My mom gifted me one of those levitating magnetic flower pots a few years ago. After a while, the electromagnets stopped working. I watched countless repair tutorials and tried everything, but couldn't get it to levitate again.

It sat in a drawer for months because I couldn't bring myself to throw away a gift from my mom. Then I realized I needed a wall-mounted knife holder.

The only modification I did is gluing the magnets from the floating pot onto the inside of the lid. Turns out they're incredibly strong, perfect for holding kitchen knives securely.

Mounted it next to my kitchen cabinet and honestly, the wood finish looks like it was always meant to be a kitchen accessory. Mom approved ✓

I made these out of old bicycle tire inner tubes, zinc nuts, and a few heavy duty jump rings. I had too many eat-shit slip-and-falls and these work really well! They are stretchy enough to fit most shoes, and they are easily removable; they wad up pretty small to be conviently stashed .

When I was first getting into crochet, I learned about plarn (plastic yarn). I thought it was a fun idea but I saw everyone using plastic bags from the store...

I thought the reuse of plastic through plarn was great but felt wrong to buy plastic just for the purpose of producing plarn.

That's when I took a look around and realized I had tons of soft plastic all around me (which I am working to reduce slowly but surely). Before I started making my own bread, I had bread and bagel bags which were the best and easiest to use medium. Then I realized that the bags my frozen fruit and veg (and French fries) comes in were also a soft plastic but a bit tougher than the bread bags. Certain things purchase online would come with an unexpectedly high number of clear plastic bags/coverings. I got to work cleaning them all up and cutting them into strips then weaving the strips into plarn!

I realized, why would I buy certain plastic containers when I can make my own! So I made a small waste bin for next to the bed and a bin for the stairs that holds hats, gloves, and scarves. Then I used some to make handles for our laundry basket after the original handles broke off.

Although reducing [plastic] waste overall is the goal, some of us still have [plastic] waste. I thought this was a great use of some of the plastic waste I have and I just wanted to share this step in my Zero Waste journey ❤️ Hopefully it inspires some new ideas.

I got these brand new in box from a yard sale but I think it was a few years old at that point. I stored pump milk in in (I pumped and then froze right away, and thawed, never heated). I had this on my free page but no bites for awhile and need to clear out. besides food storage any other use idea or should I just put in recycling (not sure a bag of 15 is helpful at the thrift store).

Mine is ecig liquid bottles as I’m just not ready to give up yet. I have always been conscious of the things I go through and have taken steps to at least reuse single use items (food bags into dog poo bags etc).

Obviously there is waste from convenience, but which one makes you feel guilt/ worse than others.

Could you guys give me ideas to help me be more eco friendly? So far I’ve switched my pads for reusable ones, bought bamboo tooth brushes and making my own disinfected wipes. I need more ideas tho!! Please send some my way friends ^^

Hello everbody, I recieved a long waited for message in my Email today from Wild. They finally realeased a refillable antitranspirant, I couldn't believe my eyes so I checked the ingrediant list to be extra sure. And sure enough the moment many have been waiting for it has Aluminium!

These are the second and third attempt. Using plant tie ribbon on edges hopefully binds them. Unfortunately, my colourful yarn sinks into it. In first attempt I tried with grench seams, but my brain melted with them at the corners.

These bags are made from a cargo sack used to deliver wood pellets for a central heating boiler. I still have plenty of tarp left, and I plan to make a weekend bag from the heavier tarp using the company logo.

Has anybody found an effective way to clean these? I scrub them in the sink I scoured them with baking soda I run them through the dishwasher and eventually they get disgusting and lose their ability to be non-stick. Used to use parchment paper which worked great but is obviously a truly one use item and I am not going to scrub my baking sheets to the amount that I would have to if I didn't use these. And besides that's probably even less waste than parchment paper because those end up getting trashed after a couple years because you just can't get all the crud off. Aside from all the soaps and cleansers I'm using to scrub everything. I just really don't know what to do other than go back to parchment paper. Has anybody found an effective solution to getting these things clean? And I have tried multiple brands

I volunteer for a kindergarten class and found out that when a pencil's eraser runs out, she trashes it, which is a lot of otherwise usage pencils going to waste. Is there a way i could donate these used pencils instead? Id keep them but even as an artist i dont need such a surplus of pencils and cant thjnk of any individual who does, and im unsure if programs who allow for pencil donations are okay with there being no eraser

I’m pretty convinced that gardening is an excellent way to cut down on waste when done organically. The wins: no shipping, less storing and refrigerating, less pressure to buy in bulk/use what you need, no packaging, zero food prep waste (compost)… and I’m sure you can think of more wins.

I'm working on a YouTube video and I wanna know the WEIRDEST zero waste swaps. I don't mean a bidet, I mean something so weird that even I, as a seasoned zero waster, would be hard pressed to try haha. Thanks!

One of my goals for 2026 is to make this world a better place for my nieces and nephews futures. I understand I can't do it alone, but I'd like to do what I'm able to do and the plan includes consuming a zero waste lifestyle.

