Category: Holidays
New Year Bingo Challenge
TZW New Year Bingo Challenge Is it your New Year's resolution to create less trash? Join Toward Zero Waste in starting the New Year off right with our 2021 Bingo Challenge. This challenge is designed to help us all take small steps to make a big difference! Submit your [...]
All That Holiday Wrapping! (don’t rush to recycle)
When all the gifts have been opened in a flurry of excitement, one can find oneself surrounded by a sea of crumpled wrapping paper, ribbons, boxes, packaging materials, and a question: what to do with all that mess?! Some of what you will be able to do with it comes down [...]
Giving Thanks at Toward Zero Waste
Thanksgiving is about recognizing our blessings and being grateful for them! And in some ways, for many of us, this has morphed into extravagance in all things food and flourish. We pile our tables high with more food than any family can manage and purchase decorations, many of which won’t last longer than [...]
tips for a zero-waste valentine’s day
By: Maria of Karamia Events This post was updated on Feb. 4, 2021 and published on KaraMia Events, and is republished here with permission from the author. Valentine’s Day can easily be chocked up to being a consumer-driven Hallmark-holiday that feels exclusionary for some and inherently bad for [...]
Zero Waste/Zero Regrets Black Friday
A good friend of mine recently lost her father. On his deathbed he told her his biggest regret was not having more time with his young grandchildren. Time. Something that is limited for all of us and our most precious gift to give. My friend took these words to heart and they have changed [...]
