Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life

Bea Johnson transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one litre per year. Now you can do the same. It all comes down to the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot (and only in that order!). Zero Waste Home shows how these key principles can be applied to every area of your house from the kitchen to the kids' room, and it's packed with easy tips for all of us: from simply refusing unwanted freebies to using your plants as air fresheners. This book shows that living sustainably should not mean forfeiting either comfort or style and offers a practical, step-by-step guide to diminishing your waste while improving your life.