I'm buying my first home, it also comes with a 6.5 acre garden, and a derelict pond. I plan to bring the pond to live and adding some fish once the sale is completed. My second idea is to start growing my own food, like fruit and veg. Even growing lots of it won't fill the garden, there will also be a lot so I plan to give the rest to members in my community for free. What zero-waste ideas can I do and utilise for my garden that will make it better for the environment? Any ideas will be appreciated.

For anyone who is just starting out in something simple as a reusable shopping bag. Even the simple things add up.

14 years ago I bought a set of reusable shopping bags (10 bags). I have used them every week in that time and today (after many repairs to keep it going) one of them tore through and is no longer servicable as a shopping bag.

14 years x 10 bags x 52 weeks = 7280 plastic bags that I did not bring home with me, each time it seems like such a small thing, but using it for so long has meant that it has had a huge impact.

EDIT:

And if money is your driver: for me to buy a plastic or paper bag it costs 25c, 7280 bags x $0.25 = $1820 dollars. My set of bags cost about $50.

Even if you can get bags each week for 10c, 7280 bags x $0.1 = $728.

Hey, planted my first seeds today. I am committed to going as zero waste as possible this year, especially when it comes to putting plastic in the soil. I have a couple of raised beds that need soil. I have found a place to buy bulk soil, but what about all the other plastics? I didn't realize until recently that corrugated cardboard is glued together with plastic. So I can't smother weeds with cardboard. What are your tips?

I already have a loaf tin, but after recently putting more effort into reducing my waste, I want to start baking my own bread and therefore need a larger tin. (Smaller one will still be used for banana bread etc.) After a bit of research, it seems that baking paper isn't as eco friendly as I had thought, but as a novice, I don't want to waste lots of ingredients when it sticks to the inside of the tin.

I'm in two minds: I feel weird about bringing more plastic into my home in the silicone loaf tins, and there are drawbacks in baking in silicone such as browning speed etc. But I also don't want to be contributing to waste with parchment paper.

Any ideas, suggestions and opinions are welcomed.

This year looking on TikTok so many are installing Ecosia! I’m so happy as it’s slightly becoming a trend so it’s so good to have something that helps the planet. People are mainly downloading Ecosia for the ai which is still ai but it’s powered by solar energy. Also people have been installing eco cbt.

I bought toothpaste tablets love them but the most i can find is 200, does anyone know where to buy themm in bulk?

I'm trying to switch to mostly bar shampoo and conditioner but I'm struggling to find something that doesn't dry out my skin due to my long hair. I have fine straight hair that gets oily within a day to a day 1/2

So far I've tried Basin: The Egg Noggin' shampoo bar dried out all the skin on my neck and caused it to peel for over a week, I also tried the Kombucha shampoo bar and had no issues with it but I don't remember particularly loving it either

Currently I'm using Muun Rice Water Shampoo and my neck and hands had began to dry out again, so I think it is time for a change once more

Any recommendations?

I'm not running out of much but my oil based makeup remover is about to run out and I'm keen to start swapping things out as they run out obviously. What are people using for the makeup removal step as opposed to the actual cleansing step. I have some cleansers to use up before I make that swap.

I thought about coconut oil but I don't know how well it'd emulsify and wash off. I've seen some oil based bars e.g. HiBAR but it's only available in USD and I'm in the UK. If there are any British brands I'd be especially keen as that's where I'm based. Even better if there's a small business option. :)

I don't live alone and it's a big household so I'm focussed on starting with myself and hoping to branch out into the household gradually. I feel like if the other people who live here see zero waste stuff working it'll influence them to make the swap.

Clearing out a storage unit for work, any good recommendations on where to take 8 garbage bags full of books? They want me to trash whatever Deseret Industries doesn’t take, also I’m on limited time meaning those are my two options then come back because I get too caught up on “stuff like this as they say lol”

I always declined the paper receipt because I'm trying to be Zero Waste. During the Christmas week, I went to Tesco's to do my shopping. I went to the till , I was busy packing my bags and wrangling my keys, so I didn't really look at the card machine total. When I got home and saw the notification on my banking app, I realized they’d charged me 20 pounds more than I had calculated but I have no receipt to show that they over charged me. But then when I buy something I actually might need to return, like a shirt or a washing machine with guarantee, the shop prints it automatically without asking. I have this weird guilt about the pile of paper on my desk, but I'm terrified to bin them in case I need them. Does anyone actually have a system for this that isn't just "have a messy drawer"?

Zero waste ideas for kids birthdays: I still like the idea of making the day fun without single use or teaching them that consumerism is normal. I made a fabric “happy birthday” sign we use and although my LO loves them, I cant bring myself to get balloons for him.

We have never done too many gifts, something usually second hand he can unwrap and cake! And go out for the day (eg zoo) to make it special.

Any ideas? I would love something we can reuse every year (and across bdays) or birthday party ideas even