Sustainability expert Megean Weldon, the Zero Waste Nerd shares her tips for creating less waste this Earth Month.
As someone whos always thought of herself as sustainable, this was a pretty major wake-up call.
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Megean Weldon is a sustainable lifestyle coach and blogger behind Zero Waste Nerd.
Recycling is way more complicated in this country than it needs to be.
Its not black and white, she says.
Oh, I was definitely overwhelmed.
Megean Weldon is a sustainable lifestyle coach and blogger behind “Zero Waste Nerd”.
Think hard about what youre spending money on, and the Earth (and your wallet!)
The best way to mitigate waste is to limit how much you make in the first place.
Posing this simple question will put purchases into new perspective.
Thats because theres no single, uniform way our entire country handles waste.
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Get ahold of your local recycling center.
They probably have a website that will list everything they take, she says.
So get that list because that will be your roadmap.
Turns out, two-thirds of our waste is organic.
Megean Weldon is a sustainable lifestyle coach and blogger behind “Zero Waste Nerd”.
If you’re able to find a way to compost that trash?
Youve just eliminated two-thirds of your waste.
(While making a personalized patch of fertilizer your plant babies will love, nonetheless.)
And no, you dont need a sprawling backyard to start your own compost pile.
Theres even an app calledShareWastethat literally connects you with neighbors who have gardens or farms.
Sign up, meet your trashy match, and get to composting.
Instead of paper napkins, go to the thrift store and buy some cotton napkins.
Or rip up an old T-shirt to use as rags, she says.
Buy bars of soap instead of liquid… if youre really overzealous, try making your own.
Bring as much stuff with you from home as you might, Weldon says.
Look at options on the road that come in less packaging, she says.
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