10 WEIRD AF Zero Waste Swaps I ACTUALLY DO ALL THE TIME | sustainable habits & hacks
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- Hi friends! Hope you're doing super swell on this fine quarantine day! Here are some strange/gross/I can't believe I'm admitting to this on the internet things I do to minimize my waste lol. Let me know what yours are!!! Group inspo :)
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Ahhhhh, y'all! There are so many good recommendations in the comments that are making me so giddy and warming my heart! YASSSSS ECO CREW!!! Dang I'm feeling v inspired to take my "eco-habits" to the next level. Thank you to everyone for caring about your impact, and doing little acts of kindness for mama earth (and simultaneously saving that $$$ dough, am I right??)! And thank you for being here in this little corner of the internets. I dunno what I did to deserve that. (And I'll stop myself here with the cheesy-ness lol shedding a quick tear here tho)
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Dude, I love the videos! Btw, have you ever heard of the website freecycle.org? It seems like a very similar thing to Buy nothing, there are no buy nothing groups in my area, but there is always tons of stuff on Freecycle!
I don't buy new mascara every 3 months. I use it till it's used up or dries out. My mom is the same. In her 30+ years and in my 10 years of using mascara we have never had eye infections. Then again we also not prone to sickness and are clean. I do the bathroom toilet paper thing too. I switched to a refillable deodorant but it doesn't work well (like at all) so I shower twice a day just to not smell like bad BO. Kind of defeats the purpose of mindfulness in the product choice (less plastic) if I have to use more water.
I was also going to comment about freecycle.org ! I only learned of it a week ago from a book on my nightstand that I never opened for 6 years lol... but I love up-cycling so I’m excited to be on there
I don't think this is a swap, but it's weird so I'll share...I will wait to flush the toilet after quite a few pee-trips to conserve water. 🤷
@@charliwutzler3656 Me too!
I have a betta fish whose water needs to be changed weekly so I collect all his dirty fish water and give it to my plants! My plants love it because his dirty water has lots of great fertilizing agents in it!
that's genius!
I spent years trying to get plants outside my house to grow and nothing! We recently got a fish tank about 6 months ago and started using the tank water to water the plants. My plants have almost doubled in size!
Yes! I use my frogs' water to naturally fertilize my plants! I give it to my friends for their plants too haha
THIS IS GENIUS
I am passing this on! Thank you!
I like to freeze my old coffee in ice cube trays then when I want an iced coffee, plop in some coffee cubes, pour fresh coffee overtop. BAM iced coffee without being watered down!
Carlyita wtf this is genius. A great way to make iced coffees that are too big from coffee shops last longer
I do this too! I make ice cubes with some of it, then put the rest in the fridge so I'm using the cold stuff WITH coffee cubes to make ice coffee. Even the last drop is potent and never watered down. It's the best!
I just started putting my cold coffee in the fridge for later and done the ice cube thing! I love iced coffees but otherwise I would have to use instant to get one at home
Why can I never remember to do this???
WTF THIS IS AMAZING?
hi i am an indian and i know its like a joke of how frugal indians are. theres a joke of how when we buy a t shirt first the dad wears it then the kid wears it then it turns into a rag then a mop untill it disintegrates into air lol. so same
Lol I'm Indian and my cousins do that 😂
Yup . Same.
I thought that was just a Romanian thing :))
Uttam Haha I though this was a Mexican thing😆
Uttam I love this! Haha! We have one shirt that I bought for my husband when we were dating, and then it got snug, so he gave it to me, then I got paint on it, so I cut the paint off and sewed it into a shirt for our son! Haha! Not sure what it’ll be next!
Regarding the toilet paper... if you smoosh the roll so that it is oblong before you put it on the roll holder, it doesn’t spin freely and everyone in the house uses less 😃
Ooh this is such a good hack!
Good advice thanks gal! :)
omg interesting!! Such a good hack! I honestly should do that for the boys I live with... I literally don't know how they go through so much tp in their bathroom, it boggles my mind! This seems like an easier swap than me continuing to nag them without any change haha 💛
this is chaotic good lol
@@SedonaChristina My bf heard you in the vid saying that you only use half a piece of TP and he's like "how is that even possible???"
I'm actually doing a lot of these things.
Additional things that I do:
I water my plants with the water I used to boil potatoes. When I print something at work and need to cut it, I keep the small parts to write down my shopping list. And when I don't like the snacks I bought, I just bring them to work and put them on the kitchen table with a note 'I bought some snacks to share' (don't tell it my coworkers 😁)
Hope my English wasn't too bad. Greetings from Germany 🙂
Katzen Lady your grammar was better than most Americans, lol, couldn’t even tell you weren’t from here!
Your English is very good! As someone who is practicing Spanish, I encourage native Spanish speakers to correct me if I’m wrong, but in your parenthesis “(don’t tell it my coworkers)” should actually be (don’t tell my coworkers). No need to put “it” because it is understood ;). Again your English is great keep it up bud!!!♥️
@@marmalade.. Thanks for correcting me :) I know some people are kinda sensitive about being corrected, but that's the only way we can improve. Spanish is cool, I should also start to learn a new language. I hope you will have great success with improving your Spanish skills 🙂❤️
@@annika7442 Wow, I didn't expect that :D Thanks for telling me
these are some very interesting ideas! I also use cooking water for my plants and when someone in my house takes a bath (wich is very rare) I tell them to let the water sit and I put my plants in the tub. greetings from belgium :-)
I am always so shocked when I see a TH-cam and they say like "this is such an old shirt, like 2 years". I mean, serieus. My oldest pieces are probably more than 10 years old (when I stoped growing).
The oldest piece of clothing I inherited is over 50 years old and I still wear it all the time. Bit morbid but when my grandad died I went through his clothes too and picked out what I liked so everything didn't go to landfill. He had a great sock collection
Bethany Sparling not morbid at all! Using your loved ones clothes after they’ve passed is a great way to remember them as well as be environmentally friendly.
I have t-shirts from when I was 12 so around 6 years ago. If it still fots and is in good condition, why not? Also bought 2nd hand items that are probably much older than me but still are in mint condition. They just have to be cared for:)
I have underwear and t-shirts that are older than my friends’ children. 😬🤣
I use clothes from my teens all the time. Even the one's that have holes or teared i use them as rags, to clean dust stuff like that. Some i made into loofahs and stove mittens.
My mom taught me to iron tissue paper from gifts and reuse the tissue paper and gift bag. I'm pretty sure we have used the same boxes and bags for Christmas for years.
We definitely re-use gift wrap in my family. Lol
Love this! Years ago I challenged my family to not purchase any new gift wrap, and if you run out then just get creative - use newspaper or anything else you can find. Crazy enough, we're still going strong without purchasing anything new (and of course reusing bags, boxes, bows, tissue and sometimes even wrapping paper). Love the tip about ironing tissue paper!
