Looks like gorilla glue stopped using plastic packaging!

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[UK] Christmas Tree Rental

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Instead of polluting the planet with confetti, hole punch leaves instead! 🌎🎉

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wow just wow!

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At least we are trying... Right?

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TN Rep Kent Calfee doing his part for zero waste, gave me a giggle

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I needed to see this today 💞 maybe you did too

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Finally they updated the packaging without the plastic, looks even better

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*side-eyes cupboard full of jars I'll use one day*

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You don’t need to be 100% zero waste to support the cause!

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I made our Christmas tree out of books this year

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Picked up a used cardigan that turned out to look much better in the picture than in person, so I turned it back to yarn and crocheted the yarn into a cat bed (I didn't use a pattern).

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Wow! This makes me so happy. Great work and great to be reminded that there are people who care!

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Before the 1950's, grocery shopping was plastic-free. Can we make it that way again?

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Old Spice has plastic-free deodorant 👏

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My local supermarket added this bag wall recently near the main entrance.

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Aldi brand of Spaghetti Sauce Priano designed for Reuse as a Measuring Glass

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Artwork by Joan Chan.

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Instead of carving pumpkins, what about carving bell peppers and eating them stuffed afterwards? It’s been our family tradition for years

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Serve no purpose

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Apologies for the quality, got a kick out of this!

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Something I saw here a long time ago, but I think it's always good to be reminded that perfection is a high bar.

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A&W just released a lidless compostable coffee cup in Toronto this week...

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Overpopulation or overconsumption?

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Thought this fit here

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Found a zero waste way to heat my home! I have an EPA certified wood stove. I found a local wood shop that has been sending all of their end cuts of good hardwood to the dump. Now the wood stays out of the dump, and I have a free source of heat!

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I wove my old study notes into a basket!

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Simple yet effective!

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he's usually full by the end of the day really puts into perspective how much plastic waste is washed ashore

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My thrifted wine glass set. If one breaks I can easily replace it as none is alike.

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Stay out of jail

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Can we please talk about how wasteful beyond burger packaging is? Standard DVD case for scale... This is basically the size of a shoe box for 8 frozen burger patties

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The best product is the one you already own

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Apologies for the quality, got a kick out of this!

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That’s so cool and ingenious!

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Have you joined your local tool library yet?!

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China alone produces about 30% of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and while fishing nets account for nearly half of it, much of the rest is dumped from Chinese freighters. Relatively little is post-consumer waste.

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Honestly never thought of this but I will be doing this in the future! What a great idea.

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I know it's kinda silly, but thank you for being here. I feel like teenage girls interested in stuff related to ecology are often portrayed as delusional and after being called crazy eco conspiracy theorist by my brother It's really comforting to know that older people are also participating in ZW

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I’ll find a use for it! Eventually!

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Develey mustard jars, made to become drinking glasses after the removal of the lid and the label, have filled many a shelf in many a home.

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this sums up why we have to live a zero waste lifestyle!

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With a hot glue gun, you can replace the rope on cat scratching posts.

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Italian brand Barilla removed the plastic window from their boxes (UK)

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That's actually pretty neat! One step closer (though I think I'd prefer a container and you can get select your dried pasta by weight... but still, progress)!

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All bottled water should be banned and water dispensers should be everywhere

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This is a reminder that the powers that be have much more influence than bamboo toothbrush and reusable straw manufacturers. Voting, protesting, and being politically involved can and will have a much bigger impact.

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bread clip made of paper, not plastic

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The different stages of processing loofahs for use

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It's not for everyone, but I do get a lot of compliments on my decorating. My secret is that everything is second-hand, preferably from curbs and dumpsters (including cats)

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I convinced my friend to not throw away his old fencing and let me build him garden boxes. How do you think they came out?

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Handle on our bread knife at work broke off. I carved a new one from driftwood

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The deceptive tactics in an effort to gain my business!

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Today I collected 8 bags of garbage from nature ... We try to justify our ignorance in front of ourselves and we will say it's not mine, but we are no longer entitled to that nowadays.Nature is our collective responsibility, and this sense of responsibility motivates me to clean up the forest.

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Can't believe a zero waste shop opened up only 15 minutes from my rural village in Scotland!

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A coworker friend lets me write fun facts on his whiteboard. Every now and then I try to radicalize the office lol

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This amazing zero waste store just opened in my city (more info in comments)

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This brick is 90% trash. My workshop is working towards complete zero waste by turning our trash into machinable stock

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My teacher used a staple-free stapler today :D

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Merry Christmas

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As a truck driver I am so tired of seeing garbage everywhere left by other drivers. So I decided to be the change that I wanted to see in the world.

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My kid starts preschool this week, and the school asks for zero waste lunches

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Libraries are so vastly underappreciated.

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Litter pick in my local park - the 5 white bags are from a 500m stretch of path, the massive pile is from a drinking den. Most things had been there for months if not years!

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McDonald's France start to remove single use packaging, to replace them with washable ones

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A knit a sweater made entirely of old /scrap yarns I had lying around

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But it's made from recycled plastic 😡

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Let's use paper straws!

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Found on twitter - An alternative to plastic baggies

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't

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The paper didn't reach

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Here me out, folks!

