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Zero Waste
By Lee Ye-rim Reporter, Sophomore of Chinese
Recently, small spending as you want and need such as half-served Tteokbokki, small amount of shampoo has been a trend. By purchasing as much as you need, you do not need to make unnecessary waste. Trying not to make unnecessary waste, we call this zero waste. Have you guys ever heard about small spending and zero waste before?
Zero waste aims to eliminate waste through recycling and reuse, with all product packaging and materials not burned or released into nature. Through this, we can create a waste-free society and preserved nature.
Then, how can we practice zero waste in our daily lives? Using a personal tumbler, carrying a shopping basket, and using a handkerchief are some of the well-known ways of Zero Waste. If you are curious about more details of zero waste methods that you can do in your life, turn on your phone and search about #ZeroWasteChallenge on SNS. With a hashtags, we can find various ways to reduce the waste of others in our daily lives. The Zero Waste Challenge is a campaign to share cases of reducing the generation of waste in daily life with the aim of minimizing waste emissions close to “zero.”
It is reasonable to buy only as much as you need. We have already known that for a long time but never expected it to become a trend around the 2030 generation. So why is small spending and zero waste in trend? The reason is small spending and zero waste can solve some economic recession and environmental problems caused by a sharp increase in prices.
Zero Waste Shop, which is good for practicing small spending, can be purchased by adjusting the amount required by themselves. Accordingly, unnecessary waste can be reduced and the price is low because disposable products are not used. We can buy daily necessities like shampoo, detergent, soap, and other groceries like pasta and pepper there.
Zero Waste Shop has a bamboo toothbrush, eco-friendly paper tape that does not need to be removed, and different types of 100 percent eco-friendly bamboo bands that are less irritating to the skin. If visiting an off-line Zero Waste Shop feels inconvenient, you can search for Zero Waste on the internet to purchase various Zero Waste products on-line.
Environment problems like global warming on Earth has affected our lives a lot, and it is the same now and also the same in the future. Protecting environment should not end up in fashion. For the Earth where the present generation and future generations will live, zero waste should become a habit and duty in our daily lives. We do not need to change everything immediately. How about to use tumbler as our first practice?