We Tried Going Zero Waste for a Month, Here's What Happened

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[glenjamindle]

Can we just stop a second and give him some credit for these quality videos. The man can tell a story well.

[cynthiastinson]

As an American living in Germany, I have observed that it is an infrastructure problem. They have mandatory recycling in Germany and the system to handle it. There is a schedule to put out bio trash, plastic, and paper waste on different days of the week. There are trucks suited to each type of waste. It gets used to fuel plants that generate electricity. I really wish America would do better at handling waste. It’s possible to live a normal way, and recycle well. Until we have an infrastructure which is similarly set up, living zero waste is very challenging.

[lforlight]

I see Craig got the blurs from his dad's side.

[ConstantChaos]

Ok, I love how he went about this, like I try to live low waste, I compost and deliberately ask for no utensils and shit, I do what I can but I'm not perfect and i appreciate that he was like let's stop lying to yourselves and others

[lography]

This is such an important video! We definitely need billions of people doing zero-waste imperfectly, rather than a hand-full of doing it perfectly. Every bit of waste reduction and meat reduction goes a long way! So thanks for making another awesome video

[Kaytaaay]

You can compost tissues, paper towels, and napkins! It's called "brown waste" (yuck) and is actually very important in composting!!!

[JDCareyMusic]

Oh man, do the meal planning video. It's something me and the missus struggle with. The intentions are good, but in-n-out is better.

[ThePaisteTrout]

Oh god, when Chyna said “I Like Them” and was chewing, I thought she was eating the toothpaste pellets 😭

[isaacsmith]

My thought is, when it comes to: "I'm only one person, I can't make a change." If you have kids and you teach them and they have kids and teach them... the next generation may be better then us.

[patricialopez]

I think even the name “zero waste” can make it seem intimidating! But even the smallest bit of waste reduction is something!

[maureencameron]

"Refuse, reduce, reuse, regret when we fail." :D That's hilarious.

[RosyRosie]

Omg! A realistic video on no-waste, and how “no-waste” actually means just limiting your waste and trying your best. 🙌🏼 Thank you!

[jamiejoan]

I feel incredibly guilty every time i have to throw plastic away. I don't mean too, but everything is wrapped in it! Can't wait for Canada to get rid of single use plastic soon!

[lilfizzhead]

Next vid: we Tried To Make A Loaf Of Bread Every Day For A Month

[Nick-mchy]

That unexpected dad “Booyah” made me spit water on my work desktop and now more than likely it’ll be heading to a landfill. Add that to your jar, good job. So wasteful.

[ethan-loves]

Hot damn, what a great video. Thank you for talking about the issues with the jar and with privilege while also laying out the good things about reducing waste. You're doing a fantastic job making these videos. I hope you keep at it!

[cordialgreetingsart]

“Booyah!” 😂 your dad. Always love your parents’ snippets in the video.

[katilynmcginnis]

Hey guys, long time grocery store worker here! Definitely go into your store and ask to speak directly to a grocery manager and discuss the peanut machine! That will be your fastest route to success :)

[harshlands]

I can also see this being super challenging for lower income non-hipster types, i mean if you got 2500/mnth and literally HALF of that is gone as soon as rent comes out, buying a bunch of specially non-packaged or organic or farmer's market type stuff and having pricey eco-conscious memberships at a bunch of co-ops and what not is probably a non-starter. If that movement wants to really make more of an impact it needs to focus on the (much larger) sub-50k/yr demographic and find ways to make it more economical. Obviously alot of that is down to manufacturer cooperation, which is nearly zero cuz they'll do whatevers cheapest for them, not for us.

[colox]

a video where you go over the monthly experiments you did in the last year, and what of those experiments you are still pursuing would be nice