The Moka machine, made in Italy, hence an icon of the most famous coffee in the world, is the most Zero Waste coffee solution out there. It doesn’t create any waste, and it’s endlessly reusable.
But if we really can’t do without your pod-based machine, then the next Zero Waste solution is to use steel reusable pods that we fill up each time with coffee grounds, all without adding kilos of waste to our bins. We’d also like to remind everyone that, even if we’re talking about a 100% compostable single-use pod, the energy and resources needed to produce, trade and dispose of it are still significantly more costly than what a typical coffee should “cost.”
If it’s filter coffee we’re talking about, then a reusable cotton filter is the Zero Waste solution, or we can opt for a bodum, which is great for teas and infusions too.
Another important note: beware of the coffee we choose to buy. Let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
Also, in this case, we’re not talking about it just for the sake of the planet, but also for our own. The majority of tea bags are not only a piece of garbage, but, when they come in contact with extremely hot water, they release into our mugs a myriad of microplastics that all end up directly in our bodies.
The best Zero solution is bulk infusions, which thanks to steel nets and filters allow you to make as much tea as you like while completely zeroing waste production.
Indeed, one must keep in mind that, as stated above, any 100% compostable single-use tea bags still require a massive input of energy and resources that is significantly more costly than what a cup of tea should cost.
As for the coffee, another great Zero Waste solution for teas and infusions is a boded.
Eating out is one of the moments when waste production increases the most. Snacks, sandwiches, and slices of pizzaall come with a single-use wrap, often made with highly-polluting materials. However, this is also true for many of the snacks we consume in our own homes!
Preparing our own snacks, such as fruit bars and cookies, or using reusable containers and reusable wraps, can be a great way to reduce waste.
Speaking of which, snacks such as popcorn can be cooked in the moment, instead of buying them in multiple plastic bags. The same goes for many other products such as dried or candied fruit that can be easily bought in bulk.
Last but not least, a reflection: in some cases, the only truly Zero Waste solution is that of not consuming a certain product in the first place if we don’t agree with the way it’s been packaged – a choice that will have a positive outcome for our health too since the majority of packaged products are full of preservatives and other ingredients that are notoriously bad for our health. So let’s try to change our attitude in the very beginning, and let’s ask ourselves if we really need to consume all this quantity and variety of snacks and candies, or if we can limit or eliminate them.
Waste oil can be a lethal waste if not disposed of properly. And we’re not talking about frying oil only but also that of pickles and similar items. If dumped into the pipes of our sinks or toilets, it ends up in groundwater, polluting it irreversibly.
The solution is simple: put waste oils in glass jars, bottles, or aluminum tanks, and periodically dispose of it at a nearby drop-off point or facility dedicated to managing special waste.
Fruit juices are packed in a particularly polluting way and are almost impossible to find on-tap. Hence, exception made for a few very expensive brands that use glass bottles, the majority of brands use plastic and tetrapak (which is even more polluting, because it’s made of layers of different materials).
Of course, the Zero Waste solution is a home-made juice, which also helps us cut on a huge amount of sugar.
As for the rest, let’s reconsider the purchase, especially if it comes to single dose bricks, which cause even more trash.
Whether it’s the espresso cup with its little stick to steer the sugar (even when we have it without sugar or milk), or the plastic bottle of our drink, or the wrap of a snack, automatic dispensers are the epitome of single-use and here the only possible Zero Waste solution is: don’t use them.
In case we are the manager of a public place, we can choose to find alternative solutions (like returnable bottles or a nearby cafe) and raise awareness among our visitors on why we chose something different.
If we really can’t do without automatic machines, we can encourage our visitors to carry their own cup and spoon and make a place available to wash them afterward. We can also eliminate cups and sticks from the machine so that it’ll become just a drink dispenser. This way, not only will we apply a Zero Waste solution without having to toss the machine, but we might also raise awareness among our visitors on why we’re doing it.
When it comes to water, we can give away reusable water bottles and, in case our tap water is not potable, we can install water dispensers in the building.
Let’s not be afraid of the reactions we may get from your visitors. When we explain our reasons with the right tone and information handy, people are always happy to listen to us and meet us halfway.
For what concerns cocoa/chocolate and tropical fruit (as for example bananas) it’s the same as for coffee: let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
As for tropical fruit, let’s avoid buying it if it’s not produced locally: we’ll considerably cut on our environmental impact.
Do you have some more Zero Waste suggestions and solutions? Write us! We’ll be happy to add it to our list and inspire always more people.
Keep on exploring our guide to how to live Zero Waste, visit all the sections:
Adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet is one of the best sustainable and Zero Waste choices we can make: it helps us, the environment and others. At the same time, consuming huge quantities of soy coming from un-checked supply chains, or products that are not local such as avocados, bananas and almonds, or big quantities of processed and packaged products still has a devastating impact on the environment and society.
Eggs and meat, especially if coming from an intensive supply chain, are produced as cruelly as meat and fish.
To adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet that is consistent with the ideals behind them means to get our food from local manufacturers, small and seasonal. This will allow you to have a balanced diet that is also much more sustainable.
By law, tap water is checked multiple times per year: according to the country we’re from, we can discover the policies that apply to it. On the other hand, bottled water has to be checked only once a year and many parameters are not regulated by law. That’s why, on the contrary to what one may expect, many bottled water wouldn’t be rated as potable by public law.
Filter jugs:If the water is not heavily polluted, and it’s only a matter of lime or chlorine for example, then the perfect solution for filtered water can be a jug equipped with a filter capable of being changed periodically. Small trick: very often these filters can purify longer and many more liters of water than what is written on the box. Before changing it, let’s make sure that the filter is actually useless. We can determine this by the taste of the water or the formation of a lime coat in the pots and boilers.
Another option if the water is not heavily polluted. Active carbon can be extremely helpful, besides being the best Zero Waste solution. Pieces of active carbon are left in the water in order to purify it. They generally last for a few months. In the end, they can first be used as a deodorant for our shoes and wardrobes, then as fertilizer for plants and therefore not make any kind of waste. It’s possible that they release a thin black powder into the water that doesn’t pose any problem whatsoever for drinking. It’s tasteless and odorless.
