How My Family Has Built a More Low-Waste Lifestyle

When I was pregnant with my first child in 2012, I was interested in using cloth diapers to reduce waste (and save money), and I've been slowly making more swaps in our home ever since. In Episode 8, which releases around Earth Day, I talk about my favorite swaps--and the ones that I think have made the most impact--for the kitchen, the closet, and the bathroom, as well as the cleaning products we use and some swaps I’m thinking about for the future (like alternatives to conventional toilet paper).

Mentioned in this episode:

• UNpaper Towels from Marley’s Monsters
• Bowl Covers from Marley’s Monsters
• Planetbox for lunch boxes
• Find a Local CSA
• Baltimore Compost Collective
• Branch Basics for cleaning products (especially laundry detergent and hand soap!)
• Jessica Rey Swimwear
• Evolverie for sustainable and ethical clothing
• VETTA Capsule for capsule wardrobes
• Menstrual cups (I have a Diva cup)
• Moon pads from Marley’s Monsters
• Toilet paper wipes out 270,000 trees a day worldwide, National Geographic Society Newsroom via World Watch magazine, April 16, 2010 (an old article and the headline says “27,000” while the story says “270,000” so this needs more research, but an interesting place to start)
• I can’t find the link about bamboo maturing in five years and oak taking 112 years—and this needs more research definitely—but I’ll add it in if I eventually locate it
• Toilet UNpaper Roll from Marley’s Monsters
• Bamboo toilet paper from Who Gives a Crap

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