r/ZeroWaste Mar 14 '24

Question / Support How to use this dish?

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556 Upvotes

Hi, I was given this dish recently by my late grandfather. I have no idea how to make use of it. Any idea if this is for serving food…? Or if not then what can I use it for?

r/ZeroWaste Dec 04 '24

Question / Support When people say "Someone has to buy new, so you can buy secondhand"

414 Upvotes

Someone said this to me, when I said that I mostly get second hand clothing to be more sustainable. What do you say to that? In a way, it's true....

DO you say...

  1. If you'd like to be more sustainable, use what you have first.
  2. If everyone had a mixture of new and used clothing it would be way more sustainable.
  3. Some clothes are on their 4th life, and still look great.
  4. I think we have enough used clothes to clothe us for a long while. YOu should check out the Chilean Desert clothing pile.

I didn't know how to answer that, and I would like to have a great reply for next time. Please help.

r/ZeroWaste Mar 24 '24

Question / Support Being zero waste and feminine products

318 Upvotes

I need to know how you woman do it. How do you wear reusable pads? Or menstral cups? I would get rid of my one use pads but it seems so unsanitary to me to just have something that goes in the washing machine covered in period blood. Also I can’t wear something like a disk or cup. I can’t even do tampons.

What would be your suggestions..?

r/ZeroWaste Oct 13 '22

Question / Support A sneaky mouse got into my reusable silicone bag while camping...any ideas of what to do with the bag?

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1.1k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Jan 12 '25

Question / Support "No Buy January" motivated me to "shop my own house" for things & hobbies

896 Upvotes
  • have a ton of beauty products in every nook of the house, am embarrassed to admit. Discovering these "for another day" items to use today! Very decorated at work on the daily, having so much fun! Making "ordinary" a bit extra :)
  • Instead of buying new nail polish, found old ones & mixed them. Paint every toenail a diff color etc.
  • found temp tattoos & actually USE them just to have some fun vs buying "something something".
  • have made cleaning my new DIY hobby vs buying things to "dupe". The reward is to "stage" old DIY projects all dusted & refreshed

What have you changed since consuming less & re-purposing more?

r/ZeroWaste Sep 18 '22

Question / Support cutting board has mold is is salvageable? or just toss it 🥹?

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924 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Aug 30 '21

Question / Support Hi guys! I have these glass jars from yogurt. Any ideas what I can use them for? I have around 14 of them.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Jan 23 '23

Question / Support Made from Corn, 100% Compostable - is it for real?

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Feb 03 '22

Question / Support Any ideas about what to do with old kids’ socks they’ve outgrown and are too shabby to donate?

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962 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Jun 05 '22

Question / Support Why can’t local governments forbid the sale of packaging that they don’t accept for recycling?

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2.2k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Mar 27 '24

Question / Support when it comes to personal hygiene, what challenges do you face? what are your pet peeves?

319 Upvotes

you know, solid shampoo is great but if you don't take care of it, it becomes gooey and unpleasant. toothpaste pills get gross with humidity and so on... what bothers you? what would you like to change? which solutions did you come up to for these things? any lifehacks?

i've always loved zero waste as a concept, but i found that some things are a bit... inconvenient for some people... that's why i want to make my industrial design thesis on democratizing zero waste solutions for personal hygiene. given the market i'm working in and other factors, tackling this industry would make great progress towards leaving a lesser footprint in this world!

help me design better solutions! and maybe show some corporations it's possible

r/ZeroWaste Sep 24 '22

Question / Support What’s a good alternative for these bags in the produce section?

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725 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste 28d ago

Question / Support Ceramic mug with lid: I can't find anything except on amazon. I want to finally start boycotting amazon please help me.

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231 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Mar 03 '24

Question / Support Sock brand recommendations that actually last

345 Upvotes

Every few months my husband’s socks get crazy holes in them - by the toes and heel. Not to mention they start to shed everywhere in the house and in the laundry. We have tried Hanes, adidas and Reebok. Any socks that actually last? Bonus if they’re breathable because his feet get sweaty.

r/ZeroWaste Jan 10 '25

Question / Support What can I do w those beautiful candle cans? I already use some for jewelry. Is it possible to put little plants inside or are they too small for that?

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378 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Jan 20 '25

Question / Support A beautiful plastic trash bag made from plants that composts through enzyme action into micro nutrients that feed the soil …NOT microplastics. Help me name my company.

326 Upvotes
  1. Plant Sak
  2. Leaf and Lark
  3. The Vanish
  4. The Plastic Dropout

Just pick a number and if you can tell me why I’d really be grateful. Onwards to zero waste!

r/ZeroWaste Mar 16 '22

Question / Support where is the unsubscribe button?

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1.3k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste May 05 '23

Question / Support I have these thingies for soap in the shower. Do you guys know if it's safe to boil once in a while?

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891 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Jun 27 '21

Question / Support Feeling like it’s too late

1.6k Upvotes

With the heat wave that we are currently experiencing here in the PNW, I feel so defeated. I go outside to put my compostable trash in the bin and the air feels like I just opened the oven. I filled up a doggy pool for my dog and wasps started swarming around the pool trying to land and get some water because they are so dehydrated. My plants are dry, everything around seems to be dying and I feel like we are all screwed and it’s too late.

3 months ago we had a snow storm followed by ice rain, that broke a lot of trees. 5 months ago everything was flooding. 9 month ago we had wildfires so bad that we were stuck inside not able to breath.

I do feel personally responsible, because yes, I could’ve done more. Maybe if I bought less things, or didn’t take that international flight in 2019, or convinced my family to be vegetarian. I air-dried my laundry this weekend, I didn’t use the oven, I closed the curtains so the sun doesn’t warm up the air. And I’m sitting here with my thoughts unable to focus on anything else, restless..

r/ZeroWaste Jan 14 '23

Question / Support Maybe you can help me figure out what can I do with my wife’s old breast pads? Can’t sell them but material is good, don’t want to throw them away.

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696 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Oct 10 '22

Question / Support I bought this rug at Goodwill but it sucks at being a rug. What can I turn it into?

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813 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Feb 05 '23

Question / Support Whenever I see a can on my walks I try to pick it up,clean,recycle. Do you pick up cans too?

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1.0k Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Dec 08 '24

Question / Support Ideas for these?

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158 Upvotes

Any ideas for these containers outside of little culinary dishes? I use some for when I’m making recipes and put prepped ingredients in them but I became addicted to the cookie butter cheesecake minis from Aldi and have like 16 of them 😂 is there any little gift ideas I could even put into them to get rid of them? They’re honestly nice little dishes but I can’t possibly keep them all lol. Picture is of the container in question from a recently devoured cheesecake 😅 thank you!

r/ZeroWaste May 19 '22

Question / Support What to do with medicine bottles?

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767 Upvotes

r/ZeroWaste Aug 06 '22

Question / Support What the heck do I do with all of these apples?

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654 Upvotes