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Found zero waste shampoo and body wash
A small apothecary opened in my neighborhood that makes beauty products. They've been very accommodating with selling me shampoo and body wash in my own reused containers. It's all locally sourced ingredients. I'm new in my Zero Waste journey but it feels great to eliminate plastic from part of my daily routine.
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Is using canned beans more environmentally friendly than using dried ones?
Hey all, Lately I've been working on going vegan, which has meant that I've been using beans as an ingredient a lot more in my cooking. I use just about any beans for hummus, I've made roasted chickpeas with my air fryer and want to start making falafel, I want to start adding black beans to my tacos, I use mung beans for omelettes, you get the drift. Anyway, I was recently thinking about the packaging the beans come in. This came to mind since I've been re-evaluating the products I purchase and how to put my dollar where my heart is, and in looking at where my canned beans come from, I started thinking about the packaging of the dried beans I have. While not all the dried beans I have include info about the ability to recycle the packaging, Walmart for all their flaws made things easy with some dried beans I got in the past and has the "Not yet recyclable" label from how2recycle.info, and I can guess that the other brands I have are in the same boat as they all appear to have the same packaging. In comparison, I already know for certain that the cans for canned beans can be recycled, and the labels are just paper, meaning the same case for them. Now reading things from what I know it appears as if using canned beans is more environmentally suitable than dried, assuming both are sourced domestically, but I want to ask if there's anything I might be forgetting here that could also factor into things that I may not be aware of. On top of this, some recipes specifically call for dried beans, and I'd have trouble substituting them with canned product, namely with falafel and my vegan omelettes. Should I make the switch? Any and all input is greatly appreciated.
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Pictured: three glass bottles in a row. On the left, it's a full bottle of soy sauce. In the middle, it's an empty bottle with the label removed. On the right, it's another empty bottle with a rooted pothos cutting in it. My workplace provides snacks and some condiments for folks. When the soy sauce runs out, I do my best to snag the bottle. It looks like it ought to have a potion in it. A plant is the next best thing!
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Have something you don’t want anymore? Don’t throw it out! Find your local Freecycle or Buy Nothing group and give it to someone who needs it!
https://www.freecycle.org/ https://buynothingproject.org/find-a-group/ I've also used Craigslist's free section to great effect.
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[update] my formerly fresh garlic is bubbling !
I few months ago I asked advice to preserve the many heads of garlic I had : https://jlai.lu/post/253034 The reponses included to freeze it, to make confit or to preserved it in salted water or oil. I've tried every methods, but confit that's on my list for next time I have garlic, and I've been consuming fermented garlic. I'm very proud of that first attempt at salt fermentation (\^_\^) More recently I've decided to taste my garlicky oil and I've open one of the jars. The bubbling oil was so active it splash a bit around. So I close it wondering what I have done wrong : 3 months ago, I've peel the skin that was on the older garlic heads, cut any bad looking part, place the garlic with some fresh thyme, fill the jar with olive oil and store it lip tight on a dark shelf. So first : Thank you for all the idea. It was fun, tasty and avoid plenty of waste. Second : Do you know what is wrong with the garlic preserved in oil ? Is it simply carbonic gaz from the fermentation that build up ? Should I have blanch my garlic or dried my thyme before hand ? Thank you again for you precious help
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I saw this use of pineapple skins and it made me curious. What other use of fruit and veg skins do y'all have? Composting, making stock I know of. Any others? cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/14223949 > Making my first tepache! Using TheBruSho 's recipe. https://youtu.be/dRlPG-9Y9aw
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All credit to reddit user, /u/Garbage_Warrior
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How to reuse shoe lace ?
Collecting laces from worn shoes help personalised new ones without buying new laces. But at one point they will be more laces than need. What else can you do with shoe laces ?
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‘No kill’ meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S.
