In Norway, it’s now illegal to sell plastic straws and plates and forks and so on! 😍 It’s only allowed to sell those made of paper or other materials that breaks down or is recyclable! 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🤗GOOOOOOO🤗 NORWAY!!!🤗👏👏👏🤗 Here in America 🙏...This Is The...Land of.... Gluttony!!!🤬😞 And... Waste!😞 Most Americans Like Myself 💛 Are ... LEAVING!!!🤗🤗🤗 The "UN-UNITED"!!!🤬🤬🤬States!🤬✌️.... ......I'm Headed To... New Mexico City🤗🙏🤗...Next Month To Look For A Home🤗.... P.S. Take Care🤗 And Your☺️ In the RIGHT!☺️ PLACE!🤗👍👍🤗
Every time I hear about America and composting it blows my mind. I'm from Italy, and it's been at least 10/15 years since when the government made it mandatory to compost, in every house, and the same people who usually come to collect the rest of the trash (which also needs to be divided into paper, plastic, glass and not recyclable) take also our compost. I'm 20 years old, and I remember that this became mandatory when I was little. Yes, we also have major pollution and trash problems, but I love to see how also in school we have different bins for different type of trash, and they teach you how to do it properly (or at least they did with me when I was in middle school). Quite recently I started to realize how much waste me and my family produce, and I'm starting to do some research and find some ways I can reduce that, so this video was super super helpful. Thank you 💙🌳
The general America attitude towards recycling and composting is odd, to say the least. I'm from here, and you would not believe the number of Americans who have told me, "I don't believe in recycling" and "I know it makes me look bad, but I just don't care enough to recycle." Oh, oh, and "Well, as a conservative-leaning person, I just don't believe in pollution and recycling." The word "believe" is thrown around as though pollution and recycling are Santa Claus or something. But, most frustrating of all, is the politicization of something as simple as "Hey, let's try to be decent human beings and reduce the amount of damage we're doing to the planet."
@@AllezVous222 this is very on point. Or even the fact that other countries like the uk have promoted having sustainable clothing encouraging climate change acts. As an US citizen it’s very frustrating seeing how much we negatively impact the planet without a care about it.
I'm surprised this didn't get more attention, its actually really informative and not near as judgy as I finds a lot of other zero waste videos. I'm moving soon and I plan to include a lot of these in my new place!
Thankyou for being a light and sharing this wisdom more people need to become enlightened and choose conscious choices that better our planet it may only be home for a short period of time but it's our legacy that will carry it on for future generations
You can also re-wax the bee's wraps by simply melting a touch of wax and using a paint brush of your choice and "paint" the wax on evenly then let it dry before reuse. You don't need to compost it for an extremely long time if you are willing to repair it as needed.
@@ruthpresutti4472 I read that on the package. It also said to not use it for meats, fish or cheese, because of the risk for salmonella bacteria, wich can multiply in the wax.
@@Jinssoysauce God yes like nobody cleans dirty dishes with toilet paper, you wash it. And yet you don't wash your dirty body?? I would never understand this...
Easy advice: take a bag with you when you go shopping. There are bags that you can fold and roll up into a tiny ball that fits into your handpalm, so that you can easily take it with you in your pocket/bag so that it doesn't take up space. Saves a lot of plastic bags and takes no effort at all.
@@abcdeisthekeygaming277 Vegans usually don't buy/use animal product like leather jackets, leather boots or bee wax wrap. People who "just" (don't mean to offend anyone by that word) eat plant-based instead may (or may not) use bee wax wrap :)
i love the disclaimer at the beginning. it seems clear to me, but i know people who would have needed this. don’t throw away things that are still usable!
You are so lovely to take the time to write out all the useful tips from the video. Lists are most effective for me, so being able to screenshot this and cross them off one by one is extremely helpful!!! Thank you very much!!😃Take care.🥰
Yes, I do that and I’m running out, so will have to buy some stasher bags soon! I just rescued some ziplocks my boss tossed. I know what they were used for and washed them out double carefully.
I never thought of using a french press to make coffee rather than a regular coffee machine! Have just recently started drinking coffee and am for sure going to buy one of those machines instead of a coffee machine!
I use cloth grocery bags when I go to the grocery store. There have been instances when I left the grocery without using any plastic or paper bags from the store because I used my own cloth bags for produce and large grocery bags for carrying out the groceries. These really help.
@@eveyluvvs so true. Other countries the consumer sorts it accordingly and here all they gotta do is clean it and put it in a dang bin and they can't even do that
@@priscillajimenez27 The consumer sorting is not enough and not the most important. The most important are the companies to take charge and the gov'ts to actually create a proper system. People can want to recycle all they want, but if there's no system in place, they won't be able to.
@@eveyluvvs of course but the fact that the consumer is even doing anything is still uplifting instead of others who sit on the hands or cover their eyes to reality. I know it's companies responsibilities more but that doesnt mean we do nothing
I have started implementing some of these changes, starting with the silicone baking mat as I use the oven a lot, and now my family have also ditched parchment paper and use silicone baking mats!
We’ve kept a compost bucket in the kitchen for years, but it never occurred to me to stash it in the freezer. That’s a brilliant idea, especially in the summertime when things break down much faster and bugs seem to find their way in much easier! 👍
Love it. Trying everyday to be more zero waste. These tips definitely help. I don’t have a zero waste store near me so I try to buy as much as I can in glass, paper or cardboard and aluminium.
