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How to produce less waste
The average American produces 4.3 pounds of trash a day.
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That's almost 1,600 pounds a year.
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But if we took some simple steps, we could go off the trash grid
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and minimize thousands of pounds of waste into just a single jar.
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So this is my trash jar.
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Two years of trash in this tiny little jar.
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Yep.
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That's crazy.
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I mean, I've probably produced 20 times this much in a day.
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Yeah.
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This is everything, basically, that I couldn't compost or couldn't recycle
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or couldn't figure out what to do with.
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Where did you get this idea to become Zero Waste?
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It kind of all started when I was a senior at NYU studying environmental studies.
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And one day after class, I went home to make dinner and I opened my fridge
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and I saw that everything in there was packaged in plastic.
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And I felt like such a hypocrite.
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We're supposed to be saving the planet and here you are making all of this trash.
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I feel like it's really important to live your values
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and my values are having a really low environmental impact.
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I have to live like I want that.
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And so that's why I decided to change my lifestyle.
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What was the easiest part about reducing your waste?
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I think it was just like seeing that I didn't have to do that much
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to produce very little waste.
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By composting and buying in bulk, I essentially eliminated 80% of my waste.
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Buying package-free means needing to have containers to buy things
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that you can't hold with your hands.
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For instance, I buy bulk olive oil, so I bring a mason jar to fill it up.
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I'll pick up some beer from a local shop that sells it in growlers
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that are actually reusable, so that's a totally waste-free way to drink.
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I imagine you get asked a lot of questions about how do you do this?
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I've been curious about a few things, so I'm going to throw out a few questions to you.
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Sure.
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Plastic toothbrushes?
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I use a compostable bamboo toothbrush.
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Sponges?
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I use a compostable dish brush.
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Paper towels?
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Cotton napkins.
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Plastic cookware?
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Wood or stainless steel utensils.
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Cotton balls?
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Reusable cotton rounds.
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Dryer sheets?
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Dryer balls that I make myself.
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What about shampoo?
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Bulk castile soap.
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What about soap?
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I don't know.
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What about shampoo?
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Bulk castile soap.
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Makeup?
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Organic, vegan makeup in recyclable packaging.
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Feminine products?
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Menstrual cup.
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Gift wrap?
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Why?
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Okay, so you are going to teach me how to make toothpaste.
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Yes.
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What do I do?
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So we're going to mix two tablespoons of organic coconut oil,
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and then the tablespoon of baking soda,
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and then about 20 drops of the organic peppermint oil.
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So this is how you make your toothpaste?
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Mm-hmm.
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Let me see your teeth.
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They look very nice.
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Yeah.
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What does your dentist think about this?
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They haven't gotten mad at me yet.
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So I'll just take the spoon and scoop it onto my toothbrush.
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It's not bad.
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It's actually kind of salty.
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Yeah, that's the baking soda.
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Yeah, my teeth really do feel cleaner.
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Thank you.
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Bye.
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So do you have any garbage cans in your home here?
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No, I don't have any garbage cans in my home.
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Because you don't have any garbage.
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Exactly.
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It really does compel me to want to try to reduce my waste.
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So what tips can you give me or somebody else that wants to do that as well?
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Yeah, I would suggest, you know, look in your garbage can and see what your garbage is.
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And until you do that, you don't really know what you're reducing, right?
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Step two, using a reusable bag instead of a plastic or paper bag.
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Just like easy one-time changes.
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And then the last one would be to actually make your products yourself.
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To learn how to make toothpaste, learn how to make deodorant.
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It's a really fun thing to do.
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What is your ultimate goal?
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Before I lived my lifestyle, I wonder, you know, why is there all this trash and why is that okay?
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And we have to find solutions before it gets out of control.
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I've never told anyone, oh, you should live this lifestyle or you have to live this way.
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I kind of just live my lifestyle, put it out there and see what happens.
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Be sure to check out another episode of Going Off Grid with Mike Basich in his 225-square-foot tiny home.
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I like to think of it as getting back to the basics of humanity.
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I like feeling connected to the earth.
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Going Off Grid
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- Idioma/s:
- Autor/es:
- Executive Producer: Laura Ling
- Subido por:
- Catherine H.
- Licencia:
- Dominio público
- Visualizaciones:
- 26
- Fecha:
- 12 de noviembre de 2023 - 13:05
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Centro:
- IES GUADARRAMA
- Duración:
- 04′ 38″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 1.78:1
- Resolución:
- 1920x1080 píxeles
- Tamaño:
- 83.67 MBytes
