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Every day, mountains of used consumer goods and plastic packaging end up in landfills, wasting the materials and energy that went into creating them. Reduction and reuse can divert millions of tons of trash from landfills every year. We offer the following tips to inspire you to reduce, reuse and eliminate plastic from your life,

I agree that fashion (even if organic), when associated with “fast fashion” or trends (i.e., ephemeral and disposable wardrobes dictated by glossy magazines, Hollywood celebrity sightings, and marketing campaigns), is wasteful. But it does not need to be. As a matter of fact, I believe that fashion actually completes my Low Waste lifestyle quite perfectly.

The family road trip—or plane trip or boat trip—is a time-honored family tradition. Many of us find ourselves hitting the road at least once a year for a weekend getaway or a longer vacation. And these trips present us with a unique set of zero-waste considerations: traveling to your destination, eating out at restaurants, enjoying

Zero waste offers obvious and essential environmental benefits: reduces contamination (reduced of dangerous solid and vaporous waste) and promotes conservation (decline in demand for natural resources). But the advantages of Zero Waste go far beyond the ecological aspects. In the home, it undeniably improves one’s standard of living. The uninformed might think that Zero Waste