I made my own beeswax food wraps, and when the wax is worn out, all I have to do is re-wax them, rather than discard them. I took worn out flannel nightgowns and pajamas from the rag bin and stitched up 8" square kitchen wipes from them. They come perfectly clean with my homemade laundry soap. Because nothing else does the job well, I still use paper towels for greasing baking pans and for draining rinsed fish before cooking, and one roll typically lasts for 11 months. I use bamboo coffee filters in my coffee maker, and will now hunt for other bamboo paper products, now that you've turned me on to their availability. Great video!
Reuse clear glass bottles for some other food to keep. I also learned from my colleague who is chemist & pharmacist as well that some dark colored glasses are more expensive to manufacture. The dark colored glasses are made extra so that way to shut the sun light to protect some vitamins, minerals and nutrients in food or medicine in keeping its contents fresh. I find some foods we buy are like Tupperware and some cans have Tupperware like lids that they are reusable to keep my other food in the refrigerator or at the storage. You know, we tend to buy extra glass bottles for storing food from IKEA or some other shops. It looks great, of course, but you can do such collections to make your kitchen look nice. You just find your favorite glass you like, then you can just collect and like that. It doesn't have to be everything expensive to make optically perfect. 🤫🤭❤ Well, knowing that we soon won't have more resources and air to be able and the laxury in manufacturering such things to be more environmentally friendly, I thought it's definitely a good start in using head a little. Be creative. But, I just hope some colors of the bottles of its lids to have nice palet of colors and labels of the bottles are easily be taken off to make it easier for recycling use purposes. Women like to keep our kitchen with nicely coordinated colors for creating nice ambient and to have some nice styles. Some containers of purchased foods are already like sealed well Tupperwares. It would be nice, if the containers can be piled up to save some storage spaces. Some left over food or some food to take out or to give for lunch or to give away in not needing the containers back, it serves the purpose by using such bought normal food containers become handy. I don't want to throw away all the good plastics that are stable containers. This way, I don't have to buy Tupperwares all the time, but I am contributing my little effort to present the beautiful art of the Ad work of some Marketing agencies who created such products indirectly. Using whatever the plastic stable containers, I keep some of them that the containers can save some storage spaces. That way, I don't have to buy Tupperware containers myself, except some containers are given by my husband in law and it's good enough for now. Since I don't have much room space, I apply a little bit like a minimalist approach, and at the same time gentle to my environment. Not perfect, but hey, this leaves me an option to buy more nice things later for the house and for the family. You know, women like to find some good stuffs or beautiful stuffs to buy and collect them, so I am just postponing such fun. If you are young and your kids are small, then the kids drop accidentally some glass and plates anyway. 🤗 Anyways it would be nice to know some size of the lid of the bottles and the ways of the closing such bottles to be standardized, though. So that if one glass is broken, then the lid can be bought or use from other containers. Anyway, thank you for your tips. I don't know, if I can find this wax wrap thing in Germany, but it's nice to know on how other people try to be gentle with our environment. 😊❤
Very helpful 👍 and I already doing half of what you mentioned in your video. People with children should edicate themselves for the better future for their children and grandchildren. Thanks for sharing 💚🤍💛 from the UK 🇬🇧
Love these! I've done a handful of these swaps myself. I have Dropps on subscription for both laundry & dishwashing. I did try Etee's concentrated dish soap, but found that it would initially mix unevenly and then later would dehydrate a bit and be impossible to dispense. So I switched to Cleancult's cardboard dish soap cartons. I still have to shift away from paper towels and plastic wrap (not that I use either that much).
We have red-cycle in Sydney where we take our plastic bags, wrappers etc to the supermarket to be recycled. It's tough to go plastic free, but every little bit helps.
the refilling/pumping spray for oils: my miother used one years and i could NOT remember for the life of me what it was called! THANK YOU for sharing this! i have looked online and watched so many zeo-waste or low waste videos just trying to see if someone uses it also or could mention what its called, thank you so much! also: heads up, super easy to clean and you can fill it with just about any oils or liquids, makes buying oils for cooking and baking a lot cheaper ONLY downside....don't over pump, this can break it
I feel like most people dont think about lip wrinkles :) why is that an important factor for you? Smiling causes wrinkles... Living causes wrinkles! Stay hydrated and focus on your impact not your vessel, that's my advice.
I was just scrolling through the comments and someone else mentioned they wished she added links in the description, and she commented back apologizing for forgetting and added the links. So if you check again, they’ll be there for you to use now.😊
My favorite compost pit is 3 hens. No vegetable, grain or fruit waste. They turn scraps into 3 eggs a day, one for each of us, and no gas or packaging involved in that either. Their manure and bedding goes into my compost pit with grass from mowing, fall leaves, coffee grounds for rich dirty and fertilizer.
Metal cooking pans can be scrapped and recycled I keep my veggie scraps in the freezer until I have enough to make tasty broth as a base for soups and stews
I would use more zero waste products if they would be less expensive for example one stasher bag is 15€ I could get 30 boxes (1950 plastic bags for this price) I just cant afford most of the zero waste options as a student
You don't necessarily have to use those bags as your replacement, depending on your purpose for your plastic bags. You can use reusable food storage containers, a bento box, a sandwich container, a cookie tin, a jar, you name it.
Woolah's tea dips are a great alternative for those plastic ones. It comes in 4 flavors, are similar to regular tea pouches but no plastic is used! I hope it helps😄
Hi great to hear you. I reserve some old rejected clothes of cotton, like pillow covers, undergarments, pajamas etc which no one can use. To clean some real difficult mess, i use such cloth before throwing it. Also for ziplocks, we get a particular company's dosa batter in ziplock packet. I reserve all of them and then use them for all sort of storage. I also return all the unavoidable polythene bags in cleaned conditions to the grocery store. To tell you in india we don't have any zero waste store. Sad but i try my best under my circumstances.
