93 Zero Waste Living Tips That Are Easily Adaptable To Your Own Needs

Shop at second hand market.

Quite right, and apply the same logic to bathing - do you really need to shower every day? A wash at the sink is probably just as effective for most people, shower every two or three days. EDIT: YMMV, the point is to ask yourself whether it's necessary.

But not for undies and swim suits!

Yeah, don't touch the heat. I better see your butt in multiple layers before you complain

But try not to be too obvious about it.

That photo may not be a good example

Indian here. The sun is our friend

I go out every spring once the snow melts and clean the garbage litterbug jerks throw down my country road. I also do sections of adjacent roads. It amazes me how dirty people are sometimes and disgusted by how they have no compunction about polluting the beautiful and pristine countryside.

Dewalt for me! Then Dremel and Bosch. Tools are an investment and I hate dealing with poor quality tools that don't do the job properly or makes the job more difficult and then I have to go and replace the cheep tool anyways.

For _all_ your shopping.

Better yet, build a community "little library" book sharing box by your sidewalk, or donate your books to a neighborhood box. There's a FexEx driver who always stops at ours, and swaps books with other boxes, so there's always different books every week.

Does anyone still not turn off the water?

Don't put your clothes in the dishwasher and don't put your dishes in the wash machine. The warning labels write themselves.

The Problem ist that Food with less packaging is more expensive and more difficult to get.

Might need a little more variety day-to-day.

Me... bus is cool... We are also getting metro system in place now...

Also, don't drive your Kubota to the liquor store to get beer. According to Officer Kirby, it is technically drunk driving.

And bar shampoo, too!

My local supermarket now collects mobiles and batteries. The local council office has multiple other disposal bins. Officeworks takes used ink cartridges and e-waste.

Add it to a wishlist instead of add to cart. Set a minimum time limit to wait (2 days, for example).

At my house, we call this the rabbit buffet.

I do wonder if this concept is counter to the "do less laundry," and ,"use less water," concept. I stopped using paper towels, but it means I wash more.

There's only one business in my town an it's a little bar. So yeah, I walk there.

That's a great idea.

This does not work with goldfish.

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I hate how freezing-a*s cold buildings are everywhere in the summer. We only turn our AC on when the heat and humidity get to be uncomfortable to sleep in.

Half-way there, but far better to just bring coffee from home in a vacuum mug.

Mmmm makes me want some tasty chicken n rice

But my pantry doesn't have a pizza in it that I don't have to cook after a long day at work

I just drink tea. I use a tea ball. I do enjoy my vietnamese drip press occasionally, though.

Use a chamber pot like the one pictured. Then water your plants with it in the morning!

Putting as much pantry food in glass or plastic air tight containers is the best way to avoid pests in the kitchen. Heck, roaches even LIKE to chew through the card board and glue bc they like the taste.

Proper cups and mugs ought to be the usual. Want it "To go"...? Bring your own container.

Does loose-leaf tea already have the little holes punched in it?

I've done a bit of microwave bottling in the last 12 months and it's great!

*everyone on bored panda impulsively purchases with the credit card that is so clearly shown*

You can identify palm oil because the bottle will show tiny green coconuts like the ones in this photo.

This idea will save loads of money. Sandwich shops are charging 9-12 dollars a sandwich.

Animals often help regenerate land, so I'm not sure it's as simple as don't eat meat and the planet will be saved. Probably better to eat food that isnt imported from the other side of the world and isn't wrapped in plastic.

I like the idea but I genuinely am laughing my a$$ off at the thought of going to a fancy restaurant with a set of Tupperware

All bored pandas have already done this. Without doubt.

I'm genuinely wondering when people will start advocating for candles or "natural" lighting, when they start looking at lab/engineering waste. I wonder how much waste is produced just to create LEDs. Particularly I wonder about holiday lights that burn out after a couple months (wild considering it's led.) I think sometimes our replacement technology isn't cleaner, just because it lasts longer. I guess I wonder about trade offs.

Only if they remain on standby, otherwise completely unnecessary.

Rainwater collection is illegal in some areas. Be sure to check your local codes

You mean broken ones, tirede shoes just need a good nap.

I have a hoodie that i wear at home, so i just use the sleeve :p

Or use the little plastic pots! Keep them and add to them for cool pencil holders, little trash cans, a little bucket for compost, or plant another plant in them! They have very many uses!

IE drink your milk straight from the udder!

Woof. I get this one, but also receipts have saved some people from being part of the ACAB movement.

Idk I heard about a lady who was murdered in her community garden shed, because of an allotment dispute. I also read something recently about a lady whose garden was vandalized with tonnes of salt. I feel like human contact is a no-go. I'll be needing a private garden please

Bring your own stainless steel straw! (Doubles as a shiv if this get dicey.)

IE jockstrap can double as an eye patch.

So far I have found one made of potato fibre that is quite rough. Trying an actual loofa next.