This too is an amazing Zero Waste solution, and according to the purifying system we choose to install, it even works well for heavily-polluted water. Some purifiers are medical devices too, and they can be deducted from taxes if our country allows it. The limiting factor of this solution is definitely its higher expense. However, in the long run, it will turn out to be more convenient.
If we have a spring of good water near our home or a public fountain for purified water, we can choose this option. Here we have two options: a set of 10- liter glass jugs with which we can stock up on water for a long time in case the spring or the dispenser are not particularly close, or a set of normal glass water bottles to refill every 3 or 4 days.
If the only reason we still use plastic water bottles is that we love our water fizzy (and in case we don’t have a fizzy water dispenser near you), there are many kitchen devices that can carbonate our water. They are more expensive than a bottle of water, of course, but they last forever and in the long run, they turn out to be much cheaper.
Dehydration is a way of processing food of all kinds, whether it’s cooked or raw, for which we can dry out single ingredients or prepped dishes thanks to a food dehydrator indeed, to then easily store them in jars or vacuum-sealed, even up to a year. It’s a truly incredible Zero Waste practice to prep and store our food, that can turn out to be a true game changer in our kitchens.
First of all, we can use it to prep meals and snacks for our time in the outdoors, especially if it’s a matter of multiple days. Indeed, we can dry pretty much anything. This will allow us to have something ready in our cupboard, that we can rehydrate in just a few minutes and take with us in a reusable box, or rehydrate it on the spot, or more, we can have it as a snack, like in the case of fruits and veg.
Of course, dehydration is a great way of storing our daily food too, especially when it comes to single ingredients: we can dehydrate the excessive production of our vegetable gardens, and then use it all year long in our dishes. But of course, it’s also a great way to store some pre-cooked meals to have when we’re too tired to cook, or we have nothing left in the house. Differently from freezing, dehydrated food keep all their characteristics and take up a lot less space.
As for what concerns energy consumption, a food dehydrator is not something we would use on a daily basis, and especially if we set it on eco mode, it doesn’t use a lot of energy. Moreover, it allows us to have such a growth in our daily sustainability that it would be surely worth it.
Word of advice: we suggest an horizontal dehydrator, because it can dehydrate anything.
It might be weird to find the Moka machine listed as a solution, considering it was there before the problem started to exist. However, considering the explosion of pod-based coffee machines that has happened in the past few years, here we are!
The Moka machine, made in Italy, hence an icon of the most famous coffee in the world, is the most Zero Waste coffee solution out there. It doesn’t create any waste, and it’s endlessly reusable.
But if we really can’t do without your pod-based machine, then the next Zero Waste solution is to use steel reusable pods that we fill up each time with coffee grounds, all without adding kilos of waste to our bins. We’d also like to remind everyone that, even if we’re talking about a 100% compostable single-use pod, the energy and resources needed to produce, trade and dispose of it are still significantly more costly than what a typical coffee should “cost.”
If it’s filter coffee we’re talking about, then a reusable cotton filter is the Zero Waste solution, or we can opt for a bodum, which is great for teas and infusions too.
Another important note: beware of the coffee we choose to buy. Let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
Also, in this case, we’re not talking about it just for the sake of the planet, but also for our own. The majority of tea bags are not only a piece of garbage, but, when they come in contact with extremely hot water, they release into our mugs a myriad of microplastics that all end up directly in our bodies.
The best Zero solution is bulk infusions, which thanks to steel nets and filters allow you to make as much tea as you like while completely zeroing waste production.
Indeed, one must keep in mind that, as stated above, any 100% compostable single-use tea bags still require a massive input of energy and resources that is significantly more costly than what a cup of tea should cost.
As for the coffee, another great Zero Waste solution for teas and infusions is a boded.
Eating out is one of the moments when waste production increases the most. Snacks, sandwiches, and slices of pizzaall come with a single-use wrap, often made with highly-polluting materials. However, this is also true for many of the snacks we consume in our own homes!
Preparing our own snacks, such as fruit bars and cookies, or using reusable containers and reusable wraps, can be a great way to reduce waste.
Speaking of which, snacks such as popcorn can be cooked in the moment, instead of buying them in multiple plastic bags. The same goes for many other products such as dried or candied fruit that can be easily bought in bulk.
Last but not least, a reflection: in some cases, the only truly Zero Waste solution is that of not consuming a certain product in the first place if we don’t agree with the way it’s been packaged – a choice that will have a positive outcome for our health too since the majority of packaged products are full of preservatives and other ingredients that are notoriously bad for our health. So let’s try to change our attitude in the very beginning, and let’s ask ourselves if we really need to consume all this quantity and variety of snacks and candies, or if we can limit or eliminate them.
Waste oil can be a lethal waste if not disposed of properly. And we’re not talking about frying oil only but also that of pickles and similar items. If dumped into the pipes of our sinks or toilets, it ends up in groundwater, polluting it irreversibly.
The solution is simple: put waste oils in glass jars, bottles, or aluminum tanks, and periodically dispose of it at a nearby drop-off point or facility dedicated to managing special waste.
Fruit juices are packed in a particularly polluting way and are almost impossible to find on-tap. Hence, exception made for a few very expensive brands that use glass bottles, the majority of brands use plastic and tetrapak (which is even more polluting, because it’s made of layers of different materials).
Of course, the Zero Waste solution is a home-made juice, which also helps us cut on a huge amount of sugar.
As for the rest, let’s reconsider the purchase, especially if it comes to single dose bricks, which cause even more trash.
Whether it’s the espresso cup with its little stick to steer the sugar (even when we have it without sugar or milk), or the plastic bottle of our drink, or the wrap of a snack, automatic dispensers are the epitome of single-use and here the only possible Zero Waste solution is: don’t use them.
In case we are the manager of a public place, we can choose to find alternative solutions (like returnable bottles or a nearby cafe) and raise awareness among our visitors on why we chose something different.
If we really can’t do without automatic machines, we can encourage our visitors to carry their own cup and spoon and make a place available to wash them afterward. We can also eliminate cups and sticks from the machine so that it’ll become just a drink dispenser. This way, not only will we apply a Zero Waste solution without having to toss the machine, but we might also raise awareness among our visitors on why we’re doing it.
