Category: zero-waste
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Eco-Friendly Deodorants: How to Go Green
Last fall while at a Husker tailgate I was talking with friends about alternatives to the standard stick deodorant. We discussed different options, mostly refillable deodorant sticks that cut down on the amount of waste generated. The following week I did a some research into different products and read reviews but was never really satisfied…
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Reducing Plastic in the Kitchen
A few years ago I was sitting in a Master Water Steward class learning how to be a better steward of the water resources in my community. The topic of plastic sandwich bags and whether washing and reusing them was more sustainable than throwing them away came up. On the one hand, you use quite…
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Decluttering for a Sustainable New Year
About this time last year I bought Marie Kondo’s book The Life Saving Magic of Tidying Up and just a few months ago read another book by Cait Flanders called The Year of Less. Both were great books about getting rid of all our extra stuff, but with very different approaches. The KonMari method coined…
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Why Thrift Shopping is Essential for Sustainable Living
Anyone that knows me well knows that I am not a big fan of shopping. I avoid it at all costs, unless going with a friend. Even then, I hardly buy anything, I just like to spend time with my shopping buddy. My shopping system used to involve two quick trips, one in the spring…
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Tooth Powder Instead of Toothpaste
I first heard about tooth powder from my friend who has been using it for awhile now. So when I started down the journey of changing one habit per week to reduce the amount of waste I create, replacing toothpaste with powder came to mind. While at the zero waste shop down the street I…
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Sustainable Spin on Thanksgiving
A few weeks before thanksgiving I started thinking ways I could reduce waste as I hosted ten people at my house. A few of the ideas I had time to implement, others I hope to introduce into next years festivities, and some I have been doing for years now. The actions ranged from using every…
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Ditching Plastic Razors: the Safety Razor
My second zero waste change might seem like a small one, but it has a large impact. I read a HuffPost article about the negative impact of plastic razors which lays out the argument to move to a more sustainable option quite well. The razors themselves are very difficult to recycle as is the plastic…
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Embracing Zero Waste: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
have been reading a lot of books on trees, nature, buying less, and living simple. I also just finished watching The Handmaids Tale which is set in a future world where America is in the hands of people who think they are saving the country from destruction by returning it to a lifestyle reminiscent of…
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Revolutionary Edible Packaging: The Future of Sustainability
The average American throws away 185 pounds of plastic every year which takes between 500 and 1,000 years to degrade. Back in February I wrote a post on orange energy bags, a new advancement in reducing the amount of plastic waste sent to landfills (read about it here). The next wave of environmental sustainability is…
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How Energy Bags Are Transforming Waste Management
When I started working at RDG Planning and Design I was excited to see their commitment to recycling, composting, and an overall conservation mind frame. The kitchen has several bins lined up for compost, recyclable plastics, non-recyclable plastics, and landfill (or trash as most people call it). We try to sort everything into either compost…
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