Category: Zero Waste
Toward Zero Waste Moving Tips
Congratulations! You are moving to a new home! Your offer has been accepted, the home has passed inspection and now you are just waiting to sign all those documents on closing day. While moving into or out of a new place can be exciting, it can also get [...]
Minimalism and Zero Waste: Setting Yourself up for Success
Like many, I was formally introduced to the Zero Waste lifestyle through Bea Johnson’s book, Zero Waste Home. After I read the book, I was excited and ready to get started. While talking with my sister I shared the new ideas I had learned. She listened and then said, "I think [...]
10 Ways to Reduce Food Waste at Home
Last Wednesday, Toward Zero Waste hosted a screening of Just Eat It, a documentary that follows filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer as they try to live off nothing but food waste for six weeks. We also hosted four panelists - Rep. Zack Hawkins, Brandi Williams of Charlotte Public Service Divison, [...]
Spoon-feeding Restaurants the Answers to the Global Waste Crisis
This post originally appeared on Medium. Single-Use plastic cutlery collection in front of Green4Life in Cary, NC. Individuals and organizations around the world are creating campaigns telling restaurants and delivery platforms people do not use, nor want, these take-out “extras.” Habits of [...]
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 [...]
