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"We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Last week we wrote about how to put a stop on single plastic use and kickstart a sustainable lifestyle. This week, we will give the 101 on how to transform your life towards simple, manageable and waste-free living at home that will save time, money and reduce your household's waste.
Before we deep dive into how to achieve zero waste, plastic free lifestyle. Let us first understand the importance of reducing consumption habits and why we should care.
Nothing lasts forever but plastics almost do. Plastic takes time to break down. There is a misconception that zero-waste living is a privilege that only few can afford, because of the higher price tag attached to eco friendly products. The reality is the average American produces 1,606 pounds of trash a year per person, which either gets incinerated, dumped in the ocean, or ends up in the landfill: all of this generates greenhouse gases and contributes to climate change.
Zeroing plastic waste seems impossible in today's modern throwaway society. Plastics are in almost every aspect of our daily lives: Plastics to carry our drinks, hold our shampoos and keep our veggies fresh. Plastic has made our life easy and convenient but all that at the expense of our planet resources causing rise in pollution, rise in temperature, and rise in green house gas. Plastic is also detrimental to our own health, the health of the future generations, and the species that shares this planet with us.
If we were to put it into simple economics, it is all about supply and demands. If the demand for plastic drops, supply will plummet, and if more and more people adopt a zero waste or plastic free lifestyle, the demand will go down and one day we will fight the big corporations and government agencies to implement policies to protect the planet and our health.
Essentially, zero-waste means living within your means, reducing our consumption habits to reduce waste. Contrary to what many believe, zero-waste is easy to adopt and practice. In this blog, we will show you how to get started.
There are variety of ways to practice a zero waste lifestyle, some choose to be DIY Guru's making their own soaps, laundry detergents, toothpaste, deodorants etc. Others choose to take a more practical approach buying in bulk and buying from local environmental friendly fairly traded companies or brands that has made zero waste their priority.
The kitchen and the bathroom are the most wasteful part of our home. We will focus on each one to help you find ways to unpack your plastic free lifestyle at home.
In the Kitchen
Here are a few other ways to reduce your waste to maintain a healthy lifestyle and give: mother nature time to heal.
In the Bathroom
In this seemingly endless cycle of consumerism, taking the step to living waste-free seems daunting, and takes a little bit of getting used to but it is easily doable and if you do it regularly it will become a habit.
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