Zero-Waste

Starbucks used to offer customers a chance to get their drinks made in their own reusable cup from home, but is the company still offering this option even in the era of COVID-19?

Reusable grocery bags are a great way to reduce your personal environmental impact, but what are the best ways to wash them?

These innovative zero-waste toothbrushes are more than just bamboo — we've rounded up brushes with reusable handles, replaceable brush heads, electric options, and more.

Check out five of our favorite new, innovative, and sustainable beauty products from 2021 (and late 2020).

Disposing of fluorescent bulbs in a safe, eco-friendly way is easy, as long as you understand your options.

These fashion brands use fabric scraps, deadstock fabric, upcycled clothing, and other materials that would have otherwise gone to landfills.

It’s easy enough to donate clothing to those in need, but what do you do if you want to recycle textiles and ensure that they will be put to good use?

Ready to switch to reusable cotton rounds? Everything you need to know about reusable cotton rounds, plus 7 of our favorite ones.

Store-bought candles are often expensive and not environmentally-friendly, but making your own natural vegan soy candles at home is easy and fun.

With so many people in debt and so much excess waste already piling up in landfills, shop stops and no buy months are looking like a great way to kill two birds with one stone.

If you find yourself going through a lot of notebooks, you might want to invest in a more eco-friendly reusable notebook.

If you're looking to redo your home in the most guilt-free way imaginable, take a look at these low-waste decorating tips.

Organic tampons can lower the environmental impact of your menstrual cycle — and they're much better for you and the planet.

There are endless reusable Ziploc bag alternatives on the market these days that are equally durable and more sustainable than single-use baggies.

These affordable environmentally-friendly gifts are perfect for the 2020 holiday season.

Shampoo bars are a great way to reduce waste in the shower — here's our advice for finding the best shampoo bar for your hair.

Can recycled plastics be recycled again, or are expectations for recycled plastic too unrealistic?

What exactly is the low-impact movement, and how does it compare to the zero-waste lifestyle?

Living the zero-waste lifestyle isn’t just about becoming more sustainable and lowering your environmental impact, it’s also a pretty great way to save money in the long run.

Period underwear is a great way to reduce the impact of your menstrual cycle. Here are five sustainable and affordable options.

If you’re zero waste, it might be difficult to find ways to wrap up your leftovers without plastic, but there are a few zero-waste reusable food containers and lids to make things easier.

Paper is one of the most recyclable materials around, but how is recycled paper made? And how can you make it at home?

Recycling is one of the best ways that we can reduce our environmental impact and reduce our waste, but how does one recycle something as essential as water?

Zero-waste living doesn't have to be overwhelming — and these eight books about sustainable living are all extremely helpful.

Cruelty-free mascaras are easy to find these days — here are some of our favorites, which happen to come in sustainable or refillable packaging.

A recent study showed that mouthwash may help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, so here are our favorite sustainable mouthwashes.

"Bottle bricking" is a little-known activity that helps reduce landfill waste, brings affordable housing and furniture to people in need, and more.

To further minimize your environmental impact, these sustainable oral care brands are worth investing in, for the sake of your dental health.

Compostable packaging is becoming more and more popular in restaurants these days, but can this miraculous innovation be recycled, or does it fall into the same trap as its plastic predecessor?

Plastic bags have already been banned in many places, but some argue that plastics themselves should be entirely abolished.

Learn how you can reduce your impact and make this Halloween low-waste.

Whether you're looking to transition to a zero-waste lifestyle, or if you're seeking out tips and tricks, follow these zero-waste TikTok accounts.

Reusable grocery bags are the first step in ridding the world of plastics once and for all, but how does one clean something that has become a necessity in the modern age?

Zero waste is a lifestyle concept that works by lowering an individual’s environmental impact as much as possible, but is this lifestyle change as effective as we’ve been led to believe?

These zero-waste cooking tips will make your kitchen even more sustainable.

Zero-waste products use non-vegan, animal-based materials and ingredients far too often. Why isn't anyone talking about this?

England’s ban on plastic straws, plastic stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton swabs is now law.

South Australia has signed into legislation a ban on single-use plastic straws, utensils, and stirrers — to start in 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic has hopefully slowed down.

To reduce the use of plastic straws amid the ongoing anti-straw movement, Starbucks locations across North America are now offering strawless lids.

Cobie Smulders tells Green Matters about National CleanUp Day, her best sustainable living tips, what viewers can expect from Stumptown’s second season, and more.