When it comes to water, we can give away reusable water bottles and, in case our tap water is not potable, we can install water dispensers in the building.
Let’s not be afraid of the reactions we may get from your visitors. When we explain our reasons with the right tone and information handy, people are always happy to listen to us and meet us halfway.
For what concerns cocoa/chocolate and tropical fruit (as for example bananas) it’s the same as for coffee: let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
As for tropical fruit, let’s avoid buying it if it’s not produced locally: we’ll considerably cut on our environmental impact.
Do you have some more Zero Waste suggestions and solutions? Write us! We’ll be happy to add it to our list and inspire always more people.
Keep on exploring our guide to how to live Zero Waste, visit all the sections:
Food that’s left to rot becomes waste. If Food Waste was a State, it’d be the third most polluting State after China and the US. So how can we cut on food waste?
Food waste can be eliminated at the very start with smart grocery shopping: making prudent and moderate purchases, keeping in mind the expiration dates, and not buying more than what we actually need are the best solutions to avoid throwing food away. Also, buying local and seasonal food, even if imperfect, but not less healthy or tasty. Buying food from a short, trackable and transparent production chain.
In this case, before going grocery shopping, it can help to make a detailed shopping list. Scheduling our week’s meals can help, or those of the next few days. That way, we’ll avoid promotions and temptation and buy only what we truly need and what we’ll actually eat.
If we have some leftovers, let’s not throw them away: let’s have them during the following meal, or let’s use them to cook something else: the so called Zero Waste Cooking! A quick sail around the web will provide you with many tasteful solutions.
A vegetable or a piece of fruit are “ugly”? It’s not a good reason to throw them away, au contraire! Most luckily their imperfection equals no use of pesticides or intensive production. The important thing is that it’s good!
Last but not least, we have to be aware of the fact that this tendency to buy more than what we need happens not only due to poor organization of our shopping and our own meals, but also because of food overproduction. Indeed, we’re so used to finding food how, where and when we want it that we don’t perceive its incredible preciousness and how inhumane it is to waste it. This is why, as we’ll shortly see, opting for small producers and country markets can help us make more thoughtful purchases: limited availability, both in terms of quantity and seasonality, can help us analyze what we truly need and act appropriately.
Another solution, buy the ingredients instead of pre-made food.
Another Zero Waste and sustainable approach to food that can help us making the right choices and avoid food waste is to be aware of what we’re eating: what ingredients does our food contain? How was it produced? Where is it from? What’s the brand? Was it made exploiting workforce?
Choosing to buy products that are made with local ingredients, produced sustainably, don’t belong to big brands (such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s or Unilever), are package free, and come from short supply chains are all excellent Zero Waste solutions because they zero out many different kinds of waste: food waste, mass production, resource exploitation, single-use packaging and long transportation.
We’re repeating ourselves here but it’s true! This is a solution that can help lead to many other positive actions. Choosing to use only local and seasonal ingredients is the best way to eliminate waste and squandering, fight food overproduction, and eat in a healthy and correct way.
Even if it’s been scientifically proven that applying a vegetarian diet (or drastically cutting out meat and fish) has a huge positive impact on the environment and on our health — if we don’t want to renounce meat and fish, being mindful of the way our food has been farmed or fished is crucial and is one of the most important Zero Waste actions that can be done.
The main actions is that of informing ourselves about the provenience and the production system of the animal products we purchase. Consequently, the second action to live and eat more sustainably is to not buy products that come from intensive farming (even if they’re labeled as biological, or controlled supply chain): let’s not buy our meat and fish from the supermarket and, for what concerns fish, let’s make sure to not eat that coming from intensive fishing. The industry of intensive fishing and its fish nets are among the most polluting and destructive threats for the marine system, the planet and, consequently, our wellbeing: indeed, besides tearing to pieces sea beds, intensive fishing devastates the marine ecosystem by abandoning at sea old fishnets, that keep being death traps for other animals and releasing toxic and polluting chemicals.
To be positively impacted by our choices is not only nature, but also our health: these selection criteria help us reducing the consumption of meat that, if excessive, can be bad for our health; it also helps us to avoid the great quantity of antibiotics that is usually contained in intensively-bred animals (both land and water).
Adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet is one of the best sustainable and Zero Waste choices we can make: it helps us, the environment and others. At the same time, consuming huge quantities of soy coming from un-checked supply chains, or products that are not local such as avocados, bananas and almonds, or big quantities of processed and packaged products still has a devastating impact on the environment and society.
Eggs and meat, especially if coming from an intensive supply chain, are produced as cruelly as meat and fish.
To adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet that is consistent with the ideals behind them means to get our food from local manufacturers, small and seasonal. This will allow you to have a balanced diet that is also much more sustainable.
By law, tap water is checked multiple times per year: according to the country we’re from, we can discover the policies that apply to it. On the other hand, bottled water has to be checked only once a year and many parameters are not regulated by law. That’s why, on the contrary to what one may expect, many bottled water wouldn’t be rated as potable by public law.
Filter jugs:If the water is not heavily polluted, and it’s only a matter of lime or chlorine for example, then the perfect solution for filtered water can be a jug equipped with a filter capable of being changed periodically. Small trick: very often these filters can purify longer and many more liters of water than what is written on the box. Before changing it, let’s make sure that the filter is actually useless. We can determine this by the taste of the water or the formation of a lime coat in the pots and boilers.
Another option if the water is not heavily polluted. Active carbon can be extremely helpful, besides being the best Zero Waste solution. Pieces of active carbon are left in the water in order to purify it. They generally last for a few months. In the end, they can first be used as a deodorant for our shoes and wardrobes, then as fertilizer for plants and therefore not make any kind of waste. It’s possible that they release a thin black powder into the water that doesn’t pose any problem whatsoever for drinking. It’s tasteless and odorless.
This too is an amazing Zero Waste solution, and according to the purifying system we choose to install, it even works well for heavily-polluted water. Some purifiers are medical devices too, and they can be deducted from taxes if our country allows it. The limiting factor of this solution is definitely its higher expense. However, in the long run, it will turn out to be more convenient.
If we have a spring of good water near our home or a public fountain for purified water, we can choose this option. Here we have two options: a set of 10- liter glass jugs with which we can stock up on water for a long time in case the spring or the dispenser are not particularly close, or a set of normal glass water bottles to refill every 3 or 4 days.
