Reduce“Ho‘ēmi
Use wiser. Use longer.

Waste prevention, by reducing the quantity of materials we consume and discard, is one of the best ways to achieve our Zero Waste goal. This doesn’t mean giving up modern conveniences, but being wiser about what we purchase. Talk to a kupuna about how they generated far less rubbish when they were younger than we do today. Below is a list of some things you can do to reduce.

Living Zero Waste

Read about how one person lived one year and created only 30.5 pounds of unrecyclable trash.  Living Zero Waste (or darn near close) is possible!  He describes how he didn’t really want to change how he lived.  He still ate his chips and drank his beer, but just changed his buying habits.  He changed how he bought, rather than what he bought.  Read more…