My Story

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Ever since I was young I have felt the urge to be eco friendly. In Girl Scouts we earned badges in recycling, celebrated Earth Day, and worked hard to use resources wisely, while making the world a better place. Reduce, reuse, recycle sounds easy enough, but when I started noticing how many of the things I used weren’t being reduced, reused, or recycled, I felt like my own hypocrite.

I currently live in an apartment that has no recycling program so I know that everything I produce in waste goes into a landfill. The amount of waste I was producing in a normal week was outrageous for just one person. Things like coffee cups, food wrappers, ziplock bags, plastic grocery bags, and paper towel were filling my trash to the brim. There seemed to be an easy solution; just stop using trash!

I was introduced to the Zero Waste movement after seeing a video on Facebook about a girl who fit 4 years of trash into a mason jar. She seemed crazy to me. However, in learning more about the purpose of going zero waste it seemed completely doable.

Any large lifestyle change like this requires time, adaption, and research. I will be sharing my experiences and roadblocks during this transition and hope to inspire some others to start reducing their own carbon footprint.

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  1. Rachel WillcockMarch 7, 2019 at 10:39 AM

    I'm so happy to find another blogger on the same journey!! Owning your own content is awesome!! Great job on your efforts!!

    We are a family of 7, with 5 kids aged 2 to almost 10. We have been on the zero waste journey since July of 2018. I also have a website where I keep a blog about our journey. Rachel.Willcock.ca
    Managing Our Waste at Home, in the menu.

    Keep up the great work!!!!

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