If the only reason we still use plastic water bottles is that we love our water fizzy (and in case we don’t have a fizzy water dispenser near you), there are many kitchen devices that can carbonate our water. They are more expensive than a bottle of water, of course, but they last forever and in the long run, they turn out to be much cheaper.
Dehydration is a way of processing food of all kinds, whether it’s cooked or raw, for which we can dry out single ingredients or prepped dishes thanks to a food dehydrator indeed, to then easily store them in jars or vacuum-sealed, even up to a year. It’s a truly incredible Zero Waste practice to prep and store our food, that can turn out to be a true game changer in our kitchens.
First of all, we can use it to prep meals and snacks for our time in the outdoors, especially if it’s a matter of multiple days. Indeed, we can dry pretty much anything. This will allow us to have something ready in our cupboard, that we can rehydrate in just a few minutes and take with us in a reusable box, or rehydrate it on the spot, or more, we can have it as a snack, like in the case of fruits and veg.
Of course, dehydration is a great way of storing our daily food too, especially when it comes to single ingredients: we can dehydrate the excessive production of our vegetable gardens, and then use it all year long in our dishes. But of course, it’s also a great way to store some pre-cooked meals to have when we’re too tired to cook, or we have nothing left in the house. Differently from freezing, dehydrated food keep all their characteristics and take up a lot less space.
As for what concerns energy consumption, a food dehydrator is not something we would use on a daily basis, and especially if we set it on eco mode, it doesn’t use a lot of energy. Moreover, it allows us to have such a growth in our daily sustainability that it would be surely worth it.
Word of advice: we suggest an horizontal dehydrator, because it can dehydrate anything.
It might be weird to find the Moka machine listed as a solution, considering it was there before the problem started to exist. However, considering the explosion of pod-based coffee machines that has happened in the past few years, here we are!
The Moka machine, made in Italy, hence an icon of the most famous coffee in the world, is the most Zero Waste coffee solution out there. It doesn’t create any waste, and it’s endlessly reusable.
But if we really can’t do without your pod-based machine, then the next Zero Waste solution is to use steel reusable pods that we fill up each time with coffee grounds, all without adding kilos of waste to our bins. We’d also like to remind everyone that, even if we’re talking about a 100% compostable single-use pod, the energy and resources needed to produce, trade and dispose of it are still significantly more costly than what a typical coffee should “cost.”
If it’s filter coffee we’re talking about, then a reusable cotton filter is the Zero Waste solution, or we can opt for a bodum, which is great for teas and infusions too.
Another important note: beware of the coffee we choose to buy. Let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
Also, in this case, we’re not talking about it just for the sake of the planet, but also for our own. The majority of tea bags are not only a piece of garbage, but, when they come in contact with extremely hot water, they release into our mugs a myriad of microplastics that all end up directly in our bodies.
The best Zero solution is bulk infusions, which thanks to steel nets and filters allow you to make as much tea as you like while completely zeroing waste production.
Indeed, one must keep in mind that, as stated above, any 100% compostable single-use tea bags still require a massive input of energy and resources that is significantly more costly than what a cup of tea should cost.
As for the coffee, another great Zero Waste solution for teas and infusions is a boded.
Eating out is one of the moments when waste production increases the most. Snacks, sandwiches, and slices of pizzaall come with a single-use wrap, often made with highly-polluting materials. However, this is also true for many of the snacks we consume in our own homes!
Preparing our own snacks, such as fruit bars and cookies, or using reusable containers and reusable wraps, can be a great way to reduce waste.
Speaking of which, snacks such as popcorn can be cooked in the moment, instead of buying them in multiple plastic bags. The same goes for many other products such as dried or candied fruit that can be easily bought in bulk.
Last but not least, a reflection: in some cases, the only truly Zero Waste solution is that of not consuming a certain product in the first place if we don’t agree with the way it’s been packaged – a choice that will have a positive outcome for our health too since the majority of packaged products are full of preservatives and other ingredients that are notoriously bad for our health. So let’s try to change our attitude in the very beginning, and let’s ask ourselves if we really need to consume all this quantity and variety of snacks and candies, or if we can limit or eliminate them.
Waste oil can be a lethal waste if not disposed of properly. And we’re not talking about frying oil only but also that of pickles and similar items. If dumped into the pipes of our sinks or toilets, it ends up in groundwater, polluting it irreversibly.
The solution is simple: put waste oils in glass jars, bottles, or aluminum tanks, and periodically dispose of it at a nearby drop-off point or facility dedicated to managing special waste.
Fruit juices are packed in a particularly polluting way and are almost impossible to find on-tap. Hence, exception made for a few very expensive brands that use glass bottles, the majority of brands use plastic and tetrapak (which is even more polluting, because it’s made of layers of different materials).
Of course, the Zero Waste solution is a home-made juice, which also helps us cut on a huge amount of sugar.
As for the rest, let’s reconsider the purchase, especially if it comes to single dose bricks, which cause even more trash.
Whether it’s the espresso cup with its little stick to steer the sugar (even when we have it without sugar or milk), or the plastic bottle of our drink, or the wrap of a snack, automatic dispensers are the epitome of single-use and here the only possible Zero Waste solution is: don’t use them.
In case we are the manager of a public place, we can choose to find alternative solutions (like returnable bottles or a nearby cafe) and raise awareness among our visitors on why we chose something different.
If we really can’t do without automatic machines, we can encourage our visitors to carry their own cup and spoon and make a place available to wash them afterward. We can also eliminate cups and sticks from the machine so that it’ll become just a drink dispenser. This way, not only will we apply a Zero Waste solution without having to toss the machine, but we might also raise awareness among our visitors on why we’re doing it.
When it comes to water, we can give away reusable water bottles and, in case our tap water is not potable, we can install water dispensers in the building.
Let’s not be afraid of the reactions we may get from your visitors. When we explain our reasons with the right tone and information handy, people are always happy to listen to us and meet us halfway.
For what concerns cocoa/chocolate and tropical fruit (as for example bananas) it’s the same as for coffee: let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
As for tropical fruit, let’s avoid buying it if it’s not produced locally: we’ll considerably cut on our environmental impact.
