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Benefits of Buying in Bulk

There are major benefits of buying in bulk; you can buy zero waste and it cuts down on both waste and recyclable materials when buying in bulk as much as…

Microplastics: 6 Ways to Avoid Them and Why It Matters

Microplastics might be itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, but they pose a massive environmental problem.

What are microplastics?

Microplastics…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Home
Feb, 28, 2022
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Earth Breeze—Zero-Waste, Plastic-Free Laundry Detergent

Laundry is about clean clothes, yet it can be such dirty task. Too many laundry detergents contain many chemicals and come in plastic. Did you know that 700 million laundry detergent jugs end up…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Home
Aug, 02, 2021
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Plastic-Free Periods

Just because we flush them or toss them into the trash doesn’t mean that they’re gone! Pads and tampons certainly do have an environmental impact.

An average woman will use around 16,000 or more tampons…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Body Care
Jul, 25, 2021
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How To Store Food Without Plastic

I have gotten lots of questions about how we store food without plastic.
For us, reducing plastic has been a work in process for a while; little by little, we have worked on changing our routines…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Kitchen
Jul, 16, 2021
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How to Achieve a Plastic-Free Garden

Is breaking up with plastic hard to do? Once alternatives have been sought and people adopt different habits, it’s really not so difficult after all. For the most part, the major hurdle is changing…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jul, 08, 2021
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Plastic-Free July Challenge

Here we go again, Plastic-Free July challenge is on!!!
Although it might seem as though it would not be much of a challenge for me, who constantly nags about plastic, but the truth is that…

Fredrika Syren
Zero Waste, Zero Waste Home
Jul, 05, 2021
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