My husband and I have tried to stay conscious of how much crap we bring into our apartment because there is just not enough room and we end up feeling guilty about how much crap we have. He sent me an inspiring article this weekend on how one Mill Valley family in San Francisco is practically living waste free. They only have a quart of trash a year!
The mother, Bea Johnson, has her own blog called Zero Waste Home and has recently released a book by the same name which you can order here. She writes about how her "goal is to shatter pre-conceptions associated with the Zero Waste lifestyle and share what we discovered about its incredible health, financial and time saving benefits." Her moto is refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot. There are so many tips on her website like how to make your own toothpaste, all natural cleaning recipes, gardening techniques, how to mend socks; just to name a few. She has also released a smartphone app that assists you in finding places to buy in bulk.
I don't know realistically if my family will ever be 100% zero waste but it's great to have a guidebook and blog on hand to assist us with how to live a resourceful lifestyle.
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