My whole family does this and its honestly wonderful
We also reuse ribbons, bows, tissue paper, giftwrap, gift bags, gift boxes, shipping boxes, paper shopping bags like from Nordstrom or Macy’s/etc, and sometimes newspaper for wrapping gifts. I’ve never had to buy wrapping paper! Also, people usually put boxes of wrapping paper and Holiday/Christmas decor stuff out in yard sales and I can usually find huge boxes of stuff like this for $1-$3. Same with old spice jars at yard sales! I decked out my home spice collection with this (looked new) set of spices on a spice rack.
I also do this, actually my grandma, Momo and me have been giving each other the same gift bag for special occasions for the last 2-3 years. It's crazy
One small way I save water: I give my dog fresh water every day, instead of dumping any water down the sink she didn't drink I will use it to water my plants.
Me too 😁
if im with a friend and their clothes rips or something and theyre like darn its ruined, if i see them later i ask if i can use it for scrap fabric. most of the time they say yes and later on i can surprise them with a small bag or utensil holder or something so they still can use it. i find a lot of people are emotionally attatched to their clothes so theyre happy to get more use out of it.
Kris Mieko, that's really thoughtful and sweet. 🙂
I always have a small sewing kit with me so I usually just fix the rip while they're still wearing it 😅
how often does that happen 😂
ah the washing the utensils with only water thing is also very indian. here's how we decide whether we wash it water or soap.
theres this concept of jootha (the closest thing i could find in english is ort)
so if your saliva or saliva hands have touched the utensils its jootha. i eat from a spoon / plate its jootha. i touch my mouth to the bottle its jootha.
so like when you're preparing food you don't go double dipping etc to avoid jootha. we avoid jootha by drinking water without touching you mouth (you tilt your head up drop water from an inch height to your mouth. you could also do the same with spoons )
so if you've just chopped vegetables etc you don't wash the utensils with soap. so the bottle you have'nt touched with your mouth you don't wash and its pretty clean and it never smells untill you touch your mouth to it. tmi but yeah its a very widespread concept here
like the oats you soaked it was never jootha so its fine i guess if you don't use soap. we've been doing it for centuaries even in covid and well we don't get sick
(edited also if it has oil you wash it )
Funny, I do that too! Not Indian tho lol and didn't even learn it from my parents or anyone
Thank you!
The other thing is whether it has oil of course
@@zoelawrence568 yes that obviously. i forgot to mention ill edit.
I do that too! If I wash a plate and there was bread on it and it just has crumbs or a bit of tomato water from sliced tomatoes, I rinse with water. If I cut a cucumber, I rinse the knife with water. If it's has fatty content like sauce or I ate from a spoon, I use soap. Fats and bacteria need soap.
On Friday nights my family would go “howling”. We would drive around looking for furniture or things to reuse in our home. It’s one of my favorite memories. 😂
Street shopping!
my weirdest thing is probably that i save dryer lint, extra strings, packaging (like bubble mailers mostly), etc and use it to make pillows for my rooster. hes a rescue and has lived inside his whole life, so he has a little bed that i made using an old cardboard box, and then stuff whatever i can find into a piece of scrap fabric as a pillow. they get really gross after a while and you cant really clean it, so they do eventually end up in the trash, but i used to just buy him stuffed animals to sleep on so this is a lot better
ok but this is so wholesome
This is sweet! I buy stuffed animals from the thrift store for my dogs to use as chew toys. You're very innovative and resourceful!
How do you even have a rooster as a pet? How do you manage them peeing or pooping everywhere? Can you train them? I am really interested in this, it sounds so wholesome to have a rooster as a pet!
@@Iris-gy2mi thanks!! my family seems to have a crafty gene lmao
@@roxanac.4977 my uncle used to breed chickens, but he was terrible and abused them. so i saved him when he was a chick, and he couldnt go with the rest of my chickens bc we already had too many roosters. it took too long to rehome him, so i got attached and kept him lol. chickens dont pee, so he wears a diaper (you can find them on etsy) inside. you cant exactly train them, but he has learned things. like he knows not to bite, and he only uses his spurs (big sharp claw that will FUCK you UP) on inanimate objects, like his ball. he's my baby lol, i highly recommend rescuing chickens. theyre such good companions!
I live in a college town and people ALWAYS will throw perfectly good stuff away at the end of the year! I love dumpster diving! Last year I found a perfectly good desk (and it was a cute white one)! So I took it home!
College good are the best. I’ve found and seen so many good things! pens, binders, yoga mats, sheet masks, candles, plastic utensils still in boxes, etc!!
Our appt block is a lot of students so at the end of the year theres always stuff by the bins. This year there was a tub full of perfectly usable plates and things but half of it still had food on it etc, very gross. Of course I felt compelled to clean it up and take it to a charity shop. The next day a lovely neat clean box of stuff a foreign exchange student had had to leave behind included a photography light and a wooden art box (balsa wood but still) and I figured that was my karmic reward xD
I’m sure but I’d be scared good stuff would be buried under a mini-fridges worth of expired food lol
What town is that? I'd definitely go dumpster diving for desks and other things that didn't need to be thrown away
Same! I once found a perfectly good set of pots and pans in a cardboard box by the dumpser at my apartment building. I already had enough pots and pans so I didn’t keep them but I washed and donated them.
On the hoarding jars front - ask a locally refillary if they will take them for their customers. My local one will take them, sanitize them and offer them to customers for free to try small amounts or if they forgot their jars. Super awesome! I have a bag to drop off once this "slow down" is over. Also, for boxes, I am guilty too, I have a flattened stack of diaper boxes under the bed, but man they come in handy. They are subbing for my reusable bags right now when doing pickups for food from the local farmers. Stay safe.
Also, as for cooking - have you heard of residual cooking? They taught it in the great war and depression for saving on cooking fuel, and you turn off your heat source near the end of the cooking, and let the hot pan or pot finishing cooking with the residual heat left. Works really well and saves money - boom, mind blown.
I totally do my dishes with just water! Like if I’ve just used a measuring cup for like flour or something, I’ll just rinse it haha
Yea I don't understand how that's gross. I do it all the timeee
Sameee
@Elizabeth D But when it dried, the bacteria would die off or not?
I do this with silverware.. like if a knife has butter on it or a spoon has something on and it wasn’t in anyone’s mouth just rinse it off and put it away LMAOOO
Raw flour is a tiny bit risky to eat. It probably wouldn't matter, especially if you had a healthy immune system, but you could potentially contaminate a ready-to-eat food that isn't cooked if you're say, measuring out raw fruit with the same cup that had raw flour the night before.
One time my roommate (who rarely cooks) bought 6 gigantic sweet potatoes and let them sit on the counter for weeks and weeks. One day I noticed the trash was really heavy. There were 6 sweet potatoes with a few sprouts each, all sitting at the bottom of the trash. So I took them out of the trash, peeled them and froze them and I’ve been gradually eating them ever since.
I also take things out of the garbage after people have thrown them away!
