Buying Oil and Vinegar in Bulk
September 16, 2018While Bulk Barn and Papillon have a lot of the things that I need for our Reduce Our Waste lifestyle, it has proven more elusive to buy canola oil and vinegar in bulk. I had to head to beautiful downtown Montreal and “The Main” aka Boulevard St-Laurent to find a store that offered what…
Shopping to Reduce Our Waste
June 24, 2018People are often curious about how I shop zero waste. It certainly is a big change from last year at this time. The major difference is that I rarely go to the traditional grocery store. When you look at today’s grocery store, you see packaging, packaging and more packaging! Here is a high- level review…
Getting Started on the Zero Waste Life
February 26, 2018I hope that those of you reading this blog are starting to think about how you can get started on the zero waste-ish lifestyle. If you want to learn more about this, there are lots of good websites that can provide guidance in addition to this one: I like the blog by Kathryn Kellogg (Going…
Reduce Our Packaging: Buying in Bulk
January 15, 2018Week 2 of our 52 week Zero Waste experiment. It is a very cold day (-23 C) but extremely clear and bright after more than 30 cm of new snow: Fresh starts are the order of the day after so much snow! We are off with our first challenge in this process: to reduce the…