Tagged #ZeroWaste

In this article, you will learn how to celebrate zero waste and make wasteless gifts and wrappings!

In this article, you will learn about the benefits of a minimalist lifestyle and how to implement it in your daily life!

This guide will introduce you to plastic pollution and its disastrous effects on our health and our environment. 

In this article, the Tera Team has chosen some of the easiest zero waste swaps for you to begin your low waste lifestyle!

This guide will show you how to make your garden thrive while reducing waste in the kitchen!

Biodiversity is not a limited concern. This is a topic that affects all living things, whether they are plants, organisms or animals. Protecting biodiversity is all about finding real ways to coexist without harming one another. It also involves committing to practices that consider diverse ecosystems and habitats around the world. We can participate in the protection of biodiversity by becoming knowledgeable about the things we buy, consume and use. How we treat the environment is also how we treat biodiversity.

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.

Waste less, enjoy more!

Composting is a great solution to reduce some of the impact we have on our planet.

I tried the ten most popular zero waste shampoos, which one is the best?!

Recycling plastic is a good thing. However, stopping the cycle — and the plastic waste — before it starts is better.

Given how many plastic products we buy every day, it’s hard to think about cutting plastic out of your life.

Back home in Silver Lake, we experimented with going plastic-free for about six weeks. How hard could it be, right? This is central Los Angeles, where plastic straws rank with cigarette butts as a social taboo.

A new crop of stores are offering a zero-waste alternative.

They’re called refill stations. You bring your empty containers and fill them back up.

No matter how much you make, there’s never enough compost to go around. So pick your system and get started.

It's not as hard as you think.

There’s nothing mysterious about making compost. It’s just a mixture of stuff we usually toss.

Learn how to make compost and get more tips on how to utilize this natural mulch in your garden

Have Stay at Home orders made it difficult for you to compost? In this One Small Step, Lucy explores 3 ways to compost at home.

Anyone can convert their Garden and kitchen scraps into black gold.

We'll teach you how to turn your food waste into beautiful earthy compost in five simple steps.

Here's how to start making the most of your food scraps.

Tiny kitchen? No backyard? Fear of smells? We got you.

A lifetime of making eco-friendly shopping decisions can make a large difference on your environmental footprint.

It is possible to reduce your ‘shopping footprint,’ but it requires much more organization and forethought than conventional shopping.

Cleaning out your home? We've got you covered.

If you’re looking for ways to reduce your waste while traveling, packing the right toiletry products can help. Here’s how to make a zero-waste toiletry kit.

All food generates greenhouse gases to reach our plates, but when nearly a third of it is thrown away or wasted, does that mean we could be doing more to protect the climate?

As more things are able to be recycled, the world of recycling grows ever more complicated

Never buy hair elastics, coffee filters, or plastic sandwich baggies ever again.

Learn how to make some adorable and handy zero waste DIY items for your kitchen to help reduce single use plastic! Save money with this beeswax wrap, reusable snack bag, and reusable bowl cover tutorial.

A lot of dry shampoos come in aerosol cans or plastic containers which aren’t super ideal when you’re trying to cut down on your waste.

Bath salts are so easy to make zero waste! There's no need for those unnecessary ingredients.

The bathroom may be the smallest room in the house but man-oh-man can it be wasteful! The average woman puts on 12 products in the morning before she leaves the house, but we typically have a lot more in our cabinets, under our sinks, and in the shower.

This Zero Waste Skincare and Makeup routine is the best way to look and feel beautiful without sending any waste to landfill.

There are only 4 things that should ever be flushed down the toilet: pee, poop, vomit or puke, and toilet paper. Here's why you should never flush wet wipes down the toilet.

Discover the zero waste bathroom swaps you need to make your bathroom more eco-friendly – including zero waste toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, cosmetics, period products & more.

After the kitchen, the bathroom is the second most wasteful part of the home. Bathroom products have been designed to be convenient and disposable and are often packaged in wasteful plastic packaging.

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

Achieving and maintaining a zero waste bathroom is easier than you might think.

Bidet Curious?
Bidets aren’t popular in America, but they’re incredibly popular almost everywhere else in the world.

The kitchen is one of those areas that just accumulates junk, and I've done my best to streamline. Here's the ultimate list of what I'm hiding in my drawers. 

Shopping for food can be one of the most wasteful parts of our lives — here are some tips and tricks for going waste-free at the grocery store.

Here are the easy swaps I made that transitioned my dad's kitchen from wasteful to waste-less:

It’s something that most of us strive to achieve; however, it’s an unrealistic goal for anyone to be completely zero-waste.

Outside of zero waste grocery shopping, it’ll be important to slowly transition your kitchen equipment over to zero waste and plastic free alternatives. Plastic cookware and packaging have the ability to leach toxic chemicals into food, so prioritizing these swaps in your home will be great if you’re new to zero waste living.

40% of all the food in America is wasted. 

Bea Johnson, a Mill Valley, CA blogger and the author of Zero Waste Home, simplified her garden too; here are her top ten tips for zero waste gardening:

What is zero waste? The simple definition: to send nothing to the landfill.

The growing zero-waste community is radically slashing their waste output, while living more fulfilling lives.

3 easy ways to kick start your zero waste journey.

When you first start going zero waste, you probably want to get some quick wins under your belt. It can be pretty daunting to know where to start so I’ve rounded up 20 easy ways for you to get started!

Forget recycling, meet precycling.

These bloggers treasure taking a sleek, modern approach to reducing waste in their efforts to save the planet – but they face their fair share of criticism, too

In order to reduce your waste, you have to know what you're throwing away. Know thy enemy is like... rule number one.

A video essay on the environmental impact of living in a Tiny House.

If your wardrobe has white space in it, your life just might too.

Ready to halt impulse purchases for good? Read on for 5 new ways to trick your psyche into ignoring The Itch.

Simplifying your life isn’t about your possessions — it’s about value.

It isn’t all perfectly organized closets and stylish Scandinavian furniture.

It’s not about empty walls or avoiding your phone — it’s about finding beauty in our surroundings, whatever they may look like.

Read on to learn more about how recycling is green, and how you can make your recycling greener.

We think we're great at recycling, but we're actually doing it all wrong.

The simplest way to define what being eco friendly means is to say that it is the act of living with intent. The intent is focused on not creating harm to environment, and to prevent as much harm from occurring to the environment through your interactions with it.

We are not only hurting the environment by using so much plastic, we are damaging our own bodies and sea life.

Are you already doing all of these things to live sustainably? If not, we challenge you to choose one (or more) that you can adopt.

As wildfires dominate the news, experts suggest some of the best ways you can help the planet and combat climate change.

Being environmentally conscious is not all about plastic bags; it’s about making everyday choices that will — quite literally — determine our success or failure as a species. We can be more conscious about reducing pollution, protecting wildlife, conserving natural resources and take other actions that can help slow the rate of climate change.

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.

New buildings are rising with urban growth. Here's why that may be a good thing.

Solar photovoltaics can be used at utility-scale—with hundreds or thousands of panels—to tap the sun’s clean, free fuel and replace fossil-fuel electricity generation.

We partnered with Bel Georgieva, an environmental warrior and aspiring minimalist , to share her thoughts on how we can all start to introduce more sustainable strategies into our daily lives.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is give them up.

Cemetery operators say they are seeing increasing interest in these less-conventional, end-of-life options.