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- Nov 9, 2018
- 2 min
Homemade Dry Shampoo
If you haven't yet incorporated dry shampoo into your hair routine, it's time to start. Dry shampoo is a zero waster's and water...
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- Nov 5, 2018
- 1 min
Waste Audit October 2018
This last month I ended up sorting through my old filing folders and recycled the documents I no longer need. In them I also found quite...
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- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min
The Solution to Plastic Hair Ties
We all know that feeling of putting up your hair only to have your hair tie snap, ricocheting off the wall and hurting your fingers....
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- Oct 25, 2018
- 1 min
Trash Jar June 2018
I have finally gotten around to weighing my trash from June. I didn't originally weigh it because I left for Ecuador right at the end of...
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- Oct 18, 2018
- 1 min
Trash Jar September 2018
Every month I gather up all the waste I made that will go to the landfill (excluding recycling and composting). It's all of my...
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- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
9 Things I Learned from the Zero Waste PDX Conference
It was a four hour long conference with six different speakers discussing reusable container laws, zero waste in business, and getting to on
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- Oct 17, 2018
- 2 min
How to Make Hairspray from Sugar
That's right, you read the title correctly. This post is all about how to make hairspray from sugar. It's much easier than you might...
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- Oct 13, 2018
- 4 min
A Waste Free Life in PDX
When people think of Portland, Oregon, they think of bridges, bike paths, microbreweries, and coffee houses. The word “eco-friendly”...
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- Oct 12, 2018
- 5 min
A Guide to Living Zero Waste in Quito, Ecuador
When I was first planning my visit to Quito, Ecuador this summer, I didn't have high expectations of my ability to live zero waste in the...
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- Sep 28, 2018
- 3 min
5 DIY Makeup Recipes You Can Make All Yourself
DIY always seems like a fun option for skin care, house decor, or reinventing clothing. But what about makeup? Makeup is not the typical...
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- Sep 21, 2018
- 3 min
Zero Waste Hair Care
Our hair, on average, grows six inches ever year. That means, depending on how often you cut it, you have a lot of hair to take care of!...
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- Sep 10, 2018
- 4 min
A Zero Waste Guide to Airports and Flying
Let me just start out by prefacing this article by acknowledging the fact that flying is extremely bad for the environment. Like many...
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- Aug 18, 2018
- 4 min
4 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Plastic Wrap
Here are four alternatives to plastic wrap that you can implement in your zero waste kitchen today!
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- Aug 9, 2018
- 7 min
9 Ways to Sew with Scraps
Sewing with scraps of different fabrics is usually associated with patchwork quilts. In fact though, the choice can be much broader and...
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- Jul 30, 2018
- 3 min
A Rise in Plastic Straw Bans
California became the first state to announce a statewide ban on plastics in 2014, starting with the plastic bag. Hawaii quickly followed...
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