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
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An article in french about how the act of maintenance become invisible in the consumerism society and the consequence it has on the way we see our self independent. Feel free to use a translator (but I think it will struggle a bit with this article)
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!zerowaste@slrpnk.net seems more active, for people interested
[!zerowaste@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/zerowaste) seems more active, for people interested That's basically it
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2nd time I've made this recipe. Adjusted the recipe from 3 to 2.5 tbsp wax. https://youtu.be/3lt3FO2x1qI?si=AGRViSkCDTyZi2qP Any other communities who might like this kind of post?
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Until I find a used 18mm watch band, this will be my watch band.
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f367aa83-8748-438d-a0a1-39eddf9a9c2c.jpeg) It builds character! I wanted to see if it would be a practical fix. It is unnoticeable when I am actually wearing it. It is not a forever fix, so I will keep an eye out for used watches to see if I can snag a replacement 18mm band.
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What to do with 400g of wheat bran ?
I've had wheat bran sitting in my pantry for quite a while now. I've tried it in yogurt or with milk but I don't like it. Could I put some in my pizza dought without changing my recipe too much ? Any other ideas about how to eat it ?
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Retrogaming is eco-friendly ♥️🎮♻️
I just don't get how people spend +$500 on a PS5 or an *Xbox to play games that barely work, and the friggin' thing constantly wasting 500 Watts of power. 🔥⚡ While i spent the same amount of money on a used laptop from 2019, where i can replay my favorite games from the PS2 era (and discovering some hidden gems along the way) using only 45W. 🔌💡🔋🍃 *At least the Series S does makes sense to me, since it's a lot cheaper and efficent, and it's mainly targeted for lightweight or previous gen titles.
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Do you freeze fresh garlic ?
I have more head of garlic that I could consume. I wish to freeze some. Can I keep it this way ? Will it change or become somehow damage ?
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(Update) large batch dog food and ending ziplock bag dependancy
I'm not sure if anyone is here from the reddit community, or remembers my tiny post about trying to find a way to package my dog food without using ziplock bags. But basically, I said I make my dog food in bulk, using vegetables that where dumpsterd, home grown, etc. At the time I had a 150 lb cane Corso, only. So portions where already pretty large, I would process and freeze vegetables as needed and make a batch of dog food all at once in a 30 ish gallon stock pot, then freeze them in flat packs of ziplocks. Since then I also have an incredibly high energy rescue pit mix puppy in my family. I was given allot of advice, all of which I tried out. The one that I thought would be the most promising was freezing them in sheet pan trays, scoring them. And separating them with wax paper. No lie. This worked horrible. I tried many iterations of that. Nothing worked out. I did end up finding a solution. I found large plastic Tupperware containers. They're about the size of casserole dishes. Just twice as deep. I fill those and pull 2 out at a time one to defrost on the porch and the other one to throw in the fridge for a few days. By the time the first one thaws out, the one in the fridge is about kicked. These containers are pretty cheap. And I don't expect them to last forever. But I'm very careful with them and so far it works great! I should also say they seem to hold up longer than the reusable vinyl/silicone bags I tried. Tbh for most applications, I would recommend using Mason jars over them for pretty much everything. I was so hesitant to buy plastic Tupperware that I ended up creating more waste in the long term.
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[Non-paywall link](https://web.archive.org/web/20200723015200/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/03/great-pacific-garbage-patch-plastics-environment/) "Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash [within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch], with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear, including ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets." If you still eat seafood, please consider cutting it out completely.
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The article is in german. Feel free to use a translator to read it. And remember : The best waste is the waste we don't produce.
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[The link to the report](https://t.co/o4y4V2Wrtw) It's in english. publication croisée depuis : https://jlai.lu/post/349985 > En 2021, l'Union européenne a importé près de 138 millions de tonnes de produits agricoles et gaspillé plus de 150 millions de tonnes de nourriture. C'est le constat dressé par l'organisation environnementale Feedback EU, dans un [rapport](https://t.co/o4y4V2Wrtw) dévoilé ce mardi.
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Does anyone find shampoo bars leave a waxy feeling in their hair?
Some seem better than others but a new shampoo & conditioner bar I bought seems much worse.
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