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Simply Creating a Waste-Free Life
The path to sustainable living is being paved by innovators, willing to go off the beaten path to bring consumers better options.
Years ago, I saw the Oprah episode with Bea Johnson, the mom who decided to live a zero-waste lifestyle. I remember being blown away at the extreme reduction in trash she was able to pull off through a radical change in lifestyle. She went from a McMansion-style home, disposing of two huge trash cans full of waste per week to a vastly simpler lifestyle producing almost no trash over the course of months. She could hold the garbage her family had created in the palm of her hand.
Lauren Singer came across the same story I did and as an Environmental Studies major, became inspired to live and promote a zero-waste lifestyle. Her popular blog, Trash is for Tossers is a practical guide to creating less waste and living a more sustainable lifestyle. And a new pop-up store is her latest project.
I read about her store and had to see it. So, today I visited Williamsburg, Brooklyn, home to Package Free, a retail experience promoting a zero-waste lifestyle. And, just wow.
