Why I want to try living a zero waste lifestyle and my previous failure
I have always been intrested in chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences and as soon as I started studying chemistry at uni, I found out more and more about plastic and all its negative side effects.
As a diver I learned about plastic waste way before that but in the last two years I found out more and more about waste and other problems associated with plastic.
About a year ago I found out about the zero waste movement and I was fascinated by it. I came across Lauren Singe, Bea Johnson and other zero wasters in ted talks and blogs.
I decided to start zero waste there and then...and that was a mistake. At first it went ok and the only waste I made that wasn’t recycable or reuseable were fruit and vegetable stickers.
Because I lived in a small village in the swiss countryside I did not have a lot of possibilities to bulk shop and so I lived of vegetables and rice and I soon became bored and sick of these two things.
Soon I stopped my attempt at zero waste but not without being more thoughtful about my purchases and integrating a few zero waste swaps into my routine.
Forward to February this year, I moved to Zurich and I started zero waste all over again. This time slower and more aware of my needs and my happiness.
The blog is here to help me stay focused and motivated, to record my progress and to share my failures and my achievments.