With all the droughts and water wise issues around atm, using a dishwasher is really a waste of water. Hand washing is a pain, but a lot less water. Having rainwater where I live a dishwasher uses more than the loo, showers and hand washing together.
My family has never used paper towels we don't keep them in our house, and a lot of people seem confused by that. We don't do it for any waste prevention reason either we just do it because its a waste of money to buy single use items like paper towels and tissues when we can use towels and toilet paper which we already have anyway.
I had a roommate who didn't use paper towels ..but I find them really helpful for cooking, especially meat and for sanitation so I had a supply. She ended up using all my paper towels lol. I do use microfiber towels too though.
Silicone is not recycleable unless you are extremely lucky to live in California and few other western states that have companies willing to recycle them. Otherwise they are landfill fodder.
@@marysmith7765 I get what you’re saying, I guess I kinda assumed people would burn it themselves. I mean the item is tiny but then again you wouldn’t be able to have a campfire/a fire pit inside a city...
Very helpful & thought provoking video, all of these thing's have been on my mind lately, getting away from plastic is almost impossible, come on manufacturer's step up. It's also very hard on a very low budget product's such as you demonstrated need a price reduction, i know they last longer & save, but i & many do not have enough money to even start, don't mean we care any less.
problem with Stasher bags is the cost for one. They are at least 20 bucks PER bag. that's out of a lot of people's price ranges atm. Also Stasher bags because they are silicone still are NOT recycleable in 99% of areas. You might be blessed to live in california where they can recycle it otherwise it's landfill fodder. I find them extremely clunky and hard to work with. Yeah they are thicker but you can't open them as wide as ziplock bags and they can smash the food you put inside of them. Also with parchment paper, Parchment paper is compostable as long as its not waxed, Silicone baking sheets while nice are NOT recycleable. For cookware, I use aluminum. I've had my cookware for over 30+ years with no issues at all. If they get stuff stuck on it, i soak it in hot water with dishsoap, comes off like a dream. These are some good ideas but there are better ones out there.
The entire video is just ideas! You can do what works for you :) Like I’ve never used stasher bags my family just re-uses ziploc bags and we buy everything in big packages because we don’t have access to bulk!!
Silicone baking sheets last for a really long time-I have had mine for 8 years-and by eventually throwing out one it is not nearly as bad as having to cut down all those trees and use all that water to make parchment paper. Also unlike plastic, silicone is very inert and will not break down into Microparticles that enter into our waterways and harm ocean life. Reusing many many times is always better than recycling.
Just a reminder that consumer plastic pollution in the ocean is just a tiny fraction compared to commercial fishing nets! It's awesome to take personal measures but don't be stressed about your contribution because ultimately most of the impact cones from corporations
When I was little everyone used block soap to wash dishes. There was even a little open mesh thing that held the soap, it had a long handle and you swished the soap around in the sinkfull of hot water. It really worked. Lots of bubbles .
Instead of the dish block can also just buy bulk dishsoap(1 bottle that lasts months) and refill a mason jar. You can buy dispensers that can be threaded on from Amazon. Better yet, if you buy bulk Castille soap, you can use that to replace all your personal hygiene and cleaning products and it can be diluted with water.
I'm just wondering... In Belgium we have a lot of cities who pick up food scraps/compostable waste like they pick up trash and then they use it for renewable energy or sth else. Does this not exist in USA?
I have to pay to have my recycling picked up, and they don’t take glass. We are the only house in the development that recycles 😞. Maybe they’ll do composting here in 50 years. 😞
My city collects food waste and turns it into compost. And leaves the compost in designated parks Every spring you'll see people with buckets and garden bags picking it up to use in their home gardens. I live in a city of over 4 million
KMART are now selling a pack of cotton bags of about 6 of different sizes for only $10 AUD-love mine and have bought some for friends-perfect for bulk buying and not using plastic
I take my reusable bags and jars to the store and avoid using plastic all together. Family cloth instead of toilet paper, Dr. Bronners is my go to. 1/4 cup white vinegar in the rinse will bind any residual soap and soften your clothes, even hang drying. BumGenius diapers instead of disposables, Gladrags instead of sanitary pads, Wearever underwear instead of Depends, I could go on and on. This is my passion.
Hi, I've read reviews about the dish block soap, that it leaves a residue....how long have you used it? Have you noticed residue? Thanks for sharing what you know. I'm enjoying your videos
I bought the No Tox Life soap in bulk. It’s unfortunately very melty. I wish they had triple milled it so it would last even longer. I’ve tried three different soaps and the best solid dish soap I’ve found is from Meliora. It lasted the longest and didn’t become a gloopy mess despite using them all in the same bamboo soap dish. Now, I’m stuck with “two years” supply of No Tox Life, but it’s not going to last that long at all.
You can use the coffee ground to prevent cats from peeing or pooping in your yard, because they hate the smell and it's great to nurture you plants. Orange peel too!
I don't use bees wax wrap. I just bought a bunch of pyrex with rubber tops. They're an investment up front, but in the long run cheaper. (It's 4 dollars a piece, but I've used them like 30 times a year for the past 5 years. ) Think I bought maybe 20 of them for less than 100 dollars. But, I've used them for 5 years, and I've only gone through one plastic wrap and 1 tin foil wrap in that same 5 years. Those 2 cost 3 dollars a piece, x 3 = 18 dollars x 5 years = 100 dollars. So I broke even, and from now on its profit.
Holy crap! It took me over 5 years to use one roll of plastic wrap. I can’t believe people are using that much plastic wrap. That’s insane. I’m not a huge fan of the beeswax wrap but we do have a couple of them.