I save the little sticker that comes on produce ( apples, bananas, etc) and use them to clean up hair. I have long hair and it sheds so those stickers help me keep the bathroom cleaner.
OMG, that's genius!!!! :O gonna put it in practice straight away!
do you stick them together to make one big sticker?
I'll HAVE to use that!
@@leporid257 I don't do that but it would work just fine for 'larger jobs'
I just take the small sticker and use it in the bathroom when I comb my hair. That's when the most of it comes out. So I have the sticker to get the strands off my shirt and the counter. Then I can use it to get the ones that fell on the floor.
@@bealivebefree9136 I think the glue on your produce stickers is way better than the glue on mine.
@@leporid257 I find the banana ones are best. The stickers on apples work fine but not as well.
I also save any other sticky tape that comes from other packaging that would be thrown away too.
My family occasionally does a “Swap” where we will all get together with things we no longer want or use, and we lay them out on tables and display them and then we go through and take turns taking items that we want! It’s not so realistic right now with COVID, but I look forward to the day that we can do this again :)
Unless your elderly, weigh 300 pounds or have a weak immune system due to things like HIV or cancer you should spend time with your family. Covid is over hyped and it was and is def used as a control mechanism by politicians.
I save the ricewater from washing rice (I wash my rice 3 times) and use it for washing my hair or my face. It makes my hair super shiny and sleek and I don’t need to use conditioner afterward.
I’ve been meaning to try this!! Such a good one! 💛
I would use it as a hair mask before washing, then wash & condition as usual. My hair would be SO soft! 🙂
love these tips! i just wanted to add to the note of washing surfaces: if your household has residents with food allergies, washing off counters and dishes and other surfaces with more than just water is absolutely crucial (even in times of non-pandemic).
Oh my god, I just realised I do EVERYTHING I laughed about my dad doing. He used to say "just use green soap, all these things you put on your skin are full of chemicals and don't even smell natural" and I would respond smth like " Oh mY gOd DaD I neEd MoIsTuriZer YoU knOw?! ".... some years later and I'm only using bar soaps and make my own body creams. He used to say, "do you need new clothes again ?! Their quality is terrible and who knows what they're made with, it's better to buy one expensive good item than tons of shitty ones" and I would be like "yEah Ok GivE me 100 euros For A tShiRt thEn, I don'T ReaLly HaVe a ChOice" ... now I've learned about the horrors of fast fashion, still wear my college clothes and take good care of them, shop second hand and if I need smth new I'll choose an ethical company, but maybe once a year. I even have a ripped pyjama that I wear, like he used to do. Amazing, I've transformed into my dad lol :')
Haha i've noticed the same process with me turning into my mother!!
I used to make fun of her, for only buying organic, biological food and almost none convenience food. A couple years later, guess who is in front row at only buiyng organic, biological food with almost zero plastic wrapping 😂
We may lose some of our youthful beauty as we get older, but thank goodness most of us gain wisdom in exchange. 😉
Ok here's a weird one, thoes green flip lids from Shakey pizza cheese can screw onto a mason jar perfectly so I always keep them and use them for flip lids for beans rice or other dry goods storage.
I just tried this and it honestly blew my mind
@@morgandevol6218 glad you liked it 😊
Holy crow, that is amazing. It's a whole new world! Texting my family rn to ask them to save those lids
what!? this is genius!
They work great on the short jars for snacks too 😁 I keep trail mix in mine.
None of these were cringey. I feel like every dad in the world is pleased with you for listening to their life lessons and for saving power and water 💵💵
In regards to PB jars, I love to wash it it out with just water and then take the pb/water mix into ice cubes to give to my pup later.
Autumn Stephens omg this is such a good idea! I can’t believe Iv never thought of this! It gets really hot in the summer where I live & my dog LOVES to be outside. This will be great over the summer! My dog sends u a huuuge thanks! 😂😂
If you add some hot water to it, shake it a bit and then pour it into a blender with some your fruits, protein powder it will make some yummy smoothie
@@korazy I do that with nutella jars and milk and make chocolate milk that way.
Lmaoooo that’s amazing !
I put oats, milk whatever else you want in it and shake it up into overnight oats, you can eat cold or heat the following day
A good way to get EVERYTHING out of the peanutbutter Jar ist to make your overnight oats IN the jar. It tastes sooo nice and the oats and milk really soak up all the peanut butter, especially if you microwave it :)
This. Idea. Is. GENIUS! Omg I’m going to do this! Thank you!! 💛
Try to use dry beans and lentils and soak them at home to avoid using canned products. Not always convenient but it’s a better way to portion control.
If I’m using a bottled liquid product (lotion, shampoo, soap, cleaning products, salad dressings, soy sauce, vinegar, etc) and I’m down to about 25-30% of the product left, I add in a bit of water, give it shake, and continue using the diluted version, which generally works just as fine as the undiluted version. This way I get more uses out of the product and can hold off on getting another.
We also use old toothbrushes as tools in aid of detail house cleaning (sinks, showers).
My dad does this thing where if he used a lime or lemon in a recipe, he’ll keep the leftover peels to use to scrub down any copper or stainless steel bowls or pots to give them extra shine
There’s probably more but these were just the first few which came to mind
We just ordered a (used) Instant Pot after borrowing my mom's to confirm that it really is magic - put unsoaked dry beans in with water, and 30 min later you've got perfect, ready to eat, zero waste beans!
Dried citrus rinds make good garbage disposal cleaners. At the end of using the disposable throw a chunk in and the whole kitchen smells nice.
You just reminded me of one.
My favorite salad dressing is so thick, it has to be spooned out of the jar. So before I even use it, I fill it to the rim with water & give it a good shake.
I continue to add water each time I use it until the jar is about half full. By then, it pours easily. I've never noticed a change in the taste, either. Just the thickness. 🤔
I like to leave citrus peels out in a bowl for a while as 'pot pouri', they smell good for days. Have to be careful not to leave any of the fruit on there though!
I'm so intrigued, I want to understand HOW you use half a piece of toilet paper.
hehehehe 🙈I didn't think I could in the beginning either, but it turns out, I could! So I went with it 😹😹😹
Same! This is gross, but I must not have the same poo style. I feel like mine are not polite enough for a two sheet situation. 😂
@@brittly14 😆
@@brittly14 Just use water and then a cloth to dry. No more need for toilet paper
dude fr. when I poop that shit is like a crayon
Just starting on my low waste journey, and I am so glad I was raised dirt poor... Just a few things I picked up from my childhood...
I can't remember the last time I bought clothes or furniture new... Thrift and roadside for the win!
Keeping coffee tubs for storage (they stack! And are typically air proof)
Reusing tortilla bags for the giant zip lock bags they are.
Bar soap for everything (in addition to body and skin, you can also drop shavings in a jar of water for dish soap/all purpose cleaner)
But you asked about wierd ones....
