Zero waste in practice: How to stop being a source of waste

Every year each of us throws away more than 400 kilograms of waste. Our bottles, yogurt cups, and cotton swabs do not disappear into a black hole but remain on the planet. Bags lie at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, in the stomachs of whales, and on the summit of Everest. Garbage islands have even been found in the Black Sea, surfers in Bali are knocked down not by waves, but by trash. But it is within our power to halt the onslaught of the eco-apocalypse; we just need to reduce our own waste. In her book, the head of the media department of Greenpeace, Violetta Ryabko, talks about what to replace plastic bags with, whether eco-friendly sex exists, what to do with cosmetics and clothing, how to organize a zero-waste birthday party without going crazy or quarreling with relatives. This book is a detailed guide to implementing the zero waste principle, as well as a collection of funny and ironic stories about what it’s like to be an eco-activist and simply a caring person in our country.