Do you have some more Zero Waste suggestions and solutions? Write us! We’ll be happy to add it to our list and inspire always more people.
Keep on exploring our guide to how to live Zero Waste, visit all the sections:
Food that’s left to rot becomes waste. If Food Waste was a State, it’d be the third most polluting State after China and the US. So how can we cut on food waste?
Food waste can be eliminated at the very start with smart grocery shopping: making prudent and moderate purchases, keeping in mind the expiration dates, and not buying more than what we actually need are the best solutions to avoid throwing food away. Also, buying local and seasonal food, even if imperfect, but not less healthy or tasty. Buying food from a short, trackable and transparent production chain.
In this case, before going grocery shopping, it can help to make a detailed shopping list. Scheduling our week’s meals can help, or those of the next few days. That way, we’ll avoid promotions and temptation and buy only what we truly need and what we’ll actually eat.
If we have some leftovers, let’s not throw them away: let’s have them during the following meal, or let’s use them to cook something else: the so called Zero Waste Cooking! A quick sail around the web will provide you with many tasteful solutions.
A vegetable or a piece of fruit are “ugly”? It’s not a good reason to throw them away, au contraire! Most luckily their imperfection equals no use of pesticides or intensive production. The important thing is that it’s good!
Last but not least, we have to be aware of the fact that this tendency to buy more than what we need happens not only due to poor organization of our shopping and our own meals, but also because of food overproduction. Indeed, we’re so used to finding food how, where and when we want it that we don’t perceive its incredible preciousness and how inhumane it is to waste it. This is why, as we’ll shortly see, opting for small producers and country markets can help us make more thoughtful purchases: limited availability, both in terms of quantity and seasonality, can help us analyze what we truly need and act appropriately.
Another solution, buy the ingredients instead of pre-made food.
Another Zero Waste and sustainable approach to food that can help us making the right choices and avoid food waste is to be aware of what we’re eating: what ingredients does our food contain? How was it produced? Where is it from? What’s the brand? Was it made exploiting workforce?
Choosing to buy products that are made with local ingredients, produced sustainably, don’t belong to big brands (such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s or Unilever), are package free, and come from short supply chains are all excellent Zero Waste solutions because they zero out many different kinds of waste: food waste, mass production, resource exploitation, single-use packaging and long transportation.
We’re repeating ourselves here but it’s true! This is a solution that can help lead to many other positive actions. Choosing to use only local and seasonal ingredients is the best way to eliminate waste and squandering, fight food overproduction, and eat in a healthy and correct way.
Even if it’s been scientifically proven that applying a vegetarian diet (or drastically cutting out meat and fish) has a huge positive impact on the environment and on our health — if we don’t want to renounce meat and fish, being mindful of the way our food has been farmed or fished is crucial and is one of the most important Zero Waste actions that can be done.
The main actions is that of informing ourselves about the provenience and the production system of the animal products we purchase. Consequently, the second action to live and eat more sustainably is to not buy products that come from intensive farming (even if they’re labeled as biological, or controlled supply chain): let’s not buy our meat and fish from the supermarket and, for what concerns fish, let’s make sure to not eat that coming from intensive fishing. The industry of intensive fishing and its fish nets are among the most polluting and destructive threats for the marine system, the planet and, consequently, our wellbeing: indeed, besides tearing to pieces sea beds, intensive fishing devastates the marine ecosystem by abandoning at sea old fishnets, that keep being death traps for other animals and releasing toxic and polluting chemicals.
To be positively impacted by our choices is not only nature, but also our health: these selection criteria help us reducing the consumption of meat that, if excessive, can be bad for our health; it also helps us to avoid the great quantity of antibiotics that is usually contained in intensively-bred animals (both land and water).
Adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet is one of the best sustainable and Zero Waste choices we can make: it helps us, the environment and others. At the same time, consuming huge quantities of soy coming from un-checked supply chains, or products that are not local such as avocados, bananas and almonds, or big quantities of processed and packaged products still has a devastating impact on the environment and society.
Eggs and meat, especially if coming from an intensive supply chain, are produced as cruelly as meat and fish.
To adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet that is consistent with the ideals behind them means to get our food from local manufacturers, small and seasonal. This will allow you to have a balanced diet that is also much more sustainable.
By law, tap water is checked multiple times per year: according to the country we’re from, we can discover the policies that apply to it. On the other hand, bottled water has to be checked only once a year and many parameters are not regulated by law. That’s why, on the contrary to what one may expect, many bottled water wouldn’t be rated as potable by public law.
Filter jugs:If the water is not heavily polluted, and it’s only a matter of lime or chlorine for example, then the perfect solution for filtered water can be a jug equipped with a filter capable of being changed periodically. Small trick: very often these filters can purify longer and many more liters of water than what is written on the box. Before changing it, let’s make sure that the filter is actually useless. We can determine this by the taste of the water or the formation of a lime coat in the pots and boilers.
Another option if the water is not heavily polluted. Active carbon can be extremely helpful, besides being the best Zero Waste solution. Pieces of active carbon are left in the water in order to purify it. They generally last for a few months. In the end, they can first be used as a deodorant for our shoes and wardrobes, then as fertilizer for plants and therefore not make any kind of waste. It’s possible that they release a thin black powder into the water that doesn’t pose any problem whatsoever for drinking. It’s tasteless and odorless.
This too is an amazing Zero Waste solution, and according to the purifying system we choose to install, it even works well for heavily-polluted water. Some purifiers are medical devices too, and they can be deducted from taxes if our country allows it. The limiting factor of this solution is definitely its higher expense. However, in the long run, it will turn out to be more convenient.
If we have a spring of good water near our home or a public fountain for purified water, we can choose this option. Here we have two options: a set of 10- liter glass jugs with which we can stock up on water for a long time in case the spring or the dispenser are not particularly close, or a set of normal glass water bottles to refill every 3 or 4 days.
If the only reason we still use plastic water bottles is that we love our water fizzy (and in case we don’t have a fizzy water dispenser near you), there are many kitchen devices that can carbonate our water. They are more expensive than a bottle of water, of course, but they last forever and in the long run, they turn out to be much cheaper.