Cat litter tubs as bulk storage. I clean em out real good, and use them for animal feed and dry goods, as well as planters for porch vegetables... I switched from that cat litter to something with cardboard packaging a long time ago, but those tubs are holding strong... And my family looked at me like I was insane for suggesting cat litter tubs for our rice 😂😂😂
I’d take it easy on turning off other people’s night lights.
I have a hypnagogic sleep disorder and have multiple confused arousals at night. Without a night light, I can’t recover quickly enough and can wind up hurting myself while confused. People have turned out my nightlight before and it’s not cool because I’ve gotten hurt, and could accidentally hurt someone else. Please just try to be mindful that others may have reasons they do things that they may not want to share with you, and it’s not your business or right to intrude.
Yeah I can easily think of several reasons why it's a terrible idea to turn off someone else's night light.
Yeah but like she said it was her family. She knows her family. Nobody would do that with someone they didn't know like that
@@emmaleigh4884 not referring to the nightlight
Definitely something that's good to be aware of! I would never do it to a stranger, only those I live with and know dearly who do not have conditions or needs like this. So sorry people have done that to you in the past! 💛
@@Maryaminx Someone in my building keeps turning off the laundry room lights when I do my laundry. I literally set a timer so I don't hog the machines, so I don't have it on for long, but I DO have PTSD and the room's location and set up gives me anxiety when I have to walk into it with the lights off. The next time someone does that, I'm going to leave a very nice note asking them to please stop, as I have reasons. :/
Most of this I have always done them because it is part of my culture (south American - Bolivian). People in my culture are very very mindful about using everything until it breaks, so you will always see people using jars or old bottles and put something else there, or use them as vases. Also with food, we have a big culture of not wasting food. Also, people never NEVER get rid of something just because... it has to be a very good reason, like it's broken or definitely not usable anymore. Mostly they just give things away if they get something new. All of our furniture from the house where I grew up is in either one of my sister´s houses, or on friends' houses and they still use them. Also, my mom still has the very first couch that she bought and she has been renewing it according the new styles for over 40 years now. When I started this movement in my country, I didn´t need to feel grossed by using something that belonged to someone else, etc I mostly concentrated in reducing plastic consumption and started gardening my own food. But it has been a huge struggle HERE in America. I see that the culture of waste is just very deep in American´s minds. I would have never thought it's gross to wash the dishes with just water unless is something that has grease on it or something very difficult to wash, I would do the same. My mom always taught me to save water and light. When I came to live in this country I felt like such a weirdo. I remember the first time I took home an Ice Cream jar to use it as a pot for my plants, people just stared at me and my friends laughed so hard at me for "picking up garbage". Many many of the things that are related to the waste industry are because of this waste culture they have here in North America. I have lived in Japan as well, and there, the same as in my country, everything is recycled, and EVERY LITTLE THING left of food has to be eaten.
Globalization is slowly washing people´s minds into thinking that using something one more time is gross, and that really needs to stop. It wasn´t always like that. Oh, and long life to bidets!
Alejandra Reinaga me gustó mucho tu comentario! Muy acertado, creo que somos una cultura (global) de consumidores vanidosos. El planeta se vería muy beneficiado si dejáramos ir ciertas formas de pensar tan superficiales. Saludos!
It wasn't always this way. Many of us had parents who grew up during the great Depression.
My mother never forgot her thrifty ways, and she made sure I knew them as well. I still practice most of them to this day, plus adopting many of my own.
It is sad that there is so much waste in this country. There is also a big sense of entitlement in many places. Usually, the first thing that ever changes that is a personal financial hardship. It's a shame that it has to be that way. Maybe the economic effects of this current pandemic will actually teach us a thing or two. Something good has to come out of all this.
Coincido tanto con vos. Muy acertado el comentario. Toda mi vida crecí usando de trapo para limpiar los calzones de mi papa 😂🙈 así que imagínate que no me daría vergüenza reutilizar. Eso es lo mínimo, pero sí, mi mama me enseñó a ahorrar agua y electricidad no 'por el medio ambiente', sino porque después las facturas/cuentas eran muy caro! Jajsja
@Alejandra Heinaga
I love absolutely everything you said and agree with you 💯% 👐🏽
I am proud of finding working ear buds on the ground 😅 sanitized them with a Lysol wipe and replaced the squishy ear pieces with my own. I’ve had them for a year and a half!
Omg! You. Are. My. Hero. So many people wouldn’t have done this out of fear! 💛
Yes Light Police!!! Was raised to turn them off - still teaching my husband for 15+ years now, lol.
Same!
Please only do this with those old and Bad bulbs not the fluorescent "energy saving" ones as they use a LOT of energy to start up.
@@leporid257 Even for LED lights?
I work at a daycare, and when the kids bring cereal in a plastic baggie, I will bring it home wash it out and use it again. At our house we have a whole drawer of used baggies. If we have to many I will recycle them at our local grocery store.
I have a bucket in my shower to catch the cold water as it heats up, then use that to water plants, flush the toilet, etc. I also save dryer lint to turn into fire starters by packing it into empty toilet paper tubes (everyone really thought i went off the deep end with that one! Lol).
people : this dress is so old I got it like 5 years ago
me : is wearing a 100 years old shirt
anyway I also do the light thing and the keep shipping packaging one lmaoo
It's like the Children of Israel having maintained clothes for 40 years in th le wilderness lol
If someone like her dad is wearing something from college, I applaud them because then they have the same 20 year old body lol
I have a shirt that I have owned for 22 years.
Emily Grace My shirt that is 22 years old is from the 90s; 1998 actually. I was 16 in 1998. I now have a daughter who is turning 18 soon. It is so crazy how time goes by...........
kanekiji I always seem to get the most compliment when I wear my grandmas old clothes! Old definitely doesn't mean worse!
@@WiggleIsWiggly The quality make them look more high-end I think ! No polyester clothes on this body haha
When I take my recycling out I will spend hours going through the dumpster sorting out the non-recycleables.
My family would find it weird if I simply went through OUR kitchen trash and clean and put stuff in the recycling bin even though it saved them so many garbage bags. My parents told me to stop. Now that I've moved out, their 1-2 bags a week went to almost a bag a day and mind you it's only three of them (all adults). I think my sister is becoming a little more mindful since I've left.
Now if I see a huge plastic item at my job, I'll stealthily take it to recycle at home lol or cardboard I'll break it down and take it to the warehouse to have it recycled
You. Are. My. Hero! YASSSS! 💛💛 💛
We need more people like you.... You're a hero like honestly
You are a goddess and dont let anyone ever tell you any different. You may only be some small drops of water in the tsunami of change; but every drop matters!Keep being the light you are! And I hope for safety and longeivty for your life's journey 😊
Ugh at my work people constantly put trash in the recycling and i’m constantly digging in there taking out their trash so the recycling has a better chance of actually being recycled
Things I do:
Blow my nose in my hands and wash them lmao
Use a menstrual cup, try to use the bidet or use the toilet before using a shower on purpose
Try to catch the water that’s heating up before the shower to water plants or reuse it otherwise, when I need just a bit of water I keep in mind it’s on the cold side to not turn on the water heating if that makes sense??