The coffee machines made me wonder. Here in Germany, at least the people I know, we use machines that grind the whole beans. Dont you guys in the US have those or are they just rare? My mother then takes the grinded Beans and banana peels as a fertilizer in the garden.
I was just scrolling through the comments and someone else mentioned they wished she added links in the description, and she commented back apologizing for forgetting and added the links. So if you check again, they’ll be there for you to use now.😊
There is no composting service here which sucks so much (and my apartment is too small for indoor composting and I have no balcony). I text the local government every few months to see if they have come up with a solution yet.
Apparently a wormery is good for indoor composting! When done correctly they shouldn’t produce any smell and they produce great compost and liquid fertiliser
So happy I got to share some of my favorite kitchen swaps!
Thanks for the insightful video! I’ve subscribed to your channel. :)
Always love your content, Jhánneu!!
@@ABisdoingjustfine thanks so much!
@@kplg6 thank you ❤️
Are you vegan? I ask because I've tried low waste soap bars, but they do not do well against animal fat on dishes.
In Norway, it’s now illegal to sell plastic straws and plates and forks and so on! 😍 It’s only allowed to sell those made of paper or other materials that breaks down or is recyclable! 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
In France too (at least for the plastic straws). Even at mcdonald's everything is served in cardboard and with bamboo spoons etc
@@abigailno6127 that’s fantastic! 😍
In India as well at least in big cities I don't see plastic straws, packaging or plastic bags anywhere. They've been made illegal over the time
Fantastisk!
🤗GOOOOOOO🤗 NORWAY!!!🤗👏👏👏🤗
Here in America 🙏...This Is The...Land of.... Gluttony!!!🤬😞 And... Waste!😞
Most Americans Like Myself 💛 Are ... LEAVING!!!🤗🤗🤗 The "UN-UNITED"!!!🤬🤬🤬States!🤬✌️....
......I'm Headed To...
New Mexico City🤗🙏🤗...Next Month To Look For A Home🤗....
P.S. Take Care🤗 And Your☺️ In the RIGHT!☺️ PLACE!🤗👍👍🤗
Every time I hear about America and composting it blows my mind. I'm from Italy, and it's been at least 10/15 years since when the government made it mandatory to compost, in every house, and the same people who usually come to collect the rest of the trash (which also needs to be divided into paper, plastic, glass and not recyclable) take also our compost. I'm 20 years old, and I remember that this became mandatory when I was little. Yes, we also have major pollution and trash problems, but I love to see how also in school we have different bins for different type of trash, and they teach you how to do it properly (or at least they did with me when I was in middle school).
Quite recently I started to realize how much waste me and my family produce, and I'm starting to do some research and find some ways I can reduce that, so this video was super super helpful. Thank you 💙🌳
I didn’t know Italy has mandatory compost? That’s such a good thing
@@Janae2000
Not sure how they would enforce it, but Canada's the same. Its not forced but most people do.
The general America attitude towards recycling and composting is odd, to say the least. I'm from here, and you would not believe the number of Americans who have told me, "I don't believe in recycling" and "I know it makes me look bad, but I just don't care enough to recycle." Oh, oh, and "Well, as a conservative-leaning person, I just don't believe in pollution and recycling."
The word "believe" is thrown around as though pollution and recycling are Santa Claus or something.
But, most frustrating of all, is the politicization of something as simple as "Hey, let's try to be decent human beings and reduce the amount of damage we're doing to the planet."
Bless You!!!
@@AllezVous222 this is very on point. Or even the fact that other countries like the uk have promoted having sustainable clothing encouraging climate change acts. As an US citizen it’s very frustrating seeing how much we negatively impact the planet without a care about it.
I'm surprised this didn't get more attention, its actually really informative and not near as judgy as I finds a lot of other zero waste videos. I'm moving soon and I plan to include a lot of these in my new place!
Thankyou for being a light and sharing this wisdom more people need to become enlightened and choose conscious choices that better our planet it may only be home for a short period of time but it's our legacy that will carry it on for future generations
You can also re-wax the bee's wraps by simply melting a touch of wax and using a paint brush of your choice and "paint" the wax on evenly then let it dry before reuse. You don't need to compost it for an extremely long time if you are willing to repair it as needed.
This is not a good idea. Bacteria likes to grow in the wax so it is recommended to replace them regularly.
@@ElenMira Oh wow, thank you. I didn’t know!
@@ruthpresutti4472 I read that on the package. It also said to not use it for meats, fish or cheese, because of the risk for salmonella bacteria, wich can multiply in the wax.
Easiest way to reduce use of tissues etc is honestly to just simply install a bidet
#facts
And if you're renting purchase a portable one. It basically a silicone squeeze bottle with a curved spout.
In gulf countries we use a Shatafa... I was so surprised when I visited USA... cleaning with toilet paper only 🤢
@@Jinssoysauce God yes like nobody cleans dirty dishes with toilet paper, you wash it. And yet you don't wash your dirty body?? I would never understand this...
@@Jinssoysauce Same
Instead of a dish sponge, use a dish cloth. You can boil it to disinfect it, and wash it in the washer.
#facts
I add bleach
I make dish cloths and face cloths from old worn out towels. Easy to do.
@@annemiura7767 Great idea!!
@@annemiura7767 Great idea!!
Love this video for being conscience that not everyone has easy access to sustainable options but I also gives other great alternatives
Easy advice: take a bag with you when you go shopping. There are bags that you can fold and roll up into a tiny ball that fits into your handpalm, so that you can easily take it with you in your pocket/bag so that it doesn't take up space.
