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Zero Waste

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Being "zero waste" means that we adopt steps towards reducing personal waste and minimizing our environmental impact.

Our community places a major focus on the 5 R's: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot. We practice this by reducing consumption, choosing reusable goods, recycling, composting, and helping each other improve.

We also recognize excess CO₂, other GHG emissions, and general resource usage as waste.

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Going Without Trash Bags (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by silentslinky@sh.itjust.works to c/zerowaste@lemmy.ml
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I recently stopped using trash bags so that I am, officially, a plastic bag free household. Whatever can't be composted or recyled goes directly into my trash can's removeable hard plastic insert. I put a little of my cats litter (it's just ground up walnut shells) in the bottom to keep down the smell and absorb any rogue liquids.

It's gone considerably better than I anticipated so far. Has anyone else tried eliminating trash bags? If so, how has your experience been?

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

We haven't used bin liners in years, it was really a pretty easy thing to stop. We try not to put liquids in, and in general don't have any issue with smell. But the bins are plastic, if they smell we just wash them.