I love when eco and savings unite! I would love to see how bars (shampoo, conditioner, soap) measure up to their liquid alternatives. On another note, I have a soap bar obsession - whenever I go away/visit friends I love hunting down local soap makers - it really satisfies the souvenir itch and is something I love and use (I display them on the side first)
I have had the SAME conditioner bar from hibar for almost a year. It’s crazy how much longer bars last. A downside for conditioner bars is that they take a while to build up on hair. I have long thin curly hair. I probably waste more water trying to build up the conditioner than if I just had a liquid to start with.
I've done reusable for everything but to freeze stuff in reusable bags seems expensive. Say you do corn and need 40 bags.Is there another option that is cheap?!And reusable.I just can't think of anything..
I have used hibar shampoo and conditioner for like 2 years with my partner, we buy 2 shampoos and one conditioner about every 6 months, for all 3 it costs approximately 41$ so twice a year that 81$ for 2 people. Whereas I went through a bottle of shampoo and conditioner about once a month which would be 13$ish a month which is 156 a year for just a single person. Hope that helps
@krazyunlimited9528 I use tubs/boxes instead of zip locks. I already have some tubs, but also any number 5 plastic tub I save (takeaways mostly) and they freeze and dishwash OK so I keep using them until they break. Hopefully that helps with some of the ziplock replacement (although I get ziplocks are lighter and space saving)
The Qrumbles sounds amazing. I am disabled and my stasherbag fakes where not cleaned soon enough because I had an episode and I never got them clean after that. So I just use my old jars and containers. If I should ever buy something like that (money is a little tight) I will buy the Qrumbles. Easy to clean and from a smaller business? Hell yes.
my new year's resolution was to use up things before buying new, like cosmetics and stuff. so now i've been keeping track of lasting time for everything, so that i could end up with more efficient purchases. turns out a bar of soap lasts waaaay longer than i thought, even though i shower twice a day. the opposite is true for deodorant, i keep having to buy more, even if i choose effective ones. anyway, life tip: track how long products last, from dry goods to skincare, so it's easier to avoid overconsumption
Do you have a video of swap options showing practically free swaps as well as their more costly alternatives? Such as a swap for plastic wrap being the option of using a plate you already own to cover a bowl or buying reusable bowl covers. I like that people can choose to invest in swaps or do it for practically free.
Fabric softeners, scent boosters/beads, and dryer sheets are unnecessary, cruel, and nasty…Most contain body fat from non-human animals, which can easily accumulate within the fibers of your clothing and trap odors/bacteria. Most of these products aren’t even biodegradable…Majority of dryer sheets are made from a non-woven material made up of synthetic fibers that are basically melted together to form a “fabric”. We have anti-static dryer balls from Full Circle, and I would highly recommend them to anyone. When I bought them a couple years ago, they were the only non-silicone vegan alternatives to wool dryer balls (at the time anyway- not sure if there are other options out there today). I haven’t tried silicone dryer balls and am not interested in them because I feel like that material would create a lot of drag on your clothing.
In 50+ years of doing my own laundry 🧺 I’ve never used fabric softener, brighteners, or those dryer sheets as my clothes get clean enough & have always viewed those products as ways for P&G to try extracting more money out of us.
That sounds disgusting 🤢. I use a very small amount of fabric softener that I buy from an eco friendly brand from the bulk store. Only use the dryer as an emergency and have never owned any products for the dryer. I only found out about the scent beads this week. I don't see the point of them.
Love your hair!! 💙 I’m moving out next month for grad school and have been binging your videos to see what eco swaps I can make for things I will need that I don’t already have. I’m so excited to try out Qrumbles for my sandwiches! I love mayo and don’t want to get it all in the creases of a stasher bag (also on my list for snack storage)
I use a lot of rechargeable batteries. I bought a very small solar panel that charged 2 "AA" and another one that charged 2"AAA" they only cost $3 each and I have been using them for about 10 years and they are so small and can be taken anywhere. Also I cut up old t-shirts for pee rags only. So I have saved so much money on toilet paper. 😮
So you know those certified biodegradable bags, they can be pricey. Our trash company was requiring us multi unit dwellers to use them in the food waste container you keep on the counter then put full bag into a special can in parking garage (if you live in a house you would just dump your food waste into your green can with your yard trimmings). One of our neighbors buys produce at a market that uses a light green biodegradable with a certification stamp on bags. He doesn’t like to recycle bags & was throwing them out, so I have him give them to me and I reuse them for that counter container thing. I’m a real believer in using refurbished technology. Our computer user group gathered info & found that tablets, laptops & phones refurbished by a reputable company is almost just as good as the new gizmo. If it is going to fail it usually fails during 90 day warranty period. My nephew convinced me to get a refurbished iPad when the retina models first came out. I had that one for years before upgrading to the next kind (& I really have to see a difference between models so I often skip several models before upgrading or get last year’s model.
