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Make less trash [Guide]

February 21March 15Posted in Sustainable Guide, zero wasteTagged compost, guide, how to make less trash, minimalism, plastic free, recycle, reduce, refuse, repair, reuse, simpllify, zero waste3 Comments

Zero waste doesn’t mean producing or consuming nothing. It’s about carefully and intentionally designing, producing, and consuming without waste as an end product.

“We make less waste and eventually when we can shift the way manufactures design and create stuff (and we have the infrastructure to recover) then we will live in a circular economy (zero waste) and that word zero will actually mean zero. Until then, do your best, start small, and voice your consumer opinion! Change won’t happen until we speak up and use our consumer power as much as we can.”

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Can we fight it all? Zero Waste, Plastic-Free, Consumerism & Food Waste

July 15March 15Posted in Chit Chat greeny corner, zero wasteTagged consumerism, consumption, eco, eco friendly, ecogreenlove, food waste, green, plastic free, struggle, sustainable, zero waste9 Comments

Lately we have been struggling to take the “right” decisions. This year we started, together as a couple, the commitment to reduce our plastic consumption as much as we can, but to reduce food waste as well. These last two weeks we noticed the trouble of taking decisions because, apparently, we haven’t got the perfect way to achieve both goals at the same time in some cases. I’ll explain this:

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Reblogged: Silicone in a Zero Waste life

June 7March 15Posted in Chit Chat greeny corner, Sustainable Guide, zero wasteTagged close the loop, eco, eco friendly, environment, green, green living, Health, natural, plastic free, silicone, waste free, zero waste2 Comments

Original from “What’s the Deal with Silicone?”
by Ange from My Minimalist Baby

“Silicone is a frequent plastic replacement. For those people trying to live more closed-loop or zero waste lifestyle, then silicone things often come up as alternatives to plastic. Silicone has a lot of similar properties and feel to plastic, and actually some better properties for certain functions too. I personally have a reusable coffee cup with a silicone lid, a silicone menstrual cup, silicone cupcake wrappers, a lid sealer in my ‘plastic free’ glass drink bottle and some silicone covered kitchen utensils.”

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Green Documentaries: The Clean Bin Project

January 23March 15Posted in Media, zero wasteTagged compost, consumerism, diy, documentary, eco, environment, green, packaging, plastic, second hand, tips, Waste, zero waste3 Comments

Remember back in October we shared the Just Eat It documentary about food waste? One fellow blogger (Nadine from Zero Journey) let us know they were the creators of this docu about consumerism and waste (which I hadn’t seen it back then). So, highly recommended if you are starting a zero-waste journey!

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Kamikatsu, Japan – Zero Waste town [Video]

December 8March 15Posted in Media, zero wasteTagged compost, environment, japan, kamikatsu, Landfill, recycle, recycling system, repurpose, reuse, upcycle, zero waste5 Comments

In 2003, the local government in Kamikatsu, Japan decided to require that all residents comply with a new, rigorous recycling program – perhaps the most rigorous in the world.

Since then, the town composts, recycles, or reuses 80% of its garbage. It may not technically be 100% zero waste, as the remaining 20% goes into the landfill, but it’s a remarkable achievement for an entire community, in such a short amount of time. The impacts have been positive – cutting costs for the community drastically, as well as improving the conditions of the lush and beautiful environment that surrounds the town in Southeast Japan.

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