#minimal waste

[petula-xx]

MAY 5 - 11 2024

Only a couple of sleeps left to go!!!!!

[reddit-007]

Excellent Composter

[nnightmarelinks]

One really annoying thing about going minimal/zero waste that they kind of don't warn you about is if you were NOT a backpack/tote/bag bitch WELL YOU ARE NOW!!!

[canwegobacktonature]

Brauchst du weniger als zwei 35 Liter Abfallsäcke pro Monat für deinen Abfall?

"Die Schweiz gehört bei der Menge der Siedlungsabfälle pro Person weltweit zu den Spitzenreitern. Der globale Materialaufwand beläuft sich in der Schweiz auf aktuell 47 Tonnen pro Kopf und Jahr. Die Wirtschaftsstärke der Schweiz sowie die Kaufkraft der Bevölkerung begünstigen den hohen Rohstoffbedarf und Konsum. Im heutigen Markt- und Regulierungsumfeld fehlen für viele Hersteller die Anreize, Produkte langlebig und reparierbar zu gestalten, beziehungsweise auf ihre Weiterverwendbarkeit zu achten. Viele der Rohstoffe (Mineralien, Biomasse, fossile Energieträger und andere Materialien) werden aufgrund der oben genannten Faktoren rasch zu Abfall. Mit der Inkraftsetzung der Abfallverordnung VVEA hat der Bundesrat bereits im Jahr 2016 ein starkes Zeichen für die Kreislaufwirtschaft gesetzt. Auch im Aktionsplans 2021–2023 zur Strategie Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2030 zielen verschiedenste Massnahmen auf den Konsum und die Produktion ab. Dazu gehören beispielsweise Massnahmen gegen die Lebensmittelverschwendung, die Überarbeitung der Aussenwirtschaftsstrategie oder die Stärkung des Monitorings der Auswirkungen von Freihandelsabkommen."

Quelle: Bafu

[turbo-tsundere]

*superglues them together*

Aka, eeeeh fok it. Here's some ougoku stuff I've been sitting on. Happy THOSE GUYS day.

[grimstrawberry]

If I don't make light of everything, I'm gonna explode.

[thinkpink212]

Low-waste & minimal — she’s resourceful, thoughtful, creative and love the simple things in life.

[bamsara]

I'm going through my entire storage:

I found about 30ish pages of FNAF PACK stickers (biblically accurate sun n moon heads, sl jacket, both drop candies, pickle monty, superstar freddy) in a binder and I've discontinued most of them and they're no longer compatible with my machine since they were printed with old guidelines before the Cricut update

However I feel like trash if I just throw them away cause,,wasteful so I'm gonna cut them out by hand and sell them for 50% off in kofi store later today (there was also some IZ pages but I haven't counted them yet)

I'll also be putting together miscuts/misprint baggies again, I havent counted how many there will be but there is a LOT of miscut/misprint of the Reaper Moon from October. I will also be throwing Miscut and Misprints prints into the sticker bags with the corresponding fandoms this time, I have a lot of 4x6s...so, free miscut/misprint print with your miscut stickers? lmao

[biggiesnails]

DOES HE HAVE AN ASS? Is he caked up??

(sorry first thing i thought of when you said cursed. I love you punk Eclipse plz dont kill me <3 )

I love how this is the first one I get lmao

I wouldn’t say he’s CAKED up, but he’s definitely not completely lacking in the ass department

He’s made of metal, he’s not exactly built to have cake, y’know

[dionysianchub]

🚨🚨 HEY YOU. YES, YOU. 🚨🚨

DO YOU LOVE A GOOD DEAL? DO YOU HATE FOOD WASTE? ME TOO.

I feel like I am obligated to shout at each of you about a new app I've just discovered. Let me tell you about Too Good To Go. This app aims to minimize food waste by allowing restaurants, convenience stores, bakeries, food trucks, etc to sell perfectly good food that would otherwise be wasted at a discounted rate. Each restaurant sets a price for their Surprise Bag that you can reserve to pick up at designated times of the day.