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist I don’t think I’d heard of that silicon flat one you wrap things up in, I’ll have to poke around. It reminded me of wax paper that our sandwiches in lunch bags to school. This was a few years before plastic wrap was affordable.
Wow - I cannot imagine using 6 kitchen sized garbage bags a week! We use about 2 per week. I wish it could be 1. It's crazy to think that I've reduced our waste to about 1/3 of the average. We do most of these swaps, except for the bidet, reusable toilet paper, and rechargeable batteries. We do try to keep our tech and battery usage to a minimum and make them last as long as possible. I think rechargeable batteries would be a great next step for us.
There are "travel bidets" that kinda work like a water bottle with a long neck that you squeeze. They only cost like 10-20 bucks and work just as fine!
@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist I always wonder about anthropologie, oak & fort, aritzia, gymshark, white fox, urban outfitters, urban planet, bluenotes, bootlegger, guess, lululemon, old navy, American eagle, like is everything fast fashion??
Borrow out = lend 😊 Libraries rule because they lend so many items: books, magazines, films, games, and some even let you borrow appliances and power tools!
I live in Portugal and we have a large hardware store, it's a french chain store, you can hire tools from them, no need to buy if it's something that you don't use every day. You can also hire large moving vans by the hour from HERTZ, we bought a second hand bed and hired one to collect it. Super affordable and easy to use. My laptop and my cellphone are both second hand. I always buy the recycled toilet paper rolls, they are actually cheaper than the regular ones. I also try to buy the unbleached variety, but it's not always available.
Another way to save on laundry is re wearing clothes before wash jeans don't need to washed after a few hours of wear unless you get something on them you save on soap water and wear on clothes by washing less often
What I don't get about the bidet hate is that, like if you got shit on your hands or anywhere on your body I assume you'd shower or wash with water, right? Why does your ass not deserve the same standard? "Bidets are weird" like ok whatever you say poopy butt.
Library saved me a good 200 on audio books this year making through my to be read list so much easier cause I don't think I could afford an extra 200+ dollars in audiobooks this year
if you really really think about it, zero waste helps you think about things so differently and find a way to repurpose things you already have so it could be so so so affordable!
so true!! I have a video coming soon about ways that zero waste has impacted my life such as saving money, learning to mend, learning new skills, etc :)
Refurbished tech is my fave thing to buy. I haven’t bought a brand new phone in 10 years. I just buy a used one from gazelle. My Apple Watch 4 is always used from Mercari
How much toilettepaper do you use in America? We are 3 Persons and we buy a Pack of 8 Rolls per Month made out of recycling paper for 2,50€ (2.7$). That are 96 Rolls for 3 Persons, maybe double that because we use toiletts outside as well.
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist No without. Maybe our paper is different (i am from europe)? Or we are super economical? I was absolutly shocked from this number
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist Maybe 😅 A other thing which is crazy to me is that recycling paper is more expensive. Here it is normally cheaper to use it but a lot of people buy the more expensive one out of new paper. If it comes to Paper in general recycling is normally cheaper here (Germany) I am really thankful for your videos because I am learning a lot especially about how different th culture is in other countries when it comes to environmental protection :)
We call ourselves low waste but actually do most of these. The disposable cutlery prices were ridiculous. I got a fancy boxed cutlery set 27 years ago for $249AUD. They were half price at the time. It's an 8 person setting and we're still using them. A few family members thought we were being ridiculous having such a fancy set for everyday use but are we ridiculous for saving an incredible amount of money by not replacing plasticware daily? They're not into being eco/low/zero waste so I'm only referencing $$$ for this example. Why use rubbish/garbage bags when some things you buy do not come in sustainable packaging? We have wheelie bins for rubbish so do not need big rubbish bags. Instead, we use things such as bread bags, or bags for frozen foods. You already have them so why not use them for things that cannot be recycled, reused or composted.