Saves a lot of plastic bags and takes no effort at all.
For my vegans out there: The bee wax wrap is also available with vegetable wax 😊
Cool!
Wow that just what I was thinking 💚thanks
Don't get why vegans couldn't use bee wax, they aren't eating it
@@abcdeisthekeygaming277 Vegans usually don't buy/use animal product like leather jackets, leather boots or bee wax wrap.
People who "just" (don't mean to offend anyone by that word) eat plant-based instead may (or may not) use bee wax wrap :)
@@abcdeisthekeygaming277by buying animal products, food or not, you are supporting a cruel industry.
for big bags like rice bags, you can sew them to make reusable grocery bags
super helpful especially when you but a lot of heavy items
i love the disclaimer at the beginning. it seems clear to me, but i know people who would have needed this. don’t throw away things that are still usable!
If only the links to the items were provided in the description
Do some research. It’s not at hard and it’s worth it.
If only you didn’t have a search engine and opposable thumbs
Right? I was looking for that too
So sorry about that the links have just been added to the description!
@@Goodful thanks!
I love this! I cannot wait to have my own place where I can do this as much as possible! 🤗
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These are really great tips! One of my favorites was the Misto spray bottle! Thanks for sharing 😀
*use what you have before buying new products!*
1. *beeswax wrap* _instead of_ -plastic wrap-
2. *reusable silicone bags* _instead of_ -single-use Ziploc bags-
3. *bar or concentrate dish soap* (vid recommends No Tox Life dish block or ET concentrate) or *refill at local zero-waste store* or *buy biggest bottle possible* (to reduce plastic) _instead of_ -dish soap in plastic packaging-
4. *plant-based sponge* (vid recommends Squishful) *or compostable dish brush* (vid recommends No Tox Life) _instead of_ -plastic sponge-
5. *dishwasher pods in cardboard* (vid recommends Dropps) or *compostable packaging* _instead of_ -dishwasher pods in plastic-
6. *reusable silicone baking mats* _instead of_ -parchment paper-
7. *bamboo paper towels* (vid recommends Reel paper) or (even better) *reusable dishcloths* _instead of_ -paper towels-
8. *refillable cooking spray can* (vid recommends Misto) _instead of_ -single-use aerosol cans-
9. *reusable straws* _instead of_ -single-use plastic straws-
10. *wood or bamboo cutting board* _instead of_ -plastic cutting board-
11. *metal tea infuser and French press* _instead of_ -single-use teabags and coffee cups-
12. *stainless-steel or cast-iron skillets* _instead of_ -nonstick pans-
13. *buy food in bulk* or *biggest bag possible* or *food in aluminum or cardboard or glass* _instead of_ -food in plastic packaging-
14. *compost* _instead of_ -sending food to landfill-
Wow! Thank you!
I’m confused. How is this using what you already have? This is a list of products to buy.
@@germyw hi! i was trying to say use up what you have before making these swaps, sorry if that wasn't clear :)
You are so lovely to take the time to write out all the useful tips from the video. Lists are most effective for me, so being able to screenshot this and cross them off one by one is extremely helpful!!! Thank you very much!!😃Take care.🥰
It's funny for me how People don't even consider to wash their "disposible" ziplocks and reuse them
Yes, I do that and I’m running out, so will have to buy some stasher bags soon! I just rescued some ziplocks my boss tossed. I know what they were used for and washed them out double carefully.
Careful with that because of microplastic ending up in yohr food.
Plastic bags are made of a weak type of plastic that breaks down very quickly thats why they are one use only
You can find the links to the items mentioned in the description!
I never thought of using a french press to make coffee rather than a regular coffee machine! Have just recently started drinking coffee and am for sure going to buy one of those machines instead of a coffee machine!
I use cloth grocery bags when I go to the grocery store. There have been instances when I left the grocery without using any plastic or paper bags from the store because I used my own cloth bags for produce and large grocery bags for carrying out the groceries. These really help.
It frustrates me that not every city let's people recycle glass in the States. I wish there was a way to change that.
or do recycling in general 😞
@@eveyluvvs so true. Other countries the consumer sorts it accordingly and here all they gotta do is clean it and put it in a dang bin and they can't even do that
@@priscillajimenez27 The consumer sorting is not enough and not the most important. The most important are the companies to take charge and the gov'ts to actually create a proper system. People can want to recycle all they want, but if there's no system in place, they won't be able to.
@@eveyluvvs of course but the fact that the consumer is even doing anything is still uplifting instead of others who sit on the hands or cover their eyes to reality. I know it's companies responsibilities more but that doesnt mean we do nothing
I have started implementing some of these changes, starting with the silicone baking mat as I use the oven a lot, and now my family have also ditched parchment paper and use silicone baking mats!
We’ve kept a compost bucket in the kitchen for years, but it never occurred to me to stash it in the freezer. That’s a brilliant idea, especially in the summertime when things break down much faster and bugs seem to find their way in much easier! 👍
Love it. Trying everyday to be more zero waste. These tips definitely help. I don’t have a zero waste store near me so I try to buy as much as I can in glass, paper or cardboard and aluminium.
I love this series thxs sooo much, can you do laundry room next??
THIS IS AMAAAAZING! Thank you so much, this is the best zero waste video I´ve seen over the last years!! It somehow makes me incredibly happy 🥰
OmG I'm definitely gonna look into the bamboo paper towels and the Aerosol pills can replacement. That is awesome!
Stop buying stuff. You don’t need paper towels.
