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Zero waste lifestyle: How one family learned to live with less

When Bea Johnson’s family moved into a small apartment with just the necessities for a year in 2006, they gained a new perspective on stuff. “When we got everything out of storage, we found that 80 percent of that stuff we hadn’t even missed,” she says. “So we let go of

How has zero waste changed your life?What are the biggest misconceptions about zero waste?How does one live without waste?Do you really produce no trash at all?

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