Bulk bins are the way to go. My partner and I rarely buy things that we can make ourselves from ingredients found in bulk bins. Cashew milk from the carton? No thanks, we have a perfectly...
Bulk bins are the way to go. My partner and I rarely buy things that we can make ourselves from ingredients found in bulk bins. Cashew milk from the carton? No thanks, we have a perfectly functioning blender. Hummus in the plastic container? Nah, we'll just literally soak some chickpeas and blend hem in tahini (also found in some bulk departments!).
Our total trash waste has plummeted since we became novice zero wasters. We have 3 refuse bins in our apartment. 1 ~3 gallon for recyclables, emptied out perhaps 2-3 times a month, since our total recyclables have gone down. 1 ~3 gallon for compost, which we bring to our local farmers market once a week, and 1 bathroom trash can for actual trash. We empty that one out once a month, and it isn't even full.
Over here they're using bulk bins with dry misting(a preservative technique l honestly know nothing about) which apparently works really well. They're now working on replacing more plastic-wrapped...
Over here they're using bulk bins with dry misting(a preservative technique l honestly know nothing about) which apparently works really well. They're now working on replacing more plastic-wrapped produce with the new system, pretty neat.
for those of you who are interested, previous discussions (and articles) on this topic can be found here and here. wasteless stores have generated quite a bit of discussion here previously.
for those of you who are interested, previous discussions (and articles) on this topic can be found here and here. wasteless stores have generated quite a bit of discussion here previously.
Bulk bins are the way to go. My partner and I rarely buy things that we can make ourselves from ingredients found in bulk bins. Cashew milk from the carton? No thanks, we have a perfectly functioning blender. Hummus in the plastic container? Nah, we'll just literally soak some chickpeas and blend hem in tahini (also found in some bulk departments!).
Our total trash waste has plummeted since we became novice zero wasters. We have 3 refuse bins in our apartment. 1 ~3 gallon for recyclables, emptied out perhaps 2-3 times a month, since our total recyclables have gone down. 1 ~3 gallon for compost, which we bring to our local farmers market once a week, and 1 bathroom trash can for actual trash. We empty that one out once a month, and it isn't even full.
Over here they're using bulk bins with dry misting(a preservative technique l honestly know nothing about) which apparently works really well. They're now working on replacing more plastic-wrapped produce with the new system, pretty neat.
for those of you who are interested, previous discussions (and articles) on this topic can be found here and here. wasteless stores have generated quite a bit of discussion here previously.