Every day, we throw away one and a half kilos of waste per person. This means that every year, we are producing more than half a ton of waste that ends up contaminating our planet.

Zero waste is a global movement that aims to stop generating waste or reduce it as much as possible. A new way of understanding, managing and treating waste.

What does the “Zero waste” concept promote?

This concept promotes redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reusable.

That is, in the same way that the environment has its cycles through which resources are reused, this movement tries to ensure that waste from human actions is also reused.

To do this, promote a series of very simple rules with which we can all reduce our waste production to the maximum.

First rule: Reject

The first rule of the cycle begins with reject all types of unnecessary packaging buying products in bulk and using plastic bags,

Second rule: Reduce

The second rule is about reduce everything we buy unnecessarily. This rule encourages the purchase of what is necessary and, if possible, that has a long useful life.

Third rule: Reuse

The third rule is about reuse all objects, offering them a second chance. Transforming them into other objects of different use or passing them on to other people so that they can use them.

Fourth rule: Recycle

The fourth rule is about recycle, as far as possible, the waste we have generated. Placing each one of them in its corresponding container.

Fifth rule: Decompose

And the fifth and last rule that deals with decompose waste that we have not been able to recycle.

As you can see, the rules presented by the “Zero waste” movement are very simple. We must gradually introduce them into our purchasing habits, since any small modification can have a big impact.

It is about starting to think about the environmental cost of each of our actions, and leading a life based more on experiences and not on belongings.

And what do you think of the “Zero waste” movement?