I got my first Surprise Bag today from one of my favorite local cupcake bakeries. One cupcake usually costs $4, but I got a box of 9 "naked cupcakes" for $4.99. I just grabbed a tub of their frosting for $5 to frost them here at home, and for $10 I have what would ordinarily be a $36 box of cupcakes!!

There are a ton of different places participating in my area, and it's not just here in the US! Check it out and do your part to minimize waste. 😊

[petula-xx]

I saw this on a notice board today.

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Anyone else have near-perfect executive function at work; but at home, have literally no energy or motivation to do anything except lie in a dark room, with something in or on your ears for several hours?

[oatmilck]

thoughtful gift ideas for your eco friendly/wellness-minded friends

silk scrunchies

reusable makeup remover cloth (highly recommend hemp)

wooden comb

locally sourced honey/jam/preserves

cruelty free/green lip balm

magnesium spray/ epsom salts for baths

beeswax candles

hair oil, cuticle oil

coasters

nice dish towels, swedish cloths, etc

tea! + superfood drink mixes

ceramics (a mug, a vase, candlesticks, etc)

meditation books/affirmation cards/devotionals

suncatcher or windchime

[zerofuckingwaste]

Easy zero waste tip no. 5: Paradoxically, you need to throw things away sometimes.

When I first went to college, I bought kitchen supplies for my dorm room. When I moved out of my parents' house, I bought some more. When I moved to a house, I bought even more. I was gifted more. I inherited more. More more more.

My kitchen became absolutely stuffed full of things, most of which I either didn't use, couldn't find, or didn't like but dealt with because hey, I already had it and didn't want to buy another.

Eventually, I sat down and pulled everything out of the shelves, the drawers, the baskets, the cabinets, absolutely everything. I was shocked to discover I had dozens of wooden spoons, but no pasta utensil. Seemingly a billion glass containers and only half of their matching lids. Like 6 pairs of tongs? For some reason?

I picked out the things I knew I used, and the things I knew I would use if I actually knew where they were. I was able to sell a few things, donate about half the rest, and the remaining, I unfortunately had no choice but to throw them away. I filled an entire trash bag, and then some, and felt terrible about it.

Then the most miraculous thing happened.

Since then, I haven't bought a single new thing for my kitchen. Meal prep has been easy. Making food in the moment has been easy. I love spending time in my kitchen, it's clean, organized, and fun. There's no stress anymore- and no compulsive need to buy when I couldn't find things, because hey, I know where everything is.

My waste has been significantly reduced by cutting the clutter out. And this is a principle that can apply to every aspect of your life.

Declutter your closet, you'll only wear outfits you love, and you won't feel nearly as much of a need to buy better all the time.

Declutter your bookshelves, and you'll only be surrounded by books you actually love and/or want to read, without feeling the need to buy more that will just end up being tossed out without ever being cracked open.

Declutter your bathroom, and you'll actually use all of the products you have with far less waste that goes bad before you can use it.

Et cetera.

Surround yourself with things you love, rather than just with lots of things.

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

I hate tiktok

[rapha-reads]

Hey, will the Welsh be mad at me if I put Camelot in Cadbury Castle instead of one of the possible places in Wales in my BBC Merthur fic...? No? Cool. 'cuz I work with maps, y'all, we're having knights going on quests and a warlock disappearing into an old forest and a king riding after him, I need to map out everyone's trajectories and honestly I do not have time to get a degree in 100% historically and nationally accurate arthuriana. As much as it does hurt me to not spend the rest of the year brushing up on my folklore-accurate Welsh arthurian canon, sorry. Camelot is in Somerset, Tintagel in Tintagel, Cornwall, the Saxons are invading from old Alba, Londinium is around and making trouble for everyone and Brecon Beacons (wasn't that the place in Torchwood where the team met the cannibals...?) in Wales is covered by an old forest. It's the 5th century AC and it's fantasy, there's dragons and wizards and shit, who's to say there wasn't a magical mystical forest there after all.