, and checked its feed or latest post for a publish date. “Actively posting” means a post within the last few months of July 2026. “Live archive” means the site works but hasn’t published recently. We’ll re-run the check periodically and update the table, and if you find a dead link here, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best zero waste blog?
Going Zero Waste is the best all-around zero waste blog still actively publishing: a deep, beginner-friendly archive that was updated as recently as June 2026. For food, Zero Waste Chef; for UK readers, Moral Fibres; for the movement’s foundations, Bea Johnson’s Zero Waste Home archive.
Are zero waste blogs still active in 2026?
Fewer than at the movement’s 2015-2019 peak, but yes. Going Zero Waste, Moral Fibres, and Gittemary all published new posts in 2026. Many of the most famous names, though, have stopped updating or gone offline entirely, which is why lists that haven’t been re-checked are full of dead links.
What happened to Trash is for Tossers?
Lauren Singer’s blog, famous for fitting years of trash in a mason jar, was returning a server error when we checked in July 2026. Singer’s focus shifted years ago to Package Free Shop, the retail business the blog inspired. The blog may return, but as of our last check it doesn’t load.
Where should a complete beginner start?
Read one beginner guide, then change one habit, and ignore everything else until that sticks. Our 90-day zero waste plan is built exactly for that pace, and Going Zero Waste’s beginner archive is the best companion to it.