101 Ways to Go Zero Waste

My favorite guide ever! Literally recipes and how tos for your whole life. Even the book is zero waste!

Lots of great ideas to get started or continue a lower waste lifestyle. Kellogg doesn't make you feel inferior for being imperfect, instead she invites you to do better. I'm nowhere near zero waste, but I am significantly lower waste than most of my peers. Reading this inspired me to do better. Since reading the book, I bought plain trash bags instead of drawstring bags (plastic, yes, but less plastic and requires less energy to manufacture), picked my produce individually instead of grabbing a 3 lb bag (means I got nicer produce too!), and played trunk tetris when I forgot my reusable bags. These are all very small steps, but they do make a difference, and they are easy. Easy improvement is what builds momentum, and Kellogg understands that. This is a good book for anyone who is looking for encouragement or inspiration to reduce their impact on the earth. Those just starting out will find easy tips, and those who are further along will find more advanced ideas to explore.

I have not finished reading this yet, but wow! Kathryn did such a good job putting this book together. There are so many helpful tips, facts and statistics, and it’s put together in such an easy to read format. I also love that I was able to get this book used already!! Edit: I have finished reading 101 ways to go zero waste. In addition to that, I have read other similar books on going zero waste. Kathryn’s version is BY FAR my favorite. She has great tips, some recipes, and everything is formatted so that you can easily go back and find a tip or recipe you want to read again. I was constantly reading parts of this book out loud to family members because the content is so interesting and important to know!

Book has alot of great information. I'm sure she has nothing to do with HOW her books come but I found it ironic that it came in a plastic package. I will find a use for it but am disappointed that in didn't come in paper or a box that I could just compost.

I love this book. I bought it quite a while ago and I still referenced a lot of the things in it today, years later. Definitely would recommend.

I bought this book at the very beginning of my low waste journey. It is full of great information and many easy swaps that can be implemented right away. I particularly love the gift guide which I plan on referring to a lot in the future for tons of great ideas of “experience” or “consumable” gifts for friends and family. A very easy and enjoyable read to help get you motivated to start changing simple everyday habits.

Great ideas if you’re wealthy and live in a good neighborhood. As a middle class white women, I feel like I’m the only one this book is written for.

I’ve been a long time blog reader but I read this book cover and was pleasantly surprised about how much I still learned. I love that Kathryn is realistic and includes personal sustainability because not everyone is willing to scratch cook every meal and that is okay. Great book for beginners who want to get started and great DYI resource for more experienced Zero wasters. To me it was worth purchasing to have on hand as a quick reference even though I could have gotten it at a library. Planning on lending out to all my friends!

Gift for eco friend. Loved it.

I bought this book and after reading I bought another as a gift! Absolutely amazing! I bought also the kids version by the same author and my kids loved it! I have a b&b and bought it also to keep there for my guests. I wish it would have been translated also in Italian so that I could gift it to the whole family for Christmas!

Excelente libro, tiene muchas recetas que ayudar si no tienes idea y a pesar de que algunos ya empezamos con este movimiento es bueno leer algo que ayuda con cosas tan básicas qué tal vez no pensamos

-------- THE CONCEPT / THE BOOK'S APPEAL TO READERS: -------- I have recently decided to go Zero Waste after learning that only 9% of plastics produced worldwide since the 50s have ever been recycled, and the rest goes to landfill. Really, the only things that can be recycled with ease are steel, aluminium, and glass--and even then, you have to make sure everything is clean. Additionally, microplastics are now so ubiquitous that they have been found in rain and in the glaciers of the Alps. Plastics are also known to contain parabens and Bisephenol A (BPA) which disrupt the endocrine (hormonal) system in humans and can cause cancer. I decided the easiest way to improve my physical health (and mental health, because constantly contemplating all of my waste was giving me anxiety) as well as help the planet was to strive toward zero-waste living. -------- THE BOOK: -------- + This book is exceptionally accessible for anyone who is beginning or in the midst of their journey to zero waste. It is divided up into 101 tips, which typically are only a paragraph or two long, so the information is very "bite-sized." I've managed to read almost half of the book in a couple of hours. + Kellogg does an amazing job at letting you know how to reduce your waste production without necessarily going out and investing in fancy zero-waste products; she describes zero-waste living as akin to depression-era living when people had to reduce and reuse almost everything because there were limited resources. The beginning of the book toutes the benefits of minimalism, of being comfortable with what you have and not feeling the need to buy more. (Indeed, it is the belief of myself and many other eco-conscious individuals that capitalism and mindless consumerism are the driving forces behind the climate crisis we are seeing today.) + Kellogg offers lots of helpful advice on living sustainably and where/what you can buy if you want to remove certain items from your life. At no point does it ever seem like she is "talking down" to the reader or shaming them for their lack of waste-awareness (she constantly brings up her past wastefulness before she became a zero-waste individual) and this is one of the key selling points of the book, in my opinion. + For people who are creative and want to make their own zero-waste beauty products, Kellogg provides recipes for natural and zero-waste versions of deodorant, shampoo, dry shampoo, and moisturiser, to name a few. - One downside to this book is its lack of resources/bibliography. Kellogg provides lots of fascinating facts (some of which I already personally knew), but she does not cite her sources, which will promote scepticism amongst more cynical readers. - Another downside is that Ms. Kellogg is speaking from a place of privilege; going zero-waste can be more expensive than buying things in packaging (she makes the argument that it's not), which I have found to be true i.e. refilling laundry detergent, shampoo, etc. at some of the zero-waste stores in Toronto. I can afford this now: 3 years ago? Not at all.

Quite informative a bit more focused on US but the gist of the ideas are fairly universal.