I love when eco and savings unite! I would love to see how bars (shampoo, conditioner, soap) measure up to their liquid alternatives. On another note, I have a soap bar obsession - whenever I go away/visit friends I love hunting down local soap makers - it really satisfies the souvenir itch and is something I love and use (I display them on the side first)
YES SAME!! I'll add that to part 3 :)
I have had the SAME conditioner bar from hibar for almost a year. It’s crazy how much longer bars last. A downside for conditioner bars is that they take a while to build up on hair. I have long thin curly hair. I probably waste more water trying to build up the conditioner than if I just had a liquid to start with.
I've done reusable for everything but to freeze stuff in reusable bags seems expensive. Say you do corn and need 40 bags.Is there another option that is cheap?!And reusable.I just can't think of anything..
I have used hibar shampoo and conditioner for like 2 years with my partner, we buy 2 shampoos and one conditioner about every 6 months, for all 3 it costs approximately 41$ so twice a year that 81$ for 2 people. Whereas I went through a bottle of shampoo and conditioner about once a month which would be 13$ish a month which is 156 a year for just a single person. Hope that helps
@krazyunlimited9528 I use tubs/boxes instead of zip locks. I already have some tubs, but also any number 5 plastic tub I save (takeaways mostly) and they freeze and dishwash OK so I keep using them until they break. Hopefully that helps with some of the ziplock replacement (although I get ziplocks are lighter and space saving)
The Qrumbles sounds amazing.
I am disabled and my stasherbag fakes where not cleaned soon enough because I had an episode and I never got them clean after that.
So I just use my old jars and containers. If I should ever buy something like that (money is a little tight) I will buy the Qrumbles.
Easy to clean and from a smaller business? Hell yes.
Qrumbles are AMAZING!! But for sure using what you have works great!
my new year's resolution was to use up things before buying new, like cosmetics and stuff. so now i've been keeping track of lasting time for everything, so that i could end up with more efficient purchases. turns out a bar of soap lasts waaaay longer than i thought, even though i shower twice a day. the opposite is true for deodorant, i keep having to buy more, even if i choose effective ones. anyway, life tip: track how long products last, from dry goods to skincare, so it's easier to avoid overconsumption
great new years resolution!!
Do you have a video of swap options showing practically free swaps as well as their more costly alternatives? Such as a swap for plastic wrap being the option of using a plate you already own to cover a bowl or buying reusable bowl covers. I like that people can choose to invest in swaps or do it for practically free.
no but this is GENIUS!!! Adding to the list asap!
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalistI know you can come up with a fantastic video on this subject 😊
@@denisemarie485 thank you, Denise :)
Reusing glass bottles is nice because glass cannot rip open, the light wind will not blow it away, and bugs cannot chew through it.
yes!
I love my bidet! I don’t understand why so many American’s think it’s weird. It saves toilet paper and you are cleaner!
I KNOW!!!
They are very common in Spain. Almost every household has one. We have two bathrooms and both have one. Best invention ever.
Fabric softeners, scent boosters/beads, and dryer sheets are unnecessary, cruel, and nasty…Most contain body fat from non-human animals, which can easily accumulate within the fibers of your clothing and trap odors/bacteria. Most of these products aren’t even biodegradable…Majority of dryer sheets are made from a non-woven material made up of synthetic fibers that are basically melted together to form a “fabric”. We have anti-static dryer balls from Full Circle, and I would highly recommend them to anyone. When I bought them a couple years ago, they were the only non-silicone vegan alternatives to wool dryer balls (at the time anyway- not sure if there are other options out there today). I haven’t tried silicone dryer balls and am not interested in them because I feel like that material would create a lot of drag on your clothing.
In 50+ years of doing my own laundry 🧺 I’ve never used fabric softener, brighteners, or those dryer sheets as my clothes get clean enough & have always viewed those products as ways for P&G to try extracting more money out of us.
they truly are yucky and build up on clothes!
amazing!
