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live a zero-waste life

Interested in trying a zero-waste lifestyle but not sure how to start? Living zero waste means doing whatever you can to avoid sending things to the landfill. It is an adjustment, but one way to make it a little easier is to start small and swap out things that won’t...

sugarcane pulp & bamboo take on single-use plastic

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Have you ever imagined getting takeout food from containers made of food? Well, it could be reality! Ok, perhaps we’re stretching the truth there… But, it is true that there is a new type of tableware made from bamboo and sugarcane byproduct. This innovative idea was...

how a zero waste champion fits a week’s worth of trash into a 2.5-inch jar

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You’re probably aware of the growing problem of too much trash, plastic, and pollution that is plaguing the globe. (If not, you can read more here and here.) More and more people are trying to live a “zero waste” life; i.e., one focused on creating as little trash as...

plastic straws: disappearing soon from a neighborhood near you

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There’s a lot of talk these days about plastic pollution. Why? After all, what will a few plastic bottles do to the environment, really? Well, if millions of people think the same thing, that adds up to several millions of plastic bottles. At that level, it’s not a...

spotlight: zero grocery delivers zero plastic

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Online grocery shopping is nothing new. But an online grocery service that doesn’t use any plastic? That is different! It’s called Zero Grocery and none of the groceries it delivers are packaged in plastic. zero plastic grocery shopping Serving San Francisco and the...