Idk just a couple little things I do without thinking about them anymore I guess, all the love! x
onhazz saving the water from a shower is so smart and I’ve never thought of that before!
I also blow my nose in my hands and then wash them hahahah
omg I also blow my nose into my hands!! Literally all the time!! Especially right now when my springtime seasonal allergies have been so bad... my nose can only take so many hanky scratches hehe. Or sometimes after I workout and my nose is runny from being out of breath, I blow it into my shirt that I'm about to toss into the dirty hamper anyways haha! Can't believe I forgot to mention that one!
All of these are so so good!! It's crazy how things like this might start as "weird" or different, but over time just become routine and are so so easy and literally EVERY small thing makes a difference! Especially when we share them with others 💛 Thank you for sharing! xo
@@SedonaChristina My grandma used to blow her nose into her shirt before putting it in the hamper, but she refuses to use handkerchiefs if I offer
Sedona Christina Yess! Also peeing in the shower or not flushing it, “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown - flush it down” haha but only at home, I’d die if someone used the toilet after me and saw that hah which is sad! Cause we feel our actions are disgusting when I’m reality we shouldn’t be ashamed of carrying enough to make changes and save our planet. You should definitely do a part two to this video, cause at the end of the day those little things done by loads of people make a difference❤️
YES!!! picking stuff up from the side of the road RULES. I moved into a new house a little over a year ago and, although I won't pick up anything with fabric, I have picked up a ton of stuff. Half the time they are totally fine and dont need any changes. But even when they do they are such little things like a side table has a little knick on the corner=turn that corner to the wall. Someone threw out their coffee table because their kids markered the surface=sanded the top of the table and put on a coat of stain. It cost me like 10 bucks and 15 minutes. Someone was throwing out 6 GORGEOUS oak dining chairs because they accidentally left them out in the rain= reupholstered them with the help of my neighbor and only cost $100 in total (dining chairs are expensive yo so this was a steal). Dining chairs aside, they were all afternoon projects and then they were good as new. Often people throw out things because they dont even think about how to easily fix them or they just don't have room in their house or dont want them anymore. Give upcycling a chance!
I just want to say thank you for sharing this because it has inspired me so much. This lifestyle felt unattainable for me because it is usually made to look clean and bare and minimalistic. I am a cluttery person and knowing that having a closet of boxes and things like that fit into the zerowaste life style humanized it for me and made me feel like I can do it.
I’m so amazed with how beautiful your hair is, just found your channel and I’m obsessed! Thanks girl, love from Poland x
Yeah I'm curious of her ethnic backgrounds. It is gorgeous!
Oh my goodness, that's far too kind of you!! Thank you! 💛
You should watch her hair videos! I bought the Ethique shampoo bar and Bar None conditioner bars because of her and Shelbi's recommendations, and my hair looks 50x better!!
ali snavely Oooo thank you, I will! I’m happy with my hair, it’s just her natural curls and length I’m in awe with haha
you should make a sedona christina zero waste facebook group
She has a Facebook community, but only for those who contribute to her Patreon!
I do have one! It's open to my Patreon community ($1 donation gets you in hehe) 💛
@@SedonaChristina one time donation of 1?💜
I've received things from Vinted (kind of like a European Depop?) that were wrapped in cardboard cereal boxes, or pasta boxes, or empty laundry detergent boxes, and I really love how creative people are with it! Also I'll take (nice) empty glass jars to the local zero waste store where they have a donation shelf for other people to take and use (and sometimes I'll trade some of the jars I bring for the available donated ones, in order to have a matching set later)
I sometimes use used dishes to eat dinner. Like if it isn't that dirty and just used
One of my favorite stories to share is how my dad used to tell us "3-4 squares is ample!" toilet paper wise haha. I haven't bought new socks in a couple years (feet cold? Add another pair!) Plus most of my clothes are thrifted or hand me downs from friends and family. I haven't purchased garbage bags in over four years- I just use every plastic bag I come across (even a newspaper bag) instead, and focus on recycling and eliminating excess plastic from my life so I don't actually make a lot of trash. I wait for bulky waste every year and get my wooden furniture that way! I don't really use the lights in my house- I utilize natural daylight and turn on a salt lamp at night for about an hour before bed. I also only flush the toilet if I poop. I compost all my produce scraps. Check out one of my yearly bulky waste hauls- it is so fun and most of the physical objects in my house are free. th-cam.com/video/2BqdWn2bwRE/w-d-xo.html
The few shipping boxes that I keep drive my boyfriend nuts, he awlays tries to throw them away. 'Do you need this one ?' 'And that one ?' YES I DO
I feeeeeeeel this!!! I have two bags full of boxes in the back of our basement for shipping things and my housemates gradually noticed they were there and were like "woah, why?" ...But then when each of them gradually needed a box for mailing things, they used one I'd saved and now they're like "okay, I get it" hahaha 🤍
For "empty" jars that I can't scrape out of. I use them to make overnight oats. So far I've had plum, raspberry, Nutella, and peanut butter. Yum!
Edit: I also keep a coffee "stir stick" it's a plastic knife I've had for years. I only wash it when I do a. If batch of dishes so once a week or two. Might be gross, but it works.
So once, back when I ate meat a lot more than I do, I literally took the wings my friend had been eating because he left so much meat on the bones, and I ate them clean. He was actually quite disturbed, but made a point of cleaning all the meat off for the rest of the night! Lol
I've been dubbed "the trashcan" for as long as I can remember, and there have been times where I met my friends at a restaurant late and didn't need to order anything because I ate what they left.
I also: Use "family cloth" from old cotton sheets, will pull recycling out of the office trashcans, use the water from heating up my shower for my dog, reheat my coffee 20x because I never drink it quickly enough, bring our french press to work since they only have a keurig, also wash somethings with just water.
Ooh! And little rubber bands and twisty ties that come on bread or produce, I like to save them in a little jar in my kitchen and they’re super useful for all sorts of things. I mainly use them to kinda tie my house plants to their stakes to keep them growing properly :)
I’ve been wanting to find something like a buy nothing group for a while. I just didn’t know the term yet. I just looked it up because you mentioned it and i found my local group!! So excited!! Thanks!!
you plants love old and dusty coffee or tea. my friends dad has a 50 year old fern in his kitchen that he has never repotted and only feeds with old coffee and tea and it's striving even though it probably doesn't have any soil left in that pot
While I avoid plastic most of the time, there are a few creams that I love that come in plastic tubes. When I can't squeeze the last bit out, I cut the crimped end off and often get another week's worth.