@@karinhart489 💯!
That sounds disgusting 🤢. I use a very small amount of fabric softener that I buy from an eco friendly brand from the bulk store. Only use the dryer as an emergency and have never owned any products for the dryer. I only found out about the scent beads this week. I don't see the point of them.
I use most of those and it has saved us money in the long run for sure. All my swaps have now paid for themselves at this point. Great video Emma 🤗❤
woohoo!!
Love your hair!! 💙 I’m moving out next month for grad school and have been binging your videos to see what eco swaps I can make for things I will need that I don’t already have. I’m so excited to try out Qrumbles for my sandwiches! I love mayo and don’t want to get it all in the creases of a stasher bag (also on my list for snack storage)
yayyy thank you x2!!! I appreciate you watching and I'm glad you enjoy the videos :) I loveeeee Qrumbles so much!!
Today I borrowed some Tunisian crochet hooks from my library.
that is SO COOL!!
I have turned so many people onto bidets they truely are life-changing. And using less toilet paper is a huge perk
TRULY!!!
I use a lot of rechargeable batteries. I bought a very small solar panel that charged 2 "AA" and another one that charged 2"AAA" they only cost $3 each and I have been using them for about 10 years and they are so small and can be taken anywhere. Also I cut up old t-shirts for pee rags only. So I have saved so much money on toilet paper. 😮
that is amazing!!
So you know those certified biodegradable bags, they can be pricey. Our trash company was requiring us multi unit dwellers to use them in the food waste container you keep on the counter then put full bag into a special can in parking garage (if you live in a house you would just dump your food waste into your green can with your yard trimmings). One of our neighbors buys produce at a market that uses a light green biodegradable with a certification stamp on bags. He doesn’t like to recycle bags & was throwing them out, so I have him give them to me and I reuse them for that counter container thing.
I’m a real believer in using refurbished technology. Our computer user group gathered info & found that tablets, laptops & phones refurbished by a reputable company is almost just as good as the new gizmo. If it is going to fail it usually fails during 90 day warranty period. My nephew convinced me to get a refurbished iPad when the retina models first came out. I had that one for years before upgrading to the next kind (& I really have to see a difference between models so I often skip several models before upgrading or get last year’s model.
i love that bag idea, great work! Refurbished tech is superior!
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist I don’t think I’d heard of that silicon flat one you wrap things up in, I’ll have to poke around. It reminded me of wax paper that our sandwiches in lunch bags to school. This was a few years before plastic wrap was affordable.
@@karinhart489 it's called Qrumbles and it's amazing!
Wow - I cannot imagine using 6 kitchen sized garbage bags a week! We use about 2 per week. I wish it could be 1. It's crazy to think that I've reduced our waste to about 1/3 of the average.
We do most of these swaps, except for the bidet, reusable toilet paper, and rechargeable batteries. We do try to keep our tech and battery usage to a minimum and make them last as long as possible. I think rechargeable batteries would be a great next step for us.
it can be so much for some families!
There are "travel bidets" that kinda work like a water bottle with a long neck that you squeeze. They only cost like 10-20 bucks and work just as fine!
yup I have one of those too!
Can you make a video on what brands are fast fashion?
sure! but off the top of my head, look out for Zara, H&M, Shein, and basically anything you can find in a mall
@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist I always wonder about anthropologie, oak & fort, aritzia, gymshark, white fox, urban outfitters, urban planet, bluenotes, bootlegger, guess, lululemon, old navy, American eagle, like is everything fast fashion??
@@christineg6123 all fast fashion!
Borrow out = lend 😊
Libraries rule because they lend so many items: books, magazines, films, games, and some even let you borrow appliances and power tools!
yay for lending! borrowing is a perfectly acceptable term too :)
Fully agree that bidets are life changing 😂
literally!! i need one now haha
I live in Portugal and we have a large hardware store, it's a french chain store, you can hire tools from them, no need to buy if it's something that you don't use every day. You can also hire large moving vans by the hour from HERTZ, we bought a second hand bed and hired one to collect it. Super affordable and easy to use. My laptop and my cellphone are both second hand. I always buy the recycled toilet paper rolls, they are actually cheaper than the regular ones. I also try to buy the unbleached variety, but it's not always available.
that is so cool!!
