5 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Waste TODAY
Five simple changes that you can make today to reduce your waste.
Zero Waste Lotion Recipe
I have been making my own lotion for over three years. I’d melt down the ingredients, put them in a a jar and call it a day. But then… I whipped… and my mind was blown. It took a regular hard moisturizer and turned it into a fluffy amazing mound of goodness. You have to try it. Your skin…
How To: Zero Waste at Music Festivals
It’s festival season and from my experience, music festivals and trash go hand in hand. Don’t get me wrong, the people that organize music festivals are definitely working towards making them more sustainable (there are now water refill stations, compostable dishware and flatware for food, composting to name a few innovations)… but whenever you gather thousands of people somewhere, there will probably…
Zero Waste Valentine’s Day
Tomorrow is Valentines day. A day of EPIC consumerism. But my dad just did the most incredible thing for me. Instead of buying me cut flowers, he planted 50 trees in my honor. It is the most thoughtful valentines day gift I have ever received and totally Zero Waste. If you have a lover or friend that you are wanting…
My Trash Jar: Two Years of Trash
The New Year is almost here so I thought I would finally put this picture up. This is my “trash” jar from the past two years. It contains all of the items that I cannot recycle or compost. Why am I holding onto them? Because I am hoping one day I can find a way to recycle/upcycle them. The last…
How To: Own 1 Pair of Jeans
So…. problem. I own two pairs of jeans. One is a completely ripped up pair of jeans only appropriate for the summer months. The other is a pair of black skinny jeans that I bought secondhand and love to pieces, literally. I wear them just about every day. Four days ago I was putting them on in a frenzy to run…
Sustainable Condoms with Sustain Co-Founder, Meika Hollender
Let’s talk about sex. I rarely talk about sex on Trash is for Tossers because it is one of those subjects that people get all weird about which is funny because one of the first questions people ask me is “how do you have sex if you live a Zero Waste life?” A question that I have shamefully, but successfully,…
Zero Waste Toilet Cleaning
Cleaning the toilet is definitely not the most glamorous thing in the world, but at least it isn’t hard. Some people use bleach and other nasty chemicals to get their bathroom clean, not me! My method is completely non-toxic! I use four things to clean my toilet: 1) Organic liquid castile soap 2) Distilled white vinegar 3) Washcloth 4) Plastic…