@@annemiura7767 you don't know my lifestyle or needs
I made my own beeswax food wraps, and when the wax is worn out, all I have to do is re-wax them, rather than discard them. I took worn out flannel nightgowns and pajamas from the rag bin and stitched up 8" square kitchen wipes from them. They come perfectly clean with my homemade laundry soap. Because nothing else does the job well, I still use paper towels for greasing baking pans and for draining rinsed fish before cooking, and one roll typically lasts for 11 months. I use bamboo coffee filters in my coffee maker, and will now hunt for other bamboo paper products, now that you've turned me on to their availability. Great video!
Reuse clear glass bottles for some other food to keep. I also learned from my colleague who is chemist & pharmacist as well that some dark colored glasses are more expensive to manufacture. The dark colored glasses are made extra so that way to shut the sun light to protect some vitamins, minerals and nutrients in food or medicine in keeping its contents fresh.
I find some foods we buy are like Tupperware and some cans have Tupperware like lids that they are reusable to keep my other food in the refrigerator or at the storage.
You know, we tend to buy extra glass bottles for storing food from IKEA or some other shops. It looks great, of course, but you can do such collections to make your kitchen look nice. You just find your favorite glass you like, then you can just collect and like that. It doesn't have to be everything expensive to make optically perfect. 🤫🤭❤
Well, knowing that we soon won't have more resources and air to be able and the laxury in manufacturering such things to be more environmentally friendly, I thought it's definitely a good start in using head a little. Be creative.
But, I just hope some colors of the bottles of its lids to have nice palet of colors and labels of the bottles are easily be taken off to make it easier for recycling use purposes. Women like to keep our kitchen with nicely coordinated colors for creating nice ambient and to have some nice styles.
Some containers of purchased foods are already like sealed well Tupperwares. It would be nice, if the containers can be piled up to save some storage spaces. Some left over food or some food to take out or to give for lunch or to give away in not needing the containers back, it serves the purpose by using such bought normal food containers become handy.
I don't want to throw away all the good plastics that are stable containers. This way, I don't have to buy Tupperwares all the time, but I am contributing my little effort to present the beautiful art of the Ad work of some Marketing agencies who created such products indirectly. Using whatever the plastic stable containers, I keep some of them that the containers can save some storage spaces. That way, I don't have to buy Tupperware containers myself, except some containers are given by my husband in law and it's good enough for now.
Since I don't have much room space, I apply a little bit like a minimalist approach, and at the same time gentle to my environment. Not perfect, but hey, this leaves me an option to buy more nice things later for the house and for the family. You know, women like to find some good stuffs or beautiful stuffs to buy and collect them, so I am just postponing such fun. If you are young and your kids are small, then the kids drop accidentally some glass and plates anyway. 🤗
Anyways it would be nice to know some size of the lid of the bottles and the ways of the closing such bottles to be standardized, though. So that if one glass is broken, then the lid can be bought or use from other containers.
Anyway, thank you for your tips. I don't know, if I can find this wax wrap thing in Germany, but it's nice to know on how other people try to be gentle with our environment. 😊❤
Women? Lol. I lose interest when sexism enters the conversation.
Very helpful 👍 and I already doing half of what you mentioned in your video. People with children should edicate themselves for the better future for their children and grandchildren. Thanks for sharing 💚🤍💛 from the UK 🇬🇧
Love these! I've done a handful of these swaps myself. I have Dropps on subscription for both laundry & dishwashing. I did try Etee's concentrated dish soap, but found that it would initially mix unevenly and then later would dehydrate a bit and be impossible to dispense. So I switched to Cleancult's cardboard dish soap cartons. I still have to shift away from paper towels and plastic wrap (not that I use either that much).
We have red-cycle in Sydney where we take our plastic bags, wrappers etc to the supermarket to be recycled. It's tough to go plastic free, but every little bit helps.
the refilling/pumping spray for oils:
my miother used one years and i could NOT remember for the life of me what it was called!
THANK YOU for sharing this! i have looked online and watched so many zeo-waste or low waste videos just trying to see if someone uses it also or could mention what its called, thank you so much!
also:
heads up, super easy to clean and you can fill it with just about any oils or liquids, makes buying oils for cooking and baking a lot cheaper
ONLY downside....don't over pump, this can break it
Great tips but I would have liked links to the products used. P.S. Straws cause lip wrinkles :)
I feel like most people dont think about lip wrinkles :) why is that an important factor for you? Smiling causes wrinkles... Living causes wrinkles! Stay hydrated and focus on your impact not your vessel, that's my advice.
@@mai6553
I think that was added as another reason not use straws 😄
wait what?
Yikes!
I was just scrolling through the comments and someone else mentioned they wished she added links in the description, and she commented back apologizing for forgetting and added the links. So if you check again, they’ll be there for you to use now.😊
Nespresso coffee pods are recyclable and they give you a compostable pouch to return the used pods to them free of charge.
FYI. Nespresso is nestle corp. Which is a very bad corp. You can read about them and water rights in California.
You're going to heaven for this video ❤️
My favorite compost pit is 3 hens. No vegetable, grain or fruit waste. They turn scraps into 3 eggs a day, one for each of us, and no gas or packaging involved in that either. Their manure and bedding goes into my compost pit with grass from mowing, fall leaves, coffee grounds for rich dirty and fertilizer.
Metal cooking pans can be scrapped and recycled
I keep my veggie scraps in the freezer until I have enough to make tasty broth as a base for soups and stews
I would use more zero waste products if they would be less expensive for example one stasher bag is 15€ I could get 30 boxes (1950 plastic bags for this price) I just cant afford most of the zero waste options as a student
I feel you.
Where possible, I just wash and re-use Ziploc bags.
@@MC-ko2mx same that‘s how I do it
@@allieg.1656 Good to hear.