Oh I also keep every plastic/paper gift bag I receive, along with the ribbons and decorations. I usually diy gifts for my close friends and family, so I always have a pretty bag to put them in! :')
One thing my husband thinks is weird is I reuse my shower towels several times (we live in a marina so we walk up to the offices where they have showers) and my husband hates reusing them because they were used "in a shared shower room". But if they haven't touched the floor I feel like it's fine. I hang it up on the boat and dry it and it's fine for several showers. I'll wear the hell out of things like pajamas, jeans, sweatshirts before washing (not things that I sweat like crazy in though). Less washing.
Haileigh Garoutte who only uses towels once? I thought everyone uses them multiple times
I am weird and don’t like to use my towel a bunch of times as well, idk why this bothers me, but what I do so that it doesn’t feel wasteful is after every shower I will use my towel to wipe everything down while it’s steam covered. Makes things easier to clean later, too, because then everything is being dusted or the top layer is wiped off every other day, so really just have to disinfect once a week without scrubbing. Maybe a suggestion to try to convince your husband to do. 🤷🏼♀️
I use the same towel after my showers all week. I wash it on Saturday.
I rotate between like 4-5 towels + a few hair/face towels and hang them to dry, and I can usually go between 2-3 weeks before needing to wash my towels. I mean, if you’re clean while touching them and you air them out so they dry completely, they’re still clean so why wash them after just one use?
I only wash my towel once a week, and I share a dorm shower with 25 other girls 😅
I’m not on a zero waste lifestyle BUT, I do a loooot of the things you’re talking about!
well, doing some zero waste swaps even if you do not consider yourself a zero waste person is always positive!
keeping the gas smaller than the pot also prevents the outside of the pot from getting all those burn marks!
Using a tshirt to blow my nose! It also feels so much better than tissue, your nose doesn't dry out.
That is not hygienic. It is so important to use one-time use tissue for snot, and also very important to correctly wash your hands afterwards. Please consider how you can minimize the spread of bacteria in your daily life, not only with the covid crisis but also afterwards.
D B so what about hankerchiefs? You are spreading a lie right now by saying it isn't hygenic... You can use fabric to blow your nose as it was like that in the olden days... you just have to wash them and prior to wash leave in a seperate bag. Ex: I use a wetbag for cloth diapers, reusable pantie liners, hankerchiefs and reusable toilet paper for when I pee... I wash all of these double cycle and no fabric softner, I also can have them soak in some type of desinfectant if I was sick or w.e ....
@@notyourregularlife9849 Wauw okay, so no, i am not spreading a lie. Referring back to the "olden days" is absolutely bullshit. They were actually very often sick, and it was normal for people to die from easily preventable infections. Yes you can use fabric, if you don't reuse it, without a wash in between. Most people do not do that, so using a cleenex is more hygienic. This is something to be aware of, especially with the current situation. :) And also, unless you wash the mentioned above at about 90 degree celsius, some bacteria will still survive.
I totally do this with laundry. If I wore a shirt (like a normal, easy-to-wash cotton shirt) and I wake up sneezing, I just grab the shirt out of the hamper. I have all-season seasonal allergies and have a sneezing fit literally every morning; yesterday's t-shirt works perfectly as a hankie.
D B I can understand where you're comming from but saying that it's unhygenic is still false in some sense. All I'm trying to say is you can totally use hankers as long as you clean them. Obviously someone who is sick and constantly reusing the same one without washing is spreading a germ... Also please consider that in the olden days people didn't also shower very often and wash hands as commonly as today... meaning that the diseases didn't only or necessarily come from the hankies but potentially other things or places....
I used to reuse teabags, i mean just add some more hot water in after a few hours. Now i buy loose lead tea and just use small mounts and since i don't take it out, it just sits longer so in the end i use less. I also then might add some hot water through the day aswell, so I'm technically reusing the tea.
I have tried that, but it's awful *to my taste*.
I did this too when I used tea bags, now I use mostly loose leafs
My dad does this and he calls it "teasing" the tea bags. LOL.. get it? haha
This is how you are supposed to drink tea! In japan usually they discard the first batch of water. The second one is milder and less bitter. I always use tea bags and loose tea twice!
We have cloth toilet paper that we use and wash or like the rest or the world we use water. It’s made of an old sheet that tore in the middle and I cut up. I’m so happy that I never recycle glass jars. I keep them and reuse them. Recently my husband who is a doctor( who stays outside the house at another house) I use the glass containers to give him food. We have enough containers to rotate between, him, garage for a week and then inside sanitized. All the eco things I’ve done, I’m now so thankful because I’m not worried about running out. I now grind my own flour from wheat berries, make my own cashew milk and make my own veggie stock.
I’m a more independent consumer. I’m looking into making my own tahini(I already make my own hummus) almond butter, etc.
I plug my bathtub when showering and collect the grey water. When I'm done I siphon the water into a rain barrel to water plants with. I keep a hose in the cabinet under the sink and stick it out my second story window.
I refused to feel bad about turning off all my outlets!! hahahaha my boyfriend huffs and puffs about it sometimes but I refused to let up that he's just getting used to it! also- JUST learned about the gas stove thing. yes!!!
I take my old bamboo toothbrushes, sanitize them, and then use one for keeping my fly-always down and one as a nailbrush
YoursTrulyKatie Genius! I do my own nails and I went out and bought a nail brush. This is a much better idea.
I use mine for cleaning small spaces!
I sew and try to make the most out of every scrap of fabric. I made lovely floor cushion stuffed with old fabric scraps. I take old tee shirts and make rugs or cleaning rags. The old flannel sheets I cut up sew and turn them into wipes for noses and bums. I turned my husband's old work shirts into produce bags. I switched to making my own menstrual pads because buying would have cost 3x the amount to make with less quality, then eventually I found the Nixit cup and use that more.
I just love how bubbly you are, it's so nice!!! I miss the vibe my mates give off and you've defintely got it. Candid chats yaaaaay
Ahhhh this just brightened my day. Thank you! 💛💛 Sending you heaps of virtual hugs!!
when all this lockdown stuff happened i had to move out of my uni flat in 24 hours and since i was moving country i couldnt take so much of my stuff with me. It breaks my heart that its all going to get dumped and thrown out when under normal circumstances i would have gotten years more use out of it.
I'm sorry for your loss. I know that must have been difficult. But if it helps any, I can almost assure you that other people will get good use out of things you were forced to leave behind. That's good Karma for you. Try to look at it that way.
I try and take my duvet and pillow outside to sanitise in the sun regularly to stretch out the time between washes!
Diana Cao This works for wool too, which is naturally antimicrobial, but if you want to be especially safe you can put it out in the sun. Washing wool always changes the wool quality imo, even if you carefully handwash, so putting your wool or cashmere or fancy thread sweaters out in the sun for sanitizing is great to make them last way longer. I never had a dryer in my home growing up, so we always hang dried everything outside - bedsheets, blankets, pillows, socks, etc.
for presents, we still use gift boxes from a store called strawbridge’s which apparently closed in 2006 lol they haven’t fallen apart yet!
