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For Durgesh, though this started out as an experiment in environmentalism, she has stuck with it because of the health and financial benefits it has brought her family. Other than that our expenses have drastically reduced in every other arena of life. We have experienced true contentment since starting this life and it has brought us more happiness that material. Durgesh says that the easiest thing about being zero waste in India is knowledge: Though the initial inspiration came from zero waste westerners, I went back to the knowledge and practices of my grandmother to become fully zero waste.
The hardest thing has been the waste disposal systems and attitudes she encounters regularly. Though I am meticulous about it, the garbage collectors in my area still dump them all in one dry waste bin. People have decided opinions about the life Durgesh leads.
This is what people think, but what I do nourishes my soul. I have overcome all the challenges of being a zero waster through planning and organising. And the amount of love and respect I have gained in blogging about my thoughts and practices is massive.
Sahar Mansoor first learnt of the concept of zero waste in while an undergraduate student at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She remembers being dismissive of it. Then year-old Lauren was living a waste-free life in New York.
I started to think more about our trash problem. Sahar's guide to zero waste travel illustrated by her friend Noorain Ahmed. She believes that our trash problem is intricately linked to every environmental crisis looming over the world today. Of course in the process leaching harmful chemicals into our soil and water, the same soil you are consuming your fresh veggies from! I wanted to stop being part of the problem.
I had to address my own trash problem first.
My solution — live a lifestyle that best reflects the values I cared about. Sahar's jar of trash containing all the waste she has produced in the past two years.
To start off, Sahar replaced single use plastic disposables with steel or bamboo ones example, straw, toothbrush, and cutlery. Once she ran out of personal care products, she learnt to make her own soap, shampoo and other products. Now she manufactures these on a large scale through her startup Bare Necessities.
She has produced grams of waste in the past two years, which she stores in a glass jar. But she is quick to acknowledge her weaknesses.
It is good to know your boundaries. Sahar rocking a steel straw with her drink at a music concert. Since going zero waste Sahar has experienced a three-pronged benefit in her life.
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I save money because I make my own personal and home care products. Living zero waste in the West is easier because India is not quite there in terms of legislation. But living zero waste in India has its advantages. We love our homemade tinctures, DIYs, traditions - all things zero waste philosophy champions.
I love buying local cotton fabric and having my tailor make me customised clothes. A beginner's guide to going zero waste, illustrated by Sahar's friend Noorain Ahmed. Sahar has no intention of preaching to people how they should live.
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