SAW@lemmy.world to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoI bought my first home a week ago. What can I do to live zero waste?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareI bought my first home a week ago. What can I do to live zero waste?SAW@lemmy.world to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarebassadlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHow is it going in your new home since 7 months ? Here are some ideas for everyday life, if you still need it : in the bathroom : use a bidet and cloth wipes use solid soap/shampoo (can be the same), solid toothpaste (or learn to do it with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide) electric toothbrush (more efficient according to my dentist and you throw away only the head, that can be re-used for cleaning works reusable accessories like cloth wipes for face, ear scraper, tongue scraper in the kitchen cook from raw materials as much as possible, learn how to use legumes in as much receipts as you can (main dishes but also appetizers and desserts) create your own cookbook with receipt you like learn how to do fermentation products and yogurts buy in bulk stores and farmers markets to avoid packagings compost re use bottles and tin cans as flower plants build a solar oven, a Norwegian Cooking Pot and a Desert Fridge (construction plans can be found on low-tech lab) and enjoy your life
How is it going in your new home since 7 months ?
Here are some ideas for everyday life, if you still need it :
use a bidet and cloth wipes
use solid soap/shampoo (can be the same), solid toothpaste (or learn to do it with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide)
electric toothbrush (more efficient according to my dentist and you throw away only the head, that can be re-used for cleaning works
reusable accessories like cloth wipes for face, ear scraper, tongue scraper
cook from raw materials as much as possible, learn how to use legumes in as much receipts as you can (main dishes but also appetizers and desserts)
create your own cookbook with receipt you like
learn how to do fermentation products and yogurts
buy in bulk stores and farmers markets to avoid packagings
compost
re use bottles and tin cans as flower plants
build a solar oven, a Norwegian Cooking Pot and a Desert Fridge (construction plans can be found on low-tech lab)
and enjoy your life