I love that I can just toss them in the washing machine when I’m done and they come out good as new. Unpaper towels are so versatile and much better at cleaning up messes than flimsy paper towels. I was skeptical too, but once I made the swap, I became a convert. My husband and I ran out of our last paper towel three years ago, and we’ve never looked back! People are always skeptical about switching from paper towels to unpaper towels (reusable towels made from cloth), especially when they have kids and lots of messes to clean. Any great alternatives for paper towels that actually work?Ī. You can compost the dish brush when it’s at the end of its life and recycle the copper scrubber. They also last a long time and don’t get that nasty sponge smell. My wood dish brush cleans just as well as a sponge and the copper scrubber is great for loosening especially stuck bits of food and cleaning cast iron. The final swap I suggest is switching from a plastic sponge to a wood dish brush and copper scrubber. You can even reuse glass jars from pasta sauce rather than buying a ton of new jars. I also suggest having a set of glass jars to transfer and store all of your dry bulk goods, which helps keep your food fresh and makes it easier to spot what staples you’re getting low on. I switched to reusable cotton produce bags which are great for bagging and storing loose fruit and vegetables, but also shopping for bulk items like grains, flour, nuts, and more.
I realized that I was tossing a ton of plastic produce bags and food packaging. The kitchen is by far the biggest trash producer in most homes and if you’re thinking about going zero waste, I definitely suggest doing a trash audit-essentially looking through your trash to see what you’re throwing away. For me, I noticed the biggest reduction in trash when I made a few simple swaps in the kitchen. What are your top three recs for simple sustainable swaps we can make at home?Ī. We hope that by providing high quality and beautiful alternatives to disposable products, and shipping them completely plastic-free, people no longer have to choose between sustainability and convenience. We started Wild Minimalist to make it easier for people to transition to a zero waste lifestyle. When we bought them online they were always shipped in wasteful plastic packaging. When we started to transition to a zero waste lifestyle, we had a really tough time finding many of the reusable alternatives to disposable products at our local stores. We returned home super inspired to live more minimally and eliminate unnecessary waste from our lives. Shortly after we were engaged, my husband and I took a three month backpacking and road trip and could only bring what we could carry on our backs.
Tell us a little about your mission and why you and your husband decided to start a zero-waste lifestyle.Ī. Style, sustainability, and really good hair coming right up… Q. I learned so much from chatting with her about sustainability in the home, so naturally, I wanted to share the knowledge here. She treated me to an oat milk matcha latte (have you tried this?!) and we bonded over our shared belief that little things make a difference. I was introduced to Lily, co-founder of The Wild Minimalist, by a mutual friend.
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