Dehydration is a way of processing food of all kinds, whether it’s cooked or raw, for which we can dry out single ingredients or prepped dishes thanks to a food dehydrator indeed, to then easily store them in jars or vacuum-sealed, even up to a year. It’s a truly incredible Zero Waste practice to prep and store our food, that can turn out to be a true game changer in our kitchens.
First of all, we can use it to prep meals and snacks for our time in the outdoors, especially if it’s a matter of multiple days. Indeed, we can dry pretty much anything. This will allow us to have something ready in our cupboard, that we can rehydrate in just a few minutes and take with us in a reusable box, or rehydrate it on the spot, or more, we can have it as a snack, like in the case of fruits and veg.
Of course, dehydration is a great way of storing our daily food too, especially when it comes to single ingredients: we can dehydrate the excessive production of our vegetable gardens, and then use it all year long in our dishes. But of course, it’s also a great way to store some pre-cooked meals to have when we’re too tired to cook, or we have nothing left in the house. Differently from freezing, dehydrated food keep all their characteristics and take up a lot less space.
As for what concerns energy consumption, a food dehydrator is not something we would use on a daily basis, and especially if we set it on eco mode, it doesn’t use a lot of energy. Moreover, it allows us to have such a growth in our daily sustainability that it would be surely worth it.
Word of advice: we suggest an horizontal dehydrator, because it can dehydrate anything.
It might be weird to find the Moka machine listed as a solution, considering it was there before the problem started to exist. However, considering the explosion of pod-based coffee machines that has happened in the past few years, here we are!
The Moka machine, made in Italy, hence an icon of the most famous coffee in the world, is the most Zero Waste coffee solution out there. It doesn’t create any waste, and it’s endlessly reusable.
But if we really can’t do without your pod-based machine, then the next Zero Waste solution is to use steel reusable pods that we fill up each time with coffee grounds, all without adding kilos of waste to our bins. We’d also like to remind everyone that, even if we’re talking about a 100% compostable single-use pod, the energy and resources needed to produce, trade and dispose of it are still significantly more costly than what a typical coffee should “cost.”
If it’s filter coffee we’re talking about, then a reusable cotton filter is the Zero Waste solution, or we can opt for a bodum, which is great for teas and infusions too.
Another important note: beware of the coffee we choose to buy. Let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
Also, in this case, we’re not talking about it just for the sake of the planet, but also for our own. The majority of tea bags are not only a piece of garbage, but, when they come in contact with extremely hot water, they release into our mugs a myriad of microplastics that all end up directly in our bodies.
The best Zero solution is bulk infusions, which thanks to steel nets and filters allow you to make as much tea as you like while completely zeroing waste production.
Indeed, one must keep in mind that, as stated above, any 100% compostable single-use tea bags still require a massive input of energy and resources that is significantly more costly than what a cup of tea should cost.
As for the coffee, another great Zero Waste solution for teas and infusions is a boded.
Eating out is one of the moments when waste production increases the most. Snacks, sandwiches, and slices of pizzaall come with a single-use wrap, often made with highly-polluting materials. However, this is also true for many of the snacks we consume in our own homes!
Preparing our own snacks, such as fruit bars and cookies, or using reusable containers and reusable wraps, can be a great way to reduce waste.
Speaking of which, snacks such as popcorn can be cooked in the moment, instead of buying them in multiple plastic bags. The same goes for many other products such as dried or candied fruit that can be easily bought in bulk.
Last but not least, a reflection: in some cases, the only truly Zero Waste solution is that of not consuming a certain product in the first place if we don’t agree with the way it’s been packaged – a choice that will have a positive outcome for our health too since the majority of packaged products are full of preservatives and other ingredients that are notoriously bad for our health. So let’s try to change our attitude in the very beginning, and let’s ask ourselves if we really need to consume all this quantity and variety of snacks and candies, or if we can limit or eliminate them.
Waste oil can be a lethal waste if not disposed of properly. And we’re not talking about frying oil only but also that of pickles and similar items. If dumped into the pipes of our sinks or toilets, it ends up in groundwater, polluting it irreversibly.
The solution is simple: put waste oils in glass jars, bottles, or aluminum tanks, and periodically dispose of it at a nearby drop-off point or facility dedicated to managing special waste.
Fruit juices are packed in a particularly polluting way and are almost impossible to find on-tap. Hence, exception made for a few very expensive brands that use glass bottles, the majority of brands use plastic and tetrapak (which is even more polluting, because it’s made of layers of different materials).
Of course, the Zero Waste solution is a home-made juice, which also helps us cut on a huge amount of sugar.
As for the rest, let’s reconsider the purchase, especially if it comes to single dose bricks, which cause even more trash.
Whether it’s the espresso cup with its little stick to steer the sugar (even when we have it without sugar or milk), or the plastic bottle of our drink, or the wrap of a snack, automatic dispensers are the epitome of single-use and here the only possible Zero Waste solution is: don’t use them.
In case we are the manager of a public place, we can choose to find alternative solutions (like returnable bottles or a nearby cafe) and raise awareness among our visitors on why we chose something different.
If we really can’t do without automatic machines, we can encourage our visitors to carry their own cup and spoon and make a place available to wash them afterward. We can also eliminate cups and sticks from the machine so that it’ll become just a drink dispenser. This way, not only will we apply a Zero Waste solution without having to toss the machine, but we might also raise awareness among our visitors on why we’re doing it.
When it comes to water, we can give away reusable water bottles and, in case our tap water is not potable, we can install water dispensers in the building.
Let’s not be afraid of the reactions we may get from your visitors. When we explain our reasons with the right tone and information handy, people are always happy to listen to us and meet us halfway.
For what concerns cocoa/chocolate and tropical fruit (as for example bananas) it’s the same as for coffee: let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
As for tropical fruit, let’s avoid buying it if it’s not produced locally: we’ll considerably cut on our environmental impact.
Do you have some more Zero Waste suggestions and solutions? Write us! We’ll be happy to add it to our list and inspire always more people.
