SF Teaching Zoo Zero Wasters

K-Cups: have a stock of disposable K-Cups that you don't want to throw away (or a co-worker who uses them)?  There are plenty of uses available on the internet. A few of my favorites are:  Crafts: paint them for decorations; cover the hole at the bottom and kids can use for paint; cut vertically from the top about 1/2" and fold over to...

I watched "More Than Honey", which presented the death of bees at an alarming rate, which is due to industrialization, crop pesticides, and agricultural practices.  I learned the importance that bees play in our world, such as local honey is best to ingest to help fight off allergies, because the local honey is made from local flowers...

The plastic that gets into the ocean, is a huge concern.  Animals are eating the plastic, we are eating the contaminated animals, animals are dying which is reducing the population for food consumption.  Then we also have global warming.  Just the past few months of natural situations: extremely high record breaking temps out...

It is eye opening to see how much waste is created.  I wish I could convince my family to get on the same page and help with minimizing the waste we create.  Our most frequent waste that we collect is from to-go food.  Often restaurants use plastic containers for to-go orders, and don't combine multiple orders of the same item into 1 container....

Even when take out orders include disposable utensils, I hide them from my family to encourage them to use our home utensils.  At the office, I have a set of utensils, drink ware, bowl and plate. Whenever I eat lunch, I use my reusable dishes.  When we have work luncheons, everyone sees me using my reusable dishes.  I have hopes that it will...

We eat out frequently, and some members of my household don't like eating leftovers very often.  Therefore, there are times we discard a decent amount of leftover food from our fridge.  I could only imagine how quickly this would add up for composting.  I'm not a very "earthy" person-don't spend much time outside or with...