Last year during Waste Less and Be Green in 2015 I introduced you to a different challenge every week and brought in some great Zero Waste and green business women to share their wisdom with you. Striving for a Zero Waste/ less wasteful life can get lonely in a world of pre-packaged foods, “fast clothes” […]
Spring is officially here, and with the warmer weather comes the desire to get a fresh start. You’re probably thinking about airing out your home, doing some deep cleaning, and clearing out clutter and older, unused items. Having a closet full of rarely used items just makes it difficult to find what you actually need […]
According to the EPA waste increases by nearly 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years- accounting for a million tons per week of additional garbage. Let that sink in a little bit- one MILLION tons per week!!! Most of this is wrapping, bows, boxes, gift bags, etc. YIKES!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately most gift wrap cannot be recycled- only […]
Did you know the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) estimates that 2 BILLION disposable razors a year are thrown away?!?! I can’t even wrap my mind around what that looks like. Those razors are most likely never going to breakdown- and that doesn’t even count the disposable razor blade heads on refillable razors! Fortunately, there are […]
Do the clothes make the girl or the girl make the clothes? Either way, women around the nation have closets full of beautiful clothes- the majority of which are hardly ever worn! Maybe they’re being saved for a “special occasion” or maybe they’re slightly damaged or stained but you don’t want to get rid of […]
Welcome back! All month we’ve been looking at the 4 R’s of “refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle” Last week we talked about some ways to reuse items from our home we no longer wanted and ways to get free items that others no longer wanted. This week we’re going to talk specifically about books. […]
Our society is dumpster-happy. Millions of items are thrown away every day that are perfectly useable. I live in a 3rd floor apartment and can see into our dumpster and my heart breaks over the items I see thrown out. This week we’re going to look at another “R”- we’ve covered reduce, we’ve covered refuse, […]
Last week we looked at the new “R” in the reduce, reuse, recycle phrase of “refuse.” This week we’re going to talk about “recycle.” This whole “Waste Less and Be Green in 2015” series has focused heavily on reducing. It is my hope that by the end of the year you’ll have significantly reduced your […]
We’re all familiar with the “three Rs” of reduce, reuse, recycle. Recently a 4th “R” has been popping up among Zero Waste bloggers: “refuse”- refuse excess packaging, refuse free samples you don’t need, refuse excess waste… etc. This one is really hard for me to do. I’m a sucker for free samples. Those cute tiny […]
Have you heard of “Phantom Power”? No, it’s not a new musical or a super-hero character. You do probably have “Phantom Power” in your home right now! Phantom Power refers to the electricity going to an unused item that is still plugged in. Most sources guesstimate that at least 10% of the electricity in the average American […]
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