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Is Recycling a Right?

I was ready. After months of planning I had finally worked up the courage to cancel my curbside garbage service. And then all my careful plans got sideswiped. Now I know cancelling my garbage service may not sound like such a big deal, but it was something looming large in my consciousness; after a whole […]

What’s the Story on WIPES?

For a long time wipes have existed as a fuzzy grey area in the part of my brain devoted to Garbage Knowledge. Antibacterial wipes, make-up removal wipes, baby wipes, “personal” wipes… When you start to look around you find them everywhere, and especially so during a time of pandemic when everyone is in a panic […]

Who Are Hamburger and Max?

You know how it is: there you are writing your book and Whoops! you end up creating a puppet show about the environment. If you, or some ridiculously young person you know, are on TikTok please check out my account @eveoschaub where you can meet Hamburger and Max, two super awesome puppets who just want […]

In Pursuit of the Plastic Free Poo

How far are you willing to go to save the planet? How about as far as the bathroom? I ask because a search for “reusable toilet paper” on Etsy reveals 1,645 results. Yes, you read that right. Regular toilet paper— at 1.5 pounds of wood and 37 gallons of water per roll— is surprisingly wasteful. […]

Is Terracycle for Real?

When I’m not preoccupied with how undeniably awesome 2021 is turning out to be, I’m preoccupied with one of the biggest remaining questions left from our Year of No Garbage: What REALLY happens to the stuff I send to Terracycle? The reason this is a terribly important question is because I know our family could […]

Year of No Garbage Wrap Up Video

Breaking Up With Garbage: Eve’s New Year Resolutions and Final Thoughts

I have officially fallen out of love with garbage. Our relationship has been based on a series of lies and half-truths, and, at times, downright fantasy. It’s been unhealthy not only for me, but also devastating for society, the environment, and the planet as a whole. It’s time to break up. Consequently, my first New […]

Tooth Tablets and Period Panties: Eve Tries Extreme Zero Waste Products

Normally I am not all that excited to talk about periods, but TODAY I AM. That’s because, feeling adventurous in this last month of our Year of No Garbage, I went out on a limb and tried period underwear. (Note to persons for whom periods are not relevant, or who are squeamish, feel free to […]

A Day of No Plastic

During our Year of No Garbage I’ve come to realize that plastic is Public Enemy Number One: it doesn’t degrade, it often can’t— or won’t— be recycled, and it is doing all kinds of bad things in our bodies and in our environment. We have invented a monster, and the monster is everywhere. So it […]

The Devil Is In The Dumpster: Is Plastic Immoral?

“I just want you to know that when this is over? We are not going to be doing this forever.” That was my husband Steve, talking about living without throwing anything away, as we’ve done all this year, and he had about had it. It was late on a Saturday morning and we were standing […]