OC Your Top 5 Zero Waste Tips?

Thought it might be nice to share our top zero waste tips, I think we all know it can be a bit of a challenge so sharing best practice would be amazing! I'll start:

1. Swap to a safety razor
2. Buy in bulk and large scale where you can to reduce packaging and trip to the supermarket.
3. Swap to bar soap instead of those pump hand wash soap dispensers.
4. Compost! You can compost small scale, on paving slabs or in a massive garden. Lots of options, use up your food scraps and get free compost. Win win!
5. Buy one metal water bottle and reuse it always. Get one you really like the look of as hopefully it'll last you forever.

Maybe we can make the tips a monthly or weekly thing?

Rainbright,

I’ve been using takeout or berry containers as planters for propagating plants. They already usually have some holes in them for drainage.

Ni,
Ni avatar

That's a brilliant idea! I'll definitely be using that next year. I often use toilet roll tubes to start individual seedlings.

mike94100, (edited )

If you can’t compost or have need for the compost, there may be compost coops in your area that can take scraps to make compost.

I know some people don’t like the idea of bar soaps, but you can buy or reuse soap pumps and get powder soap mixes that you just need to add tap water to.

And for my own tip - save your take out containers. Many are dishwasher and microwave safe, are great for saving leftovers or as containers to use when prepping food to cook. Even use them as organizers in drawers.

Ni,
Ni avatar

Wonderful ideas! Takeaway containers are so useful, we use them for everything as well although I can never find the matching lids.

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