About the Author: Leigh Williams

I’m a wife and mom of two school-aged girls, living in Cary, NC. I started moving “toward zero waste” in September of 2015 after reading Bea Johnson’s book Zero Waste Home. Bea’s single jar of trash a year for a family of four didn’t seem possible for my family of four, but I knew we could do better and was inspired to try.

TZW in the Cary Citizen: Food Waste Activist Pedals from France to Cary to Raise Awareness

Thanks to the Cary Citizen for helping bring attention to the issue of Food Waste and for reporting on TZW’s efforts to bring Baptiste Dubanchet to Cary to share his amazing story and learn about his project, La Faim du Monde.

By |November 1st, 2017|Categories: TZW in the News|0 Comments

What is “Toward Zero Waste” Anyway?

So you’ve read Bea Johnson’s Zero Waste Home and it really resonated with you. I mean, it makes sense, right? Less trash is appealing!  But then reality hits… this ain’t California! Zero Waste living in my town will not be easy. Indeed, when I first started uttering the words “I’m going zero waste,” was met with confounded [...]

By |March 22nd, 2017|Categories: Zero Waste|2 Comments
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