Scientist and author Anita Vandyke shares her tips for living a zero waste life. After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed ...

A year ago, I didn’t think I could give up the pleasure of buying my morning coffee or the convenience of accepting a plastic bag. But after researching an article about people who were adopting a ...

This article is part of 'An Optimist's Guide to the End of the World,' a collection of stories aimed at disproving the idea that humanity is doomed. The idea of a "zero waste" lifestyle is a growing ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Zero waste is a movement that has gained popularity in ...

For Gabrielle Lauren, what started as an interest in cutting out excess waste in her own life has grown into a full-fledged community initiative. Before hatching the idea for her zero waste refillery, ...

Zero waste is a rising topic on the 2018 agenda thanks to the heartbreaking scenes in Blue Planet and Theresa May’s pledge to eliminate plastic waste by 2042. More than 300 million tonnes of plastic ...

Twin sisters Geevie and Sophia Wood are both students at the University of Minnesota. Although they have followed zero waste lifestyles for about a year, the two have always aspired to live ...

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If you decided to stop throwing away the items that come into your life, what would your life look like? Life might become … delicious. Take zero waster Erin Pavlica’s example. When a friend recently ...

NEW YORK — After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed the material excess in her life and "give more." Vandyke is now a zero ...