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Zero waste living isn’t just a trend. It’s a lifestyle overhaul based on living responsibly, with the intention of reducing our enormous carbon footprint.

One of the main goals of zero waste living is to create a circular economy that leaves no place for trash. It’s a way to leave our world healthier and more habitable by keeping our environment clean, trash free, and beautiful for generations to come.

And while reducing your yearly waste to what fits inside a mason jar—like some extreme zero-waste practitioners—might seem impossible, there are many zero waste tips that are easy to incorporate in your day-to-day life, including your next camping trip.

What comes to mind when you hear the word recycling? Is it some variation of the usual suspects of paper, plastic, and cans? What if you were told that there is an entirely different segment of products that we are mostly overlooking? Due to shorter product life-cycles and growing consumer demand, electronic waste, or "e-waste", is becoming a larger issue every year, and it is one society hasn't quite figured out how to deal with yet.

Most bathrooms are something straight out of a zero waste Nightmare on Elm Street. 90s kids, I’m looking at you!

To produce new products from recovered materials requires fewer raw resources and less energy. That’s how recycling household, commercial, and industrial waste can cut emissions.