Zero waste on the go

This is my backpack:

It goes pretty much everywhere with me and contains all my essentials for dodging waste like a ninja.

Tissues be gone!

I’ve quit tissues. This is a big deal for someone with a perpetually runny nose, so obviously I had to find an alternative. 

So, why did I quit tissues? I noticed about 1/4 of my bin was tissues. Noooo! That’s so wasteful! Sad Caitlin! 😦

Every single one of those required a tree or bamboo to be prepped, planted, grow, be cut down, transported, cut up, soaked in water, ground up, bleached, shaken, squished, heated, squished again, cut, packaged, transported and bought. Once used they were being thrown in the bin (Think of all the methane those will make in landfill!) or composted. That’s a lot of energy and fossil fuels for something with a perfectly good reusable alternative. 

So now I use hankies! I realised that I needed quite a few to deal with my allergies, so I re-purposed a pillow case with a hole in it, a second hand bed sheet, a shirt with a hole in it, and an old school shirt that everyone had signed when I left Namibia.