Zero Waste Summer Survival
It’s been almost 6 months since I began my Zero Waste journey. Have I created waste in those 6 months? Yes. Have I created marginally less waste though? Absolutely. I always try and tell people, it’s not about being perfect, its about being responsible and making more informed decisions about your waste. That being said, summer has started and I have already run into new issues I didn’t have to face in the winter. The Sun I don’t know about you, but if I don’t wear sunscreen, I look like a tomato at the end of a sunny day. Sunscreen is so important for your skin and I’m a person that will go through multiple SPF 70 bottles in one summer. I found one store online that offered zero waste sunscreen in a small 2oz tin. It was $20 and would have only lasted me a couple days. So I did some research and came up with an alternative. Homemade sunscreen! There’s only a couple ingredients needed to make sunscreen. Treason there are so many listed on the backs of tubes are because those s...