Keep on exploring our guide to how to live Zero Waste, visit all the sections:
That of Zero Waste and sustainable food certainly is one of the reachest sections of our Zero Waste guide, because that of food is one of the areas of our lives that can make a H U G E difference on the impact we have on the environment and society. If there’s one thing that we should start from, more than anything else, is our plate indeed! So let’s find out together all the Zero Waste solutions we have to cut on trash, pollution and social injustice starting from what we eat.
Food that’s left to rot becomes waste. If Food Waste was a State, it’d be the third most polluting State after China and the US. So how can we cut on food waste?
Food waste can be eliminated at the very start with smart grocery shopping: making prudent and moderate purchases, keeping in mind the expiration dates, and not buying more than what we actually need are the best solutions to avoid throwing food away. Also, buying local and seasonal food, even if imperfect, but not less healthy or tasty. Buying food from a short, trackable and transparent production chain.
In this case, before going grocery shopping, it can help to make a detailed shopping list. Scheduling our week’s meals can help, or those of the next few days. That way, we’ll avoid promotions and temptation and buy only what we truly need and what we’ll actually eat.
If we have some leftovers, let’s not throw them away: let’s have them during the following meal, or let’s use them to cook something else: the so called Zero Waste Cooking! A quick sail around the web will provide you with many tasteful solutions.
A vegetable or a piece of fruit are “ugly”? It’s not a good reason to throw them away, au contraire! Most luckily their imperfection equals no use of pesticides or intensive production. The important thing is that it’s good!
Last but not least, we have to be aware of the fact that this tendency to buy more than what we need happens not only due to poor organization of our shopping and our own meals, but also because of food overproduction. Indeed, we’re so used to finding food how, where and when we want it that we don’t perceive its incredible preciousness and how inhumane it is to waste it. This is why, as we’ll shortly see, opting for small producers and country markets can help us make more thoughtful purchases: limited availability, both in terms of quantity and seasonality, can help us analyze what we truly need and act appropriately.
Another solution, buy the ingredients instead of pre-made food.
Another Zero Waste and sustainable approach to food that can help us making the right choices and avoid food waste is to be aware of what we’re eating: what ingredients does our food contain? How was it produced? Where is it from? What’s the brand? Was it made exploiting workforce?
Choosing to buy products that are made with local ingredients, produced sustainably, don’t belong to big brands (such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s or Unilever), are package free, and come from short supply chains are all excellent Zero Waste solutions because they zero out many different kinds of waste: food waste, mass production, resource exploitation, single-use packaging and long transportation.
We’re repeating ourselves here but it’s true! This is a solution that can help lead to many other positive actions. Choosing to use only local and seasonal ingredients is the best way to eliminate waste and squandering, fight food overproduction, and eat in a healthy and correct way.
Even if it’s been scientifically proven that applying a vegetarian diet (or drastically cutting out meat and fish) has a huge positive impact on the environment and on our health — if we don’t want to renounce meat and fish, being mindful of the way our food has been farmed or fished is crucial and is one of the most important Zero Waste actions that can be done.
The main actions is that of informing ourselves about the provenience and the production system of the animal products we purchase. Consequently, the second action to live and eat more sustainably is to not buy products that come from intensive farming (even if they’re labeled as biological, or controlled supply chain): let’s not buy our meat and fish from the supermarket and, for what concerns fish, let’s make sure to not eat that coming from intensive fishing. The industry of intensive fishing and its fish nets are among the most polluting and destructive threats for the marine system, the planet and, consequently, our wellbeing: indeed, besides tearing to pieces sea beds, intensive fishing devastates the marine ecosystem by abandoning at sea old fishnets, that keep being death traps for other animals and releasing toxic and polluting chemicals.
To be positively impacted by our choices is not only nature, but also our health: these selection criteria help us reducing the consumption of meat that, if excessive, can be bad for our health; it also helps us to avoid the great quantity of antibiotics that is usually contained in intensively-bred animals (both land and water).
Adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet is one of the best sustainable and Zero Waste choices we can make: it helps us, the environment and others. At the same time, consuming huge quantities of soy coming from un-checked supply chains, or products that are not local such as avocados, bananas and almonds, or big quantities of processed and packaged products still has a devastating impact on the environment and society.
Eggs and meat, especially if coming from an intensive supply chain, are produced as cruelly as meat and fish.
To adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet that is consistent with the ideals behind them means to get our food from local manufacturers, small and seasonal. This will allow you to have a balanced diet that is also much more sustainable.
By law, tap water is checked multiple times per year: according to the country we’re from, we can discover the policies that apply to it. On the other hand, bottled water has to be checked only once a year and many parameters are not regulated by law. That’s why, on the contrary to what one may expect, many bottled water wouldn’t be rated as potable by public law.
Filter jugs:If the water is not heavily polluted, and it’s only a matter of lime or chlorine for example, then the perfect solution for filtered water can be a jug equipped with a filter capable of being changed periodically. Small trick: very often these filters can purify longer and many more liters of water than what is written on the box. Before changing it, let’s make sure that the filter is actually useless. We can determine this by the taste of the water or the formation of a lime coat in the pots and boilers.
Another option if the water is not heavily polluted. Active carbon can be extremely helpful, besides being the best Zero Waste solution. Pieces of active carbon are left in the water in order to purify it. They generally last for a few months. In the end, they can first be used as a deodorant for our shoes and wardrobes, then as fertilizer for plants and therefore not make any kind of waste. It’s possible that they release a thin black powder into the water that doesn’t pose any problem whatsoever for drinking. It’s tasteless and odorless.
This too is an amazing Zero Waste solution, and according to the purifying system we choose to install, it even works well for heavily-polluted water. Some purifiers are medical devices too, and they can be deducted from taxes if our country allows it. The limiting factor of this solution is definitely its higher expense. However, in the long run, it will turn out to be more convenient.
If we have a spring of good water near our home or a public fountain for purified water, we can choose this option. Here we have two options: a set of 10- liter glass jugs with which we can stock up on water for a long time in case the spring or the dispenser are not particularly close, or a set of normal glass water bottles to refill every 3 or 4 days.
If the only reason we still use plastic water bottles is that we love our water fizzy (and in case we don’t have a fizzy water dispenser near you), there are many kitchen devices that can carbonate our water. They are more expensive than a bottle of water, of course, but they last forever and in the long run, they turn out to be much cheaper.
