Zero Waste Blog

Every year we have so many "days" around the holidays - Black Friday, Green Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday to name a few! On December 3rd, I'll celebrate Giving Tuesday! I encourage you to actually celebrate this one, unlike Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This day is designed to help spread the love this holiday season to the organizations that support us all year long! There are so many organizations that work year round to protect our forest, pass laws ba

Plastic Free July kicked off a few days ago and it's already in full swing! It's goal is to raise awareness around plastic use and challenge people to envision a life with less plastic. People pledge to give up specific plastic items for the month of July in order to reduce plastic waste and ocean pollution. There are varying levels in which you can participate from just getting informed to giving up all plastic completely! If you want to learn more about the movement, you ca

There is always room for improvement! Even with minuscule amounts of trash in my jar each month, I made another record of just 0.5 ounces (half an ounce!). It’s not much. Like literally. It’s a tiny amount of trash. My trash jar: 4 bottle seals 3 tea bag wrappers 3 stickers from folders 1 Amazon package receipt 1 plant marker 1 butter wrapper 1 medicine bottle seal A handful of jar seals A few clothing tags So I should be cheering! But recently I have been feeling like what I