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; they remain on the planet. Bags lie on the bottom of the Mariana Trench, in the stomachs of whales, and on the top of Everest. Trash islands have even been found in the Black Sea, surfers in Bali are knocked over not by waves, but by garbage. But it is within our power to halt the advance of the eco-apocalypse; we just need to reduce our own waste. In her book, the head of the media department at Greenpeace, Violetta Ryabko, explains what to use instead of plastic bags, whether sex can be eco-friendly, what to do with cosmetics and clothing, how to organize a birthday celebration without waste while keeping your sanity and not arguing with relatives. This book is a detailed guide to implementing the zero waste principle, as well as a collection of fun and ironic stories about what it’s like to be an eco-activist and simply a caring person in our country.