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Why can’t we do this in the U.S?!?

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Global “recycling” day...

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My local Target is finally carrying plastic free laundry detergent options.

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This awesome Moroccan school security guard wasted no quarantine time and restored, free of charge, these benches that were supposed to end up in the trash so that they can be reused this school year 🤍

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A plastic-free store in Slovenia

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A reminder that individual change is worth doing (whilst also working to expose the big corps)

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We literally waste trillions of food every year.

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So someone on my street put two twin bed frames on the curb. I made one into a trellis.

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Just a little humor for your morning 🤣

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Reality is quiet mind bending sometimes

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This is how I feel with so many things, not just tomato paste

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You can’t save the rainforest if you’re depressed.

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McDonald's has new reusable containers for dine in orders now

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I always hated taking the plastic film off before putting in the recyclables. We are moving in the right direction!

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Wish they just sold the floss roll. The container is easy to open too.

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This mini thrift/exchange corner by the dumpsters where neighbours place their still-usable unwanted items

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Couldn't get rid of this ugly stain right in the middle of the shirt, used some old die to make a cool patchy shirt instead!

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Been buying whole chickens instead of individual cuts and whole veggies instead of precut and bagged ones. Saved the bones/scraps for 3 months in the freezer and decided to make chicken stock!

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When you think too long about climate change

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$10 for 60 lbs of food that would go to a landfill otherwise

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I’m a quilter who saves every scrap. I made this Dumbledore quilt using all of the tiny scraps from my stash. 48”x64”

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Responsibly festive

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Today I retired my 13 year old cardboard box

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Canidae Kibble Refill Station! First time I’ve seen zero waste pet food refills.

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You can refill six different types of cleaning liquids with this refill station.

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I don't think that means what they think that means

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My local coffee shop now uses old milk cartons as cup trays.

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My latest idea for glass spice jars.

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George Kent using his own 64oz nalgene bottle instead of the single use plastic bottles provided at the impeachment hearing today.

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The amount of people hating on the idea of reusable cups at a fast food restaurant is killing my soul

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at the My Morning Jacket concert last night they sold nalgene water bottles for 5 bucks and had several refill stations to reduce the plastic waste 🤩

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My local shop just introduced a refillable oat milk station - I’m very pleased

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I broke my plastic water spray bottle, but I found a replacement.

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My first bag of garbage since Dec 23 and it's not that big!

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I finally worked on a set that refused to waste plastic water bottles. This stage apparently has been reusing these same metal water bottles during each production for years now.

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Saw this image posted to a facebook group. We need more coffee shops to do this.

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It’s about time! Let’s do this everywhere. So much good food goes to waste in the U.S.

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It isn’t a lot, but me and my girlfriend stopped buying paper towels.

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A local soapmaker sells miscellaneous/broken pieces of soap without packaging at a discount. Perfect for trying out new scents!

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Local = no packaging waste

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It took a few years, but I realize we have become jar people.

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Rosemary Christmas Tree So We Can Plant It Once The Holidays Pass.

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Seemed like this belong here

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Sea starts here don't litter

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My school gave this to every new student so we wouldn’t use disposable cups. I graduated in ‘96, and it’s been my work water cup ever since.

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It’s frustrating how many tissues I go through during allergy season, but this year I’m prepared. Made some reusable tissues from an old duvet cover 😄

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you have made the lorax unhappy

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Blatant green washing in the wild

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This is huge, a single water filter dispenser saves 600k+ bottles going into landfill. We need these everywhere

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Finally, a recyclable bread tie thingy made of cardboard!

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Made a scrubber with leftover materials

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I use panty hose filled with husky fur to deter rabbits from snacking in my garden. No chemicals, much less chicken wire, and I don’t have to keep buying new plants.

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Preventing food waste one cake at a time

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Grandmas are the original zero wasters

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When you forget your reusable bag but remember to bring your wife.

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My Christmas present to my mother in law. (It looks like her dog.) I used all donated scrap fabric. I throw away nothing when trimming - I keep even the tiniest, weirdest pieces when I’m quilting my big quilts, because you never know when something is going to need a shadow, a collar, or a nose.

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This park in Sacramento that asks for plastic bag donations for dog waste.

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My GF and I have started making our own pizza sauce to cut down on plastic waste.

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My zero waste specialist. Hardly any vegetable scraps in this family go in the bin anymore! And no he's not alone his partner is just shy of cameras :)

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You could even do this for a homeless male... love this...

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This was enough for me to finally kick Starbucks for good.

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Two brothers have been sending the same birthday card back and forth since 1973

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A few weeks back I put a box of empty candle jars out on my verge for giveaway - I didn't want to throw them away - and today I found a lil box of candles in my doorstep with some of the jars refilled with lovely scented candles.

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Plant based milks that I end up not loving get frozen for iced coffee or smoothies, this is an oat milk and dark chocolate almond milk

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Saw this today :)

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cardboard bread tab

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How to give presents to your dad

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Coffee shop campain against single use cups

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Remember those paper-airbags from yesterday? I decided to contact the company which makes them to get some answers and here is the reply :)

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shoutout to everyone who washes and reuses their food storage bags

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my electric kettle broke so I'm using it as a water pitcher in my fridge

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BIC Brand now sells refillable pens

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