Rajan and fellow Port Washington residents David Jakim, Hildur Palsdottir and Annemarie Ansel created ReWild Long Island, ...

My freshman year of college, I shifted my self-care routines to heavily incorporate baking soda. The nontoxic powder became much more to me than a rising agent in baked goods. I used it as toothpaste, ...

As landfills overflow, oceans choke on plastic, and climate change accelerates, more people are waking up to the urgent need for sustainable living. Among the most impactful lifestyle changes gaining ...

In recent years, the zero waste movement has gained significant momentum as people continue to further their reflections about the environmental implications behind their everyday actions. This ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) — In the race to zero, zero-waste efforts are picking up steam, with businesses and residents that are inching closer to zero-waste living ...

NEW YORK — Moving day for most New Yorkers involves stacks of boxes, reams of Bubble Wrap and rolls of packing tape, but Amanda Lindner was determined to avoid all of those commonly used supplies when ...

Globally, tens of millions of metric tonnes of plastic and solid waste are generated each year – 10 times more than a century ago, according to World Bank researchers. Malaysia is no exception. Waste ...

Blueland cofounder and CEO Sarah Paiji Yoo went radical in her quest to be more sustainable, but she quit when she realized her impact was ‘minuscule.’ As each summer gets hotter and microplastics run ...

Scientist and author Anita Vandyke shares her tips for living a zero waste life. After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed ...

Lauren Singer's blog is called Trash is for Tossers. All of her trash from the last two years fits in one sixteen ounce mason jar. She takes us through what it's like to live a zero-waste lifestyle.

This article is part of 'An Optimist's Guide to the End of the World,' a collection of stories aimed at disproving the idea that humanity is doomed. The idea of a "zero waste" lifestyle is a growing ...