At least we aren't doing single use plastic.
We're working with what we have, which is all you can ask of someone, really.
There are other brands. Just look up sikonbags on eBay or Amazon.
You don't necessarily have to use those bags as your replacement, depending on your purpose for your plastic bags. You can use reusable food storage containers, a bento box, a sandwich container, a cookie tin, a jar, you name it.
Woolah's tea dips are a great alternative for those plastic ones. It comes in 4 flavors, are similar to regular tea pouches but no plastic is used!
I hope it helps😄
Love these swaps I especially like stasher bags and I actually made a vid about a few zero waste swaps I’ve made in the kitchen too
I love this video bc I didn’t know a lot of these products existed so thank you sm for making this video. I learned so much from it!
Very good. Nice delivery!
Hi great to hear you. I reserve some old rejected clothes of cotton, like pillow covers, undergarments, pajamas etc which no one can use. To clean some real difficult mess, i use such cloth before throwing it. Also for ziplocks, we get a particular company's dosa batter in ziplock packet. I reserve all of them and then use them for all sort of storage. I also return all the unavoidable polythene bags in cleaned conditions to the grocery store. To tell you in india we don't have any zero waste store. Sad but i try my best under my circumstances.
This is such an awesome video, I love being more aware and this video is just so amazing
for cleaning dish solution, i use soapnuts. just combine soapnuts and water, hence a good cleaning solution.
With all the droughts and water wise issues around atm, using a dishwasher is really a waste of water. Hand washing is a pain, but a lot less water. Having rainwater where I live a dishwasher uses more than the loo, showers and hand washing together.
My family has never used paper towels we don't keep them in our house, and a lot of people seem confused by that. We don't do it for any waste prevention reason either we just do it because its a waste of money to buy single use items like paper towels and tissues when we can use towels and toilet paper which we already have anyway.
I had a roommate who didn't use paper towels ..but I find them really helpful for cooking, especially meat and for sanitation so I had a supply. She ended up using all my paper towels lol. I do use microfiber towels too though.
To composte: I just digged a hole on the ground. I throw the scraps there, get the hoe and mix a little bit. Then I just cover with some soil
All the silicone items are great, but what happens to them when they are at the end of their useful life?
Silicone is not recycleable unless you are extremely lucky to live in California and few other western states that have companies willing to recycle them. Otherwise they are landfill fodder.
I think silicone is burned and turns into ash? Idk that’s what I’ve heard for menstrual cups I have no idea for bags but I would assume the same.
@@gabyiskewl7678 who burns it, though? I’m not trying to pick a squabble, btw. They don’t even recycle glass where I live.
@@marysmith7765 I get what you’re saying, I guess I kinda assumed people would burn it themselves. I mean the item is tiny but then again you wouldn’t be able to have a campfire/a fire pit inside a city...
Very helpful & thought provoking video, all of these thing's have been on my mind lately, getting away from plastic is almost impossible, come on manufacturer's step up. It's also very hard on a very low budget product's such as you demonstrated need a price reduction, i know they last longer & save, but i & many do not have enough money to even start, don't mean we care any less.
problem with Stasher bags is the cost for one. They are at least 20 bucks PER bag. that's out of a lot of people's price ranges atm. Also Stasher bags because they are silicone still are NOT recycleable in 99% of areas. You might be blessed to live in california where they can recycle it otherwise it's landfill fodder. I find them extremely clunky and hard to work with. Yeah they are thicker but you can't open them as wide as ziplock bags and they can smash the food you put inside of them. Also with parchment paper, Parchment paper is compostable as long as its not waxed, Silicone baking sheets while nice are NOT recycleable. For cookware, I use aluminum. I've had my cookware for over 30+ years with no issues at all. If they get stuff stuck on it, i soak it in hot water with dishsoap, comes off like a dream. These are some good ideas but there are better ones out there.
The entire video is just ideas! You can do what works for you :) Like I’ve never used stasher bags my family just re-uses ziploc bags and we buy everything in big packages because we don’t have access to bulk!!
Silicone baking sheets last for a really long time-I have had mine for 8 years-and by eventually throwing out one it is not nearly as bad as having to cut down all those trees and use all that water to make parchment paper. Also unlike plastic, silicone is very inert and will not break down into Microparticles that enter into our waterways and harm ocean life. Reusing many many times is always better than recycling.
Also - they make reusable coffee filters. My coffee machine came with one.
Just a reminder that consumer plastic pollution in the ocean is just a tiny fraction compared to commercial fishing nets! It's awesome to take personal measures but don't be stressed about your contribution because ultimately most of the impact cones from corporations
Who is the one buying the fish?
Every individual effort is vital!
I think the dish block is interesting. The bar soaps are getting better.
When I was little everyone used block soap to wash dishes. There was even a little open mesh thing that held the soap, it had a long handle and you swished the soap around in the sinkfull of hot water. It really worked. Lots of bubbles .
She has the same name as the guy from The Good Place :)
haha yes, except his name was written in a different way :))
thank you *so* much for sharing these! learned a lot of things that I didn't even know existed
Instead of the dish block can also just buy bulk dishsoap(1 bottle that lasts months) and refill a mason jar. You can buy dispensers that can be threaded on from Amazon. Better yet, if you buy bulk Castille soap, you can use that to replace all your personal hygiene and cleaning products and it can be diluted with water.
Sooo helpful 😍😍😍
Dr bronners liquid soap is a concentrate. To make handwriting dish soap use 1 part liquid soap 10 parts of water. :)
Love love love this!
Thank you so much for so useful informations!🌷
How do you hand wash those reusable Ziploc-like bags? I don't have a dishwasher.
