4. For those dipping their toe in the water of reducing their footprint, where should they start?
Being more sustainable at home and reducing your footprint can be really simple (and we love a bit of dirty talk when it comes to cleaning).
> Composting - So much of what we throw out is food waste that can be composted, think banana peels, tea leaves, veggie offcuts. You can free up so much of your bin space by having a compost system or small bin for food scraps and waste at home. Composting saves money, can help improve your soil, avoids unnecessary waste adding to landfill and reduces your environmental impact. Fun fact - if you compost at home for just one year, you can save global warming gases equivalent to all the CO2 your kettle produces annually, or your washing machine produces in three months!
> Soft plastics - collecting your soft plastics like chip packets or chocolate wrappers is an easy way to eliminate landfill waste and ensure your plastics are being recycled and reused in the future. Collect these in a bag and take it to the supermarket's soft plastics recycle bin when it begins to overflow. You'll be surprised at how quickly it can pile up! If you're not sure what plastics are 'soft plastics', REDcycle breaks it down really simply. Usually, if you can scrunch it and it's free of food and liquid waste, you're good to go.
> Planet friendly products - A product's lifespan, what it's made of and where it ends up after we use it is important to think about and consider when purchasing.
At Zero Co, we created a world-first, closed-loop refill model to maximise our product’s lifespan and minimise our footprint. By delivering our products carbon negative, cleaning and refilling used pouches and sending them back out to new customers over and over, we are minimising our contribution to landfill whilst keeping you and your home smelling good and squeaky clean.