Another way to save on laundry is re wearing clothes before wash jeans don't need to washed after a few hours of wear unless you get something on them you save on soap water and wear on clothes by washing less often
yes so true!
yes, video about what you no longer buy and how much it saves you would be awesome
I'm on it!!
I got a LUXE bidet for less than $30 from Walmart and it has been great. I now wish everywhere had one
haha same!!
What I don't get about the bidet hate is that, like if you got shit on your hands or anywhere on your body I assume you'd shower or wash with water, right? Why does your ass not deserve the same standard? "Bidets are weird" like ok whatever you say poopy butt.
literally! do not trust a soul who hates bidets
Exactly! Why not give your butthole a lil shower every time???? It’s hygienic AF!
Library saved me a good 200 on audio books this year making through my to be read list so much easier cause I don't think I could afford an extra 200+ dollars in audiobooks this year
libraries are amazing!
if you really really think about it, zero waste helps you think about things so differently and find a way to repurpose things you already have so it could be so so so affordable!
so true!! I have a video coming soon about ways that zero waste has impacted my life such as saving money, learning to mend, learning new skills, etc :)
Refurbished tech is my fave thing to buy. I haven’t bought a brand new phone in 10 years. I just buy a used one from gazelle. My Apple Watch 4 is always used from Mercari
seriously thebest!!!
How much toilettepaper do you use in America? We are 3 Persons and we buy a Pack of 8 Rolls per Month made out of recycling paper for 2,50€ (2.7$). That are 96 Rolls for 3 Persons, maybe double that because we use toiletts outside as well.
with a bidet?
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist No without. Maybe our paper is different (i am from europe)? Or we are super economical? I was absolutly shocked from this number
@@ra.m.5101 perhaps both haha Americans are known to be wasteful
@@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist
Maybe 😅 A other thing which is crazy to me is that recycling paper is more expensive. Here it is normally cheaper to use it but a lot of people buy the more expensive one out of new paper. If it comes to Paper in general recycling is normally cheaper here (Germany)
I am really thankful for your videos because I am learning a lot especially about how different th culture is in other countries when it comes to environmental protection :)
@@ra.m.5101 it's wild for sure! thank you so much :)
I love videos like this!!
yayyy me too, thank you for the support!
I bought my Stasher bags from the dollar store for 5 dollars each if you're looking some dollar stores sell real Stasher bags
REAL? wow!!
We call ourselves low waste but actually do most of these. The disposable cutlery prices were ridiculous. I got a fancy boxed cutlery set 27 years ago for $249AUD. They were half price at the time. It's an 8 person setting and we're still using them. A few family members thought we were being ridiculous having such a fancy set for everyday use but are we ridiculous for saving an incredible amount of money by not replacing plasticware daily? They're not into being eco/low/zero waste so I'm only referencing $$$ for this example.
Why use rubbish/garbage bags when some things you buy do not come in sustainable packaging? We have wheelie bins for rubbish so do not need big rubbish bags. Instead, we use things such as bread bags, or bags for frozen foods. You already have them so why not use them for things that cannot be recycled, reused or composted.
low waste and zero waste are interchangeable since no one can be perfect! good for you for taking these steps!
This is so cool!
yayyyy thank you!
I saved 700 dollars by buying a used bathtub instead of buying a new one (converted from my currency) so yeah, second hand is the best!
that's wild!! nice job!
Bro if i go to someones house and they bust out reusable tp im just drag myself across the rug
oh forgot to mention, it is standard for folks to keep disposable tp for guests! if they don't then yes they do not deserve to be your friend haha
25 bags PER MONTH? Thats about what we use in a year as a household of 3! I only take out the trash every other week
I think it's counting ALL bags in the house like small trash cans and such
@TheSimpleEnvironmentalist I guess. I just reuse most of those bags too. Dump the small can into the big trash until the bag gets gross
@@itskaybe6348 yeah most people don't but that's great you and others do!
I need Crumble bags… ❤❤❤
Qrumbles makes the wraps, not the bags but I still love them!
😂😂😂meant wraps ,, kinda look like a ripped bag 😂😂
@@IndyRommelCo oops hahaha