I have this great story about grabbing stuff off the side of the road. Our family had just moved into a new place and as we were driving into our neighborhood one day there was this array of electronics and this cabinet...I encouraged my mom to go investigate and we ended up finding this mint condition vintage record hutch COMPLETELY FREE it was such a winning moment for me since my mom was kinda hesitant but we ended up bringing it home and it still sits in our living room to this day!
i use a 2 part water and 1 part white vinegar mix for wiping down surfaces all the time! it is great for wiping up dusty surfaces and avoiding harsh cleaners. disinfectant are really only needed when bodily fluids are on the surfaces... i also use just a cloth and water to wipe down kitchen counters and places where i eat after cooking/eating
I have a friend who needs to move out cos her landlord doesn't like cats (the cat in questions is a gorgeous fluffy boi) and I was like go to the supermarkets and ask for some boxes, fruit boxes (esp banana) are SUPER durable. (We still have the banana box in the garage that's seen 2 uni moves and me relocating up north to live with bae.)
- Tea towels/clothes that you dont mind potentially getting ruined are also fantastic instead of bubble wrap.
- packing your jars/containers like Russian dolls is great - minimises smashing potential and saves space.
Other stuff:
- Using the tumble dryer to heat the flat (Its on for like 3 - 4 hours) alas we don't have anywhere to hang duvet covers (trust me, I've tried, it took 2 weeks to dry completely, in summer #ukproblems) but on the plus side I'm way too lazy to change the sheets more than twice a month
- finally figuring out the radiator timer settings
- covering up the extractor fan (aka a HUGE hole in the wall with a fan in it) and just opening the doors/windows
- candles and battery powered Fairy lights for that weird time of day when it's not dark enough to put the lights on but it's not light enough to comfortably read a book
This is such an amazing video. The furniture picking thing is actually so great because not only can you save a lot of money, you’re also prolonging the life of many objects that would otherwise just be disposed of. I totally can agree that many hacks seem kind of embarrassing and some people may even see it as you being “stingy” or too frugal. However, in the long run we are just helping our planet. And do whatever makes you happy and comfortable!
Yes! I thought these were just “raised in an Asian household” things! I feel seen
Always check your peanut butter ingredients, some contain Xylitol and that's toxic to doggies.
- We also buy biodegradable 100% plant base cleaning products.
Good to know! Thankfully we only buy ones that are made of 100% peanuts (no salt and other add ins). But that is SO good to know because who knows what one of my roommates will bring into the house! Even outside of PB! THANK YOU! 💛
Lol I bought a reusable q-tip and it’s awesome
which one did you get?
Yesss my mom got us those for Christmas in our stockings and my sisters and I each have our pair (one for the ears and a cosmetic one) and we all looooove it!
I bought some wooden ones. When it comes to bodily stuff, I don't feel comfortable having reusable stuff like pads but I am at least trying to use biodegradable stuff for them.
Did you get a last swab by the brand Last Object? I’ve been looking into them recently !
I was thinking about getting a reusable one, but I realised I've been fine with just using my finger lol
I've fairly recently started sewing and mending my clothes. Every single extra thred or bit of fabric gets stuffed into a little cloth bag I made. It might turn into a cat toy or maybe the center of a pillow someday.
THIS!!!! So important! YASSS! Such a good swap! I too have a box of fabric scraps that I'm hoping to DIY one day (perhaps will be a video, was my thought? lol but I still dunno what to make. But I have made scrunchies out of some!) 💛
thanks for the ideas :)
I save my scraps too! If you make plushies you can use the colored scraps to give meaning. I can never make any scrap projects cuz my scraps are too small.
YES!! i do the exact same thing and have just bags of the tiniest little scraps
Loving this video and hey never feel bad for saving the planet. It’s a beautiful thing
The free section on Craigslist is my holy grail. I have gotten so many items for free that are in great condition that they were just going to toss. It’s also a great resource to get rid of some stuff you no longer use. Another mans trash situation! I love it.
When I'm cooking something like veggies and you have to toss it in oil, I always just rub the extra oil on my hands and legs and body instead of washing it off. It's like a free moisturizer that would have gone down the drain!
Bailey Smith Ooh I do this but with the ends of my hair, but I still gotta wash off the oil from my hands because I hate the greasy feeling of oil on my hands...
I do this too, it's also delicious on bread!
My mom makes new coffee and then passes the c(old) coffee through the new coffee grounds to strengthen the flavour and heats it up she says it is great
Um yes. I do that with green tea bags. I brew two cups with a sachet each and then the third cup with both the sachets. It's a wee bit lighter but it's good none the less. THEN my dear friend I split open the teabags to use the leaves for a natural face/body scrub thing. Or as manure for the house-plants.
ooooooh! Wait this has me FASCINATED! I must try! With both tea and coffee! Thank you for the inspo! 💛
@@SedonaChristina Yup. Works well as a scrub with honey. Also holds the leaves/grounds together abit instead of them just falling off your face/body the moment you apply them.
I always do that with filter coffee! I also make the used beans plant fertilizer :)
@@nikitamenezesgama2648 Same here ! :)
I DO THE COFFEE THING TOO. I feel less alone now, thank you.
Ariane G. Same!!
ME TOO! I get so mad if coffee gets wasted. Like, if you don't want to finish the pot because it's cold, just make iced coffee!!
So do I!!
I like using it for blended coffee I'm addicted
YESSSSS! Day old coffee CREW!!! 💛
your personality is so amazing and funny!! & i love this video ahha 💞
I love you 😍 And I’m addicted to your channel now. Thanks for all of your ideas, I’m learning a lot 🙌
I love your content! (you're super funny hehe) you've inspired me to start my own youtube channel on sustainability (from a teenage stand-point)!
Also when beeswax candles melt I’ll boil the leftover bits on the stove and fish out any old wicks, ash, etc and then I add coconut oil or Shea butter and an essential oil to make chapstick. I usually do this once per quarter.
I love what you, I love your personality, I love you! Thank you so much for sharing all this information, for teaching us all this!! I'm grateful for you and how you inspire people (myself included). Truly, just THANK YOU!!!
You're a very good person. You got me thinking more, please keep this channel growing
Things I don't find weird but my friends do:
-To avoid my greens (spinach and kale, mostly) that I use for smoothies to wilt and go bad, I blend them up and put them in an ice-tray in my freezer! That way they're always good to go! (I always get the question: "Élo, what's that green thing in your freezer?!"
-I keep all my food scraps to make homemade veggie broth! One thing I have to get done during quaratine, actually.!
-To avoid food waste, I don't necessarily calculate the amount of days that something has been in the fridge, but I determine with the look and smell if it's still good (take note that I don't eat meat, so most things are fine, and that I am nonetheless careful of certain foods)!
- Everytime I go do groceries I go check out the rack of food that's in sale (the foods that are close or the day of their exiration date)! It's cheaper and just as good. I thought my mom was a total weirdo for doing it when I was younger but here I am, slowing becoming my mother.!
