{"id":73,"date":"2018-04-10T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/?p=73"},"modified":"2018-04-10T16:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T16:25:26","slug":"living-waste-free-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/2018\/04\/10\/living-waste-free-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Waste Free: Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living waste free may seem impossible but it’s not… Trashisfortossers.com gives a great guild to follow:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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ESTABLISH YOUR “WHY?”<\/h3>\n

This is important so you you ever need some motivation too keep going, think of your why! Trashistossers tells us some reasons could be:<\/p>\n

Are you a surfer who hates seeing plastic wash up on the beach?<\/p>\n

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Have you experienced a health scare or issue after using a beauty product containing toxins?<\/p>\n

Are you tired of spending\u00a0$6 on a latte every single day?<\/p>\n

Are you fed up with our political leaders not giving a damn about climate change?<\/p>\n

Write it on your mirror, tattoo it on your bicep \u2013 always come back to you WHY.<\/p>\n

Assess Your Waste<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Notice where your making the most waste. Notice what it is and how you can prevent this. Take it one step at a time, baby steps are good and won’t overwhelm you.<\/p>\n

PRIORITIZE:<\/b><\/h3>\n

Start changing your everyday ways. Maybe instead of going out or buy coffee from a shop, make your lunch and coffee at home with reusable containers. It can be overwhelming to look at the trash you make but focus on one area at a time, it can be possible!<\/p>\n

Replace your items as they run out:\"Image<\/em><\/p>\n

You don’t need to go out a buy all your products in zero waste right away. It can be very costly. A good idea is to wait until your products run out then replace them with a zero waste product. Throwing away your product that your not finished using up can be just as wasteful.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH HOW TO PROPERLY RECYCLE\u00a0OLD ITEMS, DONATE, SELL OR UP-CYCLE THEM:<\/h3>\n

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Don’t just throw away all your old items in the trash. There are ways to property depose of them by recycling,<\/p>\n

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composting, etc. You can find ways to reuse old items, donate them, or give them as a gift. As long as they don’t end up in landfills that is all that matters. If your really struggling what to do with something, look in to the\u00a0TerraCycle program<\/a>. They have come up with a solution to recycle just about everything you could think of!<\/p>\n

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REMEMBER: IT\u2019S A PROCESS!<\/b><\/h3>\n

This is going to take time. It could take up to a year to fully go waste free. Be patient. And don’t give up!<\/p>\n

“Everyone\u2019s zero waste journey is different. So never compare yourself to other people. Get inspiration from them, communicate with other zero waste-ers in the process when you have questions or concerns, be supported by other people \u2013 not intimidated.”\"Image<\/em><\/p>\n

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Living waste free may seem impossible but it’s not… Trashisfortossers.com gives a great guild to follow: ESTABLISH YOUR “WHY?” This is important so you you ever need some motivation too keep going, think of your why! Trashistossers tells us some reasons could be: Are you a surfer who hates seeing plastic wash up on the… Continue reading Living Waste Free: Guide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[763428],"tags":[784829,2477,73281,1814,27477,1810,826734,2707],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individual-change","tag-compost","tag-donate","tag-living","tag-recycle","tag-trash","tag-waste","tag-waste-free","tag-why","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/simplewaystochangetheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}