#WILD MINIMALIST FREE#
Two years ago, Singer launched The Simply Co., her refillable laundry powder business, and the Package Free Shop in Brooklyn.
And she ships (without using plastic) throughout the United States.Īnd one of the most prominent voices of the new wave zero-waste movement is Lauren Singer, who writes the blog Trash Is for Tossers. She offers home delivery of refills like Biokleen dish liquid and organic makeup remover throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. In Berkeley, Stephanie Regni opened Fillgood to combat plastic pollution. Cherry has one store and several refill stations throughout the city. Her aha moment was when she realized she had successfully refilled the same cleaning spray bottle for seven years.
While researching carcinogens in beauty supplies and household cleaners, she also became aware of the mounting global trash problem. Alyssa Cherry founded Fillaree in Durham, North Carolina, after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. There is also a new generation of business creating demand for refillable, nontoxic products. It also offers workshops and consulting services for people and businesses looking to shift toward a less wasteful lifestyle. The shop plans to expand into package-free food and produce. The Zero Market, based in Denver, focuses on household cleaners, soaps, DIY ingredients, and zero-waste essentials like reusable straws, containers, and produce bags. Metz is searching for a permanent location, but you can find her refill stations at pop-up events throughout New York. In Brooklyn, Sarah Metz of the Fillery created a modern bulk food store that offers a jar exchange program to support a circular economy. The US is finally catching on with the opening of several new zero-waste bulk markets. (Tip: I like to leave the tare sticker on to speed up the process for the next store visit.) Ask the register clerk to weigh your jars (this is your tare weight), then head to the bins and fill up on nuts, flour, rice, chocolate chips, or whatever you need. Pasta and Mason jars work just fine (but having a good system like this one definitely makes it easier). So here’s what you do: First of all, realize that you don’t need any fancy equipment to shop the bulk bin. It also helps combat food waste by letting customers buy exactly how much they need. Precycling and selling in bulk take the burden of discarding trash off the consumer. In Europe, sustainably minded businesses like Original Unverpackt in Berlin, which claims to be the world’s first supermarket dedicated to zero waste, have adopted the practice of precycling-reducing waste at the source by not offering bags or boxes. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 23 percent of landfill is made up of containers and packaging, and 40 percent of that packaging is plastic. The easy becomes beautiful.” That is how I feel about shopping in bulk: It takes practice and organization. My husband has a tattoo that reads: “The difficult becomes habit.
#WILD MINIMALIST HOW TO#
In her column for goop, Arria-Devoe shares her extensive knowledge about the best countertop composter, how to shop bulk, and other hacks for living the chicest, greenest life possible. THE MINIMALIST Shop the Bulk Bin to Reduce WasteĪndrea Arria-Devoe, a longtime editor at Daily Candy, is the executive producer of Straws, a documentary about how ditching plastic straws can make a massive difference to the environment.
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