Don’t flip them inside out. You can use a plant-based sponge to clean it out!
You could rewax the beeswax wraps when the wax start to wear out. So you don't have to use more cotton fabric to replace it.
I'm just wondering... In Belgium we have a lot of cities who pick up food scraps/compostable waste like they pick up trash and then they use it for renewable energy or sth else.
Does this not exist in USA?
Yes, it's called yard waste
In some places it does
I have to pay to have my recycling picked up, and they don’t take glass. We are the only house in the development that recycles 😞. Maybe they’ll do composting here in 50 years. 😞
My city collects food waste and turns it into compost. And leaves the compost in designated parks
Every spring you'll see people with buckets and garden bags picking it up to use in their home gardens. I live in a city of over 4 million
beewax wrap was amazing
For paper towels, is it okay to use bamboo ones for cleaning? I don't want to use re-usable towels with chemicals and be washing that with my clothes.
KMART are now selling a pack of cotton bags of about 6 of different sizes for only $10 AUD-love mine and have bought some for friends-perfect for bulk buying and not using plastic
Excellent content 👍🏾🇹🇹
I take my reusable bags and jars to the store and avoid using plastic all together. Family cloth instead of toilet paper, Dr. Bronners is my go to. 1/4 cup white vinegar in the rinse will bind any residual soap and soften your clothes, even hang drying. BumGenius diapers instead of disposables, Gladrags instead of sanitary pads, Wearever underwear instead of Depends, I could go on and on. This is my passion.
Hi, I've read reviews about the dish block soap, that it leaves a residue....how long have you used it? Have you noticed residue?
Thanks for sharing what you know. I'm enjoying your videos
ThanksGivings Goodful - Very much Needed Video And Have To Share ⚪➕🌎😊
The more money someone has, the more they actively care about the environment.
Think about it.
Thank you, this is so helpful!!
Don't forget about toothpaste pellets! They can come in recyclable glass jars and avoid plastic tubes.
Most of the plastic waste in the ocean comes from take-out food. Are there some tipps to be zero waste and still be able to get tske out?
I bought the No Tox Life soap in bulk. It’s unfortunately very melty. I wish they had triple milled it so it would last even longer. I’ve tried three different soaps and the best solid dish soap I’ve found is from Meliora. It lasted the longest and didn’t become a gloopy mess despite using them all in the same bamboo soap dish. Now, I’m stuck with “two years” supply of No Tox Life, but it’s not going to last that long at all.
You can use the coffee ground to prevent cats from peeing or pooping in your yard, because they hate the smell and it's great to nurture you plants. Orange peel too!
My parents cat used to pee in their coffee machine... go figure.
This was a wonderful and informative video!
I don't use bees wax wrap. I just bought a bunch of pyrex with rubber tops. They're an investment up front, but in the long run cheaper. (It's 4 dollars a piece, but I've used them like 30 times a year for the past 5 years. )
Think I bought maybe 20 of them for less than 100 dollars.
But, I've used them for 5 years, and I've only gone through one plastic wrap and 1 tin foil wrap in that same 5 years.
Those 2 cost 3 dollars a piece, x 3 = 18 dollars x 5 years = 100 dollars. So I broke even, and from now on its profit.
Thank you so much!
This video was fantastic! So many good tips
This was really helpful! Thanks for the tips! ❤️
Holy crap! It took me over 5 years to use one roll of plastic wrap. I can’t believe people are using that much plastic wrap. That’s insane. I’m not a huge fan of the beeswax wrap but we do have a couple of them.
Is formaldehyde in bamboo products still a thing?
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Try carbon steel pans too, after a while they become non stick with use
The best low waste kitchen swap you can do for the oceans and the planet is eat more plant based. #seaspiracy #cowspiracy
100% agree
Have u ever hear about Azure Standard it's a bulk store online with organic food and non GMO?
Thanks because this vid is informative. I get the logic of Plastic < Paper < Silicone < Chemical=Plastic..
I just want to double thank you for always highlighting which brands are Black owned. I can get product right away.
The coffee machines made me wonder. Here in Germany, at least the people I know, we use machines that grind the whole beans. Dont you guys in the US have those or are they just rare?
My mother then takes the grinded Beans and banana peels as a fertilizer in the garden.
It would be nice if you put a link on the description box for all the products mentioned in video.
I was just scrolling through the comments and someone else mentioned they wished she added links in the description, and she commented back apologizing for forgetting and added the links. So if you check again, they’ll be there for you to use now.😊
@@annablochberger245 I just saw
Oh my god I literally went like “Good girl goodfuuuul” LOL
The french press coffee looks way to watery ... European here, there are sooooo many options for waste free, only compostable coffee ground techniques
There is no composting service here which sucks so much (and my apartment is too small for indoor composting and I have no balcony). I text the local government every few months to see if they have come up with a solution yet.
If anyone lives near Rorschach, Switzerland and wants to let me use their compost hit me up☺️
Apparently a wormery is good for indoor composting! When done correctly they shouldn’t produce any smell and they produce great compost and liquid fertiliser
@@Lala47362 I know, but I really have nowhere to put it and then also wouldn’t know what to do with the fertiliser 🤷🏽♀️
@@lauram7536 no friends with backyard/land that could take the extra dirt? Lol
Research bokashi. It's common as a composting method in Japanese apartments.
Question for anyone who use silicone bag, i bought mine for 2 months and still has that silicone smell. Any tips?
Awesome video. Only thing is, ordering all these things online is not really sustainable either what with all the packaging and shipping.
I love my silicone bags I hate using the one time use ziplock bags and my reusable straws