Sweets You Can Buy Zero Waste

I was quite surprised, how many sweets are available, without or only with paper packaging. I never played attention to bulk sweets and used to buy sweets in small plastic bags and wrappers. Swapping from packed sweets, to bulk sweets, will prevent a huge amount of plastic waste. However, these sweets are not extremely healthy or …

Zero Waste Chewing Gum-Plastic Free Chewing Gum

There are only a few natural and plastic free chewing gums available. Traditionally, chewing gum was made from chicle, a natural tree snap. Nowadays it's been replaced with artificial gum base made with plastic. I never thought, that the regular chewing gum, gum base is made with plastic. It's awful enough that chewing gum is packed in …

How To Buy Nuts Zero Waste

Nuts are really healthy and nutritious. I use nuts a lot for either baking, granola or making Indian sweets and snacks like ladoos or roasted masala nuts. I used to buy them in little plastic bags, which didn't help reduce landfill waste. Now I buy them in bulk and fill them in my cotton produce bags. I …

5 Reasons To Order An Organic Farm Box

I am so happy with my organic farm box delivery. Every Friday I get a big box of the yummiest and freshest vegetables and fruit. The food is organic, local and free from harmful substances. This is why you should check online, if you have a local farm, delivering food to your doorstep. 1.The food …

What To Do If You Fail?

From time to time in a zero wasters life, you might fail and produce some waste. Maybe you've travelled a long distant and ate the flight meal or you had to stay in hospital and ate candy bars and crisps. Your child had a big tantrum in the shop, because she wanted a surprise egg, instead …

How To Buy Milk Zero Waste

As a child, I lived next to a dairy farm. I would just take our milk can and climb across the fence, to fill my can with fresh milk, from the milk tank. I left a few pennies in the money box and that's how we got our milk. Here in Edinburgh, we used to buy milk in large …

Zero Waste Halloween – Zero Waste Trick Or Treat Ideas

Halloween has turned into a scary social event. It's really scary to see the amount of waste produced, by just one night. There are not just trick or treat sweets that are wrapped in foil or plastic, it's also costumes made from polyester, so many different decorations made from plastic and a huge amount of food waste from Halloween …

Zero Waste Birthday – How to celebrate your Birthday without waste

I wanted to share some ideas, how to celebrate a birthday, without producing too much waste. Celebrations, like birthdays are a huge waste factor. Single use decoration, balloons, single use plates, cups and cutlery. Food and snacks out of packaging. Presents made from plastic, wrapped in wrapping paper. That's a lot! My daughter turned 4 this …

Zero Waste Personal Care

Zero waste hygiene essentials

How To Buy Peas Zero Waste

How to buy peas zero waste