Nowadays, people are talking about ecology more and more. Greta Thunberg is everywhere, and eco-lifestyle is an obvious trend. How can that be bad? More and more people are starting to think about the condition of the planet we are all on. So, how can we create less waste while living our lives? We can start with some small steps: using recyclable materials instead of plastic, choosing reusable products instead of disposable ones, and giving new life to old things. Here we have 20 eco-tips from people on the internet for creating a more sustainable way of living. Maybe you’ll start using some of them in your daily life.
1. Cherry tomatoes in a recyclable package
2. Instead of throwing the peels away, I baked them in the oven with some oil for homemade chips
3. A coconut repurposed as a salt container that has been in my family for over 20 years
4. Farmer’s market in Chennai, India, has begun wrapping their produce in banana leaves
5. A local soapmaker sells broken pieces of soap without packaging at a discount
6. My boyfriend’s work place only has plastic cutlery so I made a cutlery wrap for him
7. Some drugstores in the Czech Republic introduced shampoo and shower gel filling machines
8. This might seem silly, but my best friend and I have been passing the same gift bag back and forth for nine years
9. My local restaurant delivered my food in this bag, I’m utterly impressed
10. Cute box made of disposable chopsticks
11. Нere are 11 leggings, 9 tank tops, 1 shirt, and 1 skirt repurposed into a rug
12. Reusable makeup pads from old t-shirts
13. I invested in a glass cutter and repurposed my used wine bottles into a cups
14. I work at a travel agency, and when we have to “destroy” our outdated maps, I reuse them as wrapping paper
15. Foldable cup as a replacement for those classic solo cups
16. You can grow loofahs, dry them and use them to wash dishes
17. Tin can for hanging frames
18. Our local supermarket makes juice out of unsold fruits
19. Collapsible cup is the thing
20. Repurposing clothes that are too far gone to donate
