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We have areas we struggle with and are working on how to accommodate the change, but we’ve found it satisfying, fun, and it even saves us money! Have fun and have more money?!? Sign me up!Ĭindy Thompson is a Main Street Vegan Academy Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator an American Council on Exercise certified Health Coach, Peer Fitness Trainer, and Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Soil and Water Steward for Tilth Alliance in Seattle, WA.
I may not ever get to absolute Zero Waste, but I’m sure working to reduce it to the tiniest amount possible, and that’s awesome. The journey to Zero Waste is challenging, rewarding, and humbling. Little changes can make a big difference, and many little changes make a big change. The key is to transition to better options as we use those up. We’re all going to start out with heaps of non-Zero Waste things. The key is to take small steps-you won’t make this change overnight. Think about how you can incorporate these R’s into your life. You’ll often see even more R’s in regards to Zero Waste: repurpose, repair, return, refill, rethink, replace, rehome, replant, respect, recover, restore, etc. Compost paper napkins and towels (until you replace with cloth), bamboo toothbrushes (except the bristles, which need to be pulled out and put in the garbage), walnut dish scrubbies, loofah sponges, floor sweepings, vacuum bag dust, and even hair from your hairbrush.
Being vegan means ALL of our food waste is compostable and should never go into the garbage. Use rechargeable batteries.Ĭompost! Build a compost bin or worm bin to create compost for your garden and landscaping or use your community yard debris/food waste pickup. Employ reusable containers for food storage and serving carry reusable beverage containers and utensils use cloth napkins and towels instead of paper repurpose used or worn out items have furniture reupholstered instead of replaced.Ĭhoose recycled products buy items from a secondhand store, thrift store, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace instead of buying new–and sell or donate your things rather than throwing them out. Select things that can be reused over and over for the same or a different purpose. Use mesh bags or your own containers to buy produce or items from bulk bins.
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Limit length of showers run full laundry loads instead of multiple smaller ones walk instead of drive borrow books from the library or read books and newspapers online or on a personal device. Note, a lot of “compostable” utensils cannot be composted by most waste management companies as they require special processes and are simply put in the dump.ĭownsize, limit yourself to the things you really do need. Don’t purchase items in non-recyclable or non-compostable packaging, or single-use items such as plastic utensils or paper cups. Refuse to accept or bring in materials that create waste, things that you do not need.
Bea Johnson of Zero Waste Home is often credited with bringing Zero Waste to the home consumer with the 5 R’s of Zero Waste: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot. Paul Palmer first coined the term “Zero Waste” in the mid-70s, but the term was not widely used until 2000. Zero Waste looks at other means of eliminating waste and puts recycling low on the list. Simply setting out materials for recycling is not the answer. Glass, while recyclable, takes as much energy to recycle as it does to make the initial product. Chinese air quality standards are not as stringent, allowing toxic processing fumes into the atmosphere. Recyclable plastic can only be recycled once and is made into products that aren’t recyclable in the future, such as plastic furniture. Only 9% of plastic sent overseas was recycled the rest was dumped. But worse, because our recyclables are so soiled, China won’t accept them anymore, so they’re going to the dump, not recycled at all!Įven when China was taking U.S. Did you know that most of what we set out in recycling bins gets sent to the dump and is never recycled? Turns out, our recyclables were being shipped to China for processing, not even recycled in the U.S. And guess what? - that includes recyclables too. I’m not going to candy-coat it: it’s pure, unadulterated trash.
One such area has been in my relationship with garbage.
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