- This tip is actually something you already talked about in a video, but I grab the lonely bananas instead of a bunch, to avoid waste! Everytime I grocery shop with friends or family thay always ask me why I do it, and I'm always happy to let them know (most of my friends and family do that as well now) ! :)
Éloïse G I grab fruit and veggies from the discount section too! I’ve found wonderful lemons and other goodies! I think the ice cube greens tray is so smart I may use that!
@@guidedbysunshine333 Yes! The baked goods section can be a good place too (I bought a huge pack of wraps that I freeze anyways for 30% off the other day) !
Hahaha. Speaking of grabbing lonely fruit. I decided one day to grab the lonely grapes. Took me about 5 whole minutes if not more, to pick the amount I needed at the end of the day at the supermarket. Coz u can't just grab them off the tray coz they'll get scratched and injured. So u need to pick them out one/two at a time.
And i also take my own polythene/ paper bags from pervious shopping trips that I use over and over to bag and weigh the diff fruits and stuff. coz theyre still in perfect usable condition. Sometimes for bigger fruits like oranges and apples I just weigh them sans a bag in the machine directly, and then bag them together. The counter staff always looks at me like, "um. Where did you get this bag from, it's not one of ours"...and they sometimes look at their supervisor to ask if it's okay to bag it in that. It's still been smooth though.
What I do to not have a overflow of glass:
I have a designated bin, if I need a glass, I can get it and use.
If the bin is full, I put the glass with recycling... And the cycle is starting over again.
About shipping stuff.. We store boxes. But if it is full... it is full... And we will get through it, and select the ones we really are going to use, and toss the rest.
I do not like to have a lot of extra's.... XD
Yes to keeping shipping materials!! I just moved across the country and had accumulated an entire cupboard full of Amazon paper and bubble wrap haha. Obviously couldn't bring it with me. I also found a perfectly good scrunchie on the ground, sanitized it, and now wear it all the time. Thanks for this!
I'm glad you shared these because there's nothing to be self conscious about! I do all but 1 of these, including the flame on the stove! Keep going, girl!
I pee in the shower a lot lol. I also adjust the gas on the stove! I do it because it makes me uncomfortable when the flame reaches up toward pot handles, especially if they're plastic. It makes me anxious they're gonna melt. I didn't consider the energy factor until now!
I've never had a gas stove but I always make sure that the heating pad (not inductive) is smaller that the pot. But not tooo small because then it won't heat up properly haha
The HANDLES!! I have stainless steel and am lazy, I don't want fire marks up the sides
Lol. I do a lot of these things. I'm a vegan so I don't see a need to use cleaner all the time I just wipe down with water too. Food scrap I put in compost for gardening.
YES! I had a segment in where I said this but I didn't want to come off as "pushy vegan" but I TOTALLY agree! I don't have to worry about getting sick from raw meat/etc. I think the risk of getting sick is obviously still there (as is with anything and it obvi depends on your personal environment's overall cleanliness) but it's far less, I think? And if anything, I bet it's better for our microbiome because our culture seems to over-wash things haha 💛
@@SedonaChristina lol. I think so too!! 😆
I always reach out to my neighbours for any freebies before I look at other means of getting thing. Recently, I managed to get a whole heap of plant pots for my new veg garden project. I also do the plain water to clean some of my lesser soiled dishes.
As I use only natural ingredients in my soap and shampoo, I will reuse the bath-water to water my plants; they seem to be thriving on it. Love your channel - such great advice and you do so with many laughs thrown in too.
I turn off extra lights too. We have a kitchen with over head & light under the cabinets plus a dining area with its own light. When my brother & sis in law are doing the dishes I turn off the light in the eating area & cabinet light. They get mad.
I say why do you need it on when the nobody is there?! I unplug the airfreshner upstairs & turn the one in the hallway on the main floor to its lowest. I hate the toxic chemicals of air freshners. I clean my washroom with baking soda & rubbing alcohol. I give water that would be dumped down the drain from an unfinished glass or boiled water to the plants or grass. I print double sided & make sure I'm not printing any extra pages. I'm giving lotions/body wash to the hospital rehab for bingo nights. Store giftbags are used for rehab crafts so I give them there. I use a watering can as a bidet. Its common in Asia. I cut open tubes of lotion & now toothpaste to get every last drop. There is so much still in there when the pump can't get it. I mean you paid for it so use it all! Shampoo I add a little water when its almost empty to get the last bit. If I see something in the recycling with the lid on or not rinse I'll take it out & do it properly. I really hate things not being recycled properly. Our community uses green bins. I use a small paper bag (the ones I get from the pharmacy) as my green bin upstairs under the sink. I just put tissues in there. Hair & nail clippings can also go in. When the bag is full I roll it up & put it in the large bin. My mom thinks its gross but I don't care. I'm reducing my makeup wipe use & cutting them in half or 3 pieces. I want to use reusable cotton pads for removing makeup but my mom won't allow it in the washer. I haven't found a solution to get rid of nail polish remover pads though. Looking into bamboo toothbrushes, aluminum free deodorant in recyclable packaging & maybe toothpaste in a jar (if anyone has recommendations please share!). Some makeup companies offer refill tins btw.
please don't keep switching off those fluorescent energy saving "bulbs". the first couple hours they use more energy than an old bulb. so doing the on-and-off with those is super energy wasteful. but LEDs are fine. and also basically don't use energy so do whatever you like with those.
edit: the switch on with the fluorescent ones takes as much energy as the respective classic bulb uses in 8 hours (calculating in that for these 8 hours the saving bulb is switched on and uses that small amount)
I've recently learned how energy intensive streaming is so when I see someone leave youtube or Netflix on while leaving the room because "it's not a big deal" it bugs me.
I've also learned that downloading and then listening is less energy intensive that just streaming audio.
Melanie Cusick I still download music to my 2009 iPod Classic and 2013 iPod Touch which still work perfectly and both are built to last for ages. They also have way more storage space than iPhones nowadays for music. I’ve hit song limit on Spotify Premium in the past (10,000 songs), and I don’t have that tiny limit with my old 160 gb iPod.
TH-cam recommended you. And for the first time I'm happy that this video turned up. I love your energy. Definitely rang the bell. 😂
We totally can relate to some of these! 😂🙌🏻 Always loooveee your content!💚
For items that I do use tin foil (sometimes i do prefer it but also I’m just picking away and using up this roll) I ALWAYS reuse it! I wipe off any food that got stuck to it, fold it up and put it back in the cupboard with the roll that I have left so anytime I go to grab it again I cab reuse he old piece!:) Great video btw! I’m not sure if I’ll make it to using half a square of TP but I’ll definitely work on using less and maybe trying to get down to one or two squares!
Me too!
Same here!
I do the same thing!
Same hahaha!
We use reusable wipes instead of toilet paper in our house. Much more pleasant that toilet paper and very low waste! Also glad to know I'm not the only one who keeps shipping materials 😂