Dehydration is a way of processing food of all kinds, whether it’s cooked or raw, for which we can dry out single ingredients or prepped dishes thanks to a food dehydrator indeed, to then easily store them in jars or vacuum-sealed, even up to a year. It’s a truly incredible Zero Waste practice to prep and store our food, that can turn out to be a true game changer in our kitchens.
First of all, we can use it to prep meals and snacks for our time in the outdoors, especially if it’s a matter of multiple days. Indeed, we can dry pretty much anything. This will allow us to have something ready in our cupboard, that we can rehydrate in just a few minutes and take with us in a reusable box, or rehydrate it on the spot, or more, we can have it as a snack, like in the case of fruits and veg.
Of course, dehydration is a great way of storing our daily food too, especially when it comes to single ingredients: we can dehydrate the excessive production of our vegetable gardens, and then use it all year long in our dishes. But of course, it’s also a great way to store some pre-cooked meals to have when we’re too tired to cook, or we have nothing left in the house. Differently from freezing, dehydrated food keep all their characteristics and take up a lot less space.
As for what concerns energy consumption, a food dehydrator is not something we would use on a daily basis, and especially if we set it on eco mode, it doesn’t use a lot of energy. Moreover, it allows us to have such a growth in our daily sustainability that it would be surely worth it.
Word of advice: we suggest an horizontal dehydrator, because it can dehydrate anything.
It might be weird to find the Moka machine listed as a solution, considering it was there before the problem started to exist. However, considering the explosion of pod-based coffee machines that has happened in the past few years, here we are!
The Moka machine, made in Italy, hence an icon of the most famous coffee in the world, is the most Zero Waste coffee solution out there. It doesn’t create any waste, and it’s endlessly reusable.
But if we really can’t do without your pod-based machine, then the next Zero Waste solution is to use steel reusable pods that we fill up each time with coffee grounds, all without adding kilos of waste to our bins. We’d also like to remind everyone that, even if we’re talking about a 100% compostable single-use pod, the energy and resources needed to produce, trade and dispose of it are still significantly more costly than what a typical coffee should “cost.”
If it’s filter coffee we’re talking about, then a reusable cotton filter is the Zero Waste solution, or we can opt for a bodum, which is great for teas and infusions too.
Another important note: beware of the coffee we choose to buy. Let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
Also, in this case, we’re not talking about it just for the sake of the planet, but also for our own. The majority of tea bags are not only a piece of garbage, but, when they come in contact with extremely hot water, they release into our mugs a myriad of microplastics that all end up directly in our bodies.
The best Zero solution is bulk infusions, which thanks to steel nets and filters allow you to make as much tea as you like while completely zeroing waste production.
Indeed, one must keep in mind that, as stated above, any 100% compostable single-use tea bags still require a massive input of energy and resources that is significantly more costly than what a cup of tea should cost.
As for the coffee, another great Zero Waste solution for teas and infusions is a boded.
Eating out is one of the moments when waste production increases the most. Snacks, sandwiches, and slices of pizzaall come with a single-use wrap, often made with highly-polluting materials. However, this is also true for many of the snacks we consume in our own homes!
Preparing our own snacks, such as fruit bars and cookies, or using reusable containers and reusable wraps, can be a great way to reduce waste.
Speaking of which, snacks such as popcorn can be cooked in the moment, instead of buying them in multiple plastic bags. The same goes for many other products such as dried or candied fruit that can be easily bought in bulk.
Last but not least, a reflection: in some cases, the only truly Zero Waste solution is that of not consuming a certain product in the first place if we don’t agree with the way it’s been packaged – a choice that will have a positive outcome for our health too since the majority of packaged products are full of preservatives and other ingredients that are notoriously bad for our health. So let’s try to change our attitude in the very beginning, and let’s ask ourselves if we really need to consume all this quantity and variety of snacks and candies, or if we can limit or eliminate them.
Waste oil can be a lethal waste if not disposed of properly. And we’re not talking about frying oil only but also that of pickles and similar items. If dumped into the pipes of our sinks or toilets, it ends up in groundwater, polluting it irreversibly.
The solution is simple: put waste oils in glass jars, bottles, or aluminum tanks, and periodically dispose of it at a nearby drop-off point or facility dedicated to managing special waste.
Fruit juices are packed in a particularly polluting way and are almost impossible to find on-tap. Hence, exception made for a few very expensive brands that use glass bottles, the majority of brands use plastic and tetrapak (which is even more polluting, because it’s made of layers of different materials).
Of course, the Zero Waste solution is a home-made juice, which also helps us cut on a huge amount of sugar.
As for the rest, let’s reconsider the purchase, especially if it comes to single dose bricks, which cause even more trash.
Whether it’s the espresso cup with its little stick to steer the sugar (even when we have it without sugar or milk), or the plastic bottle of our drink, or the wrap of a snack, automatic dispensers are the epitome of single-use and here the only possible Zero Waste solution is: don’t use them.
In case we are the manager of a public place, we can choose to find alternative solutions (like returnable bottles or a nearby cafe) and raise awareness among our visitors on why we chose something different.
If we really can’t do without automatic machines, we can encourage our visitors to carry their own cup and spoon and make a place available to wash them afterward. We can also eliminate cups and sticks from the machine so that it’ll become just a drink dispenser. This way, not only will we apply a Zero Waste solution without having to toss the machine, but we might also raise awareness among our visitors on why we’re doing it.
When it comes to water, we can give away reusable water bottles and, in case our tap water is not potable, we can install water dispensers in the building.
Let’s not be afraid of the reactions we may get from your visitors. When we explain our reasons with the right tone and information handy, people are always happy to listen to us and meet us halfway.
For what concerns cocoa/chocolate and tropical fruit (as for example bananas) it’s the same as for coffee: let’s make sure it’s Fair Trade. Thanks to this label, we’ll be sure that it wasn’t produced exploiting land and workforce, or contributing to deforestation, abuse and social injustice.
As for tropical fruit, let’s avoid buying it if it’s not produced locally: we’ll considerably cut on our environmental impact.
Do you have some more Zero Waste suggestions and solutions? Write us! We’ll be happy to add it to our list and inspire always more people.
Keep on exploring our guide to how to live Zero Waste, visit all the sections:
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