Author Archives: Zero Waste Initiative

Burning plastic waste is a common practice among the world. It is considered a quick and easy solution to reduce overflowing garbage. Plastic. Possibly the most ubiquitous waste product that has existed on our planet, we can rightly give it credit for sticking around! With over 300 million tons of plastic being produced every year, […]

One of our era’s greatest scourges is air pollution, on account not only of its impact on climate change but also its impact on public and individual health due to increasing morbidity and mortality. I. What is air pollution Air pollution is a familiar environmental health hazard. It is is a mix of hazardous substances […]

Nowadays, eco-friendly bathroom supplies are becoming a hot topic. Whether it involves personal care, grooming, beauty or just general privacy, the bathroom is a space that’s varied in its use, but we tend to overlook the amount of single-use plastic and paper products we use in that space compared to other spaces in our homes. […]

Water bottles became popular because they offer a cost-effective, versatile and robust solution. More plastic has been produced in the last decade globally than in the whole of the previous century, a testament to its popularity for use in items such as water bottles.  One reason people turn to bottled water is that they are concerned with […]

The last time you ordered drink at a restaurant, did it come with plastic straws?  In recent years, concern has mounted over the increasing quantities of single-use plastic items that are becoming part of our everyday lives. One of these items is the plastic drinking straw, billions of which are given out in cafés and restaurants, […]

Single-use plastic has been in the news a lot lately—from plastic bag bans to the obscene amount of plastic ending up in our oceans and landfills. That’s why we should try our best to reduce plastic and save our planet. The Importance Of Reducing Plastic According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. consumes around […]

How many times have you eaten out at a restaurant and been handed a plastic-wrapped packet of plastic utensils? Or you brought your lunch to work but left your handy dandy metal utensils at home, so you’re forced use the plastic cutlery from your office’s drawers? Cutlery is a collective term used to describe the tools used […]

Because of Coronavirus, face mask have become a daily essential, but there looms an unintended side effect. The huge spike in the consumption of single-use disposable masks by the public is causing increased ocean pollution, adding to the already large amounts of single-use plastic and other waste that end up in the sea. 1. Pollution […]

What Is Zero Waste Lunch? Before we dig into the how, let’s wrap our brains around a definition of what zero-waste lunch packing actually means. The idea with zero waste lunches is to reduce the waste generated when packing kids lunch boxes.  Basically it’s stopping the use of one-time use plastics such as saran wrap, […]