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110 No-Waste Stories — and Counting

Scroll through the stories that have been submitted by members of our community. They are sorted according to the 7 facets of the No-Waste Mindset so you can find what’s most relevant to you.  (You can also access the stories from the drop-down menu under “+NoWaste Mindset-Stories and Tips” on the main blue nav bar on the website. )

Then, consider submitting your own story of how you are reducing waste at home or professionally.  Learn how HERE.

Reduce, Reuse, Refill

Colorful Glass Waste Less Hyperlocal Sharing

Hyperlocal Sharing Can Help Cities Waste Less, Build Community

07 Feb 2017
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Hyperlocal sharing provides a number opportunities for city residents to cut down on waste, save money, and build community. New York City provides examples for all city dwellers to get inspired by.
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Creative Reuse Via Materials for the Arts

23 Sep 2015
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What could be more creative than repurposing ordinary objects for art projects in schools? That's the magic behind NYC's Materials for the Arts, a reuse center that puts used materials into the creative hands of young artists. Harriet Taub, the Executive Director of the organization, explains more.
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Repair and Repurpose

Vincent Lai helps the NYC community repair more broken stuff.

How To Get Broken Stuff Fixed in NYC

13 May 2017
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NYC residents now have more options for getting things fixed in NYC. Get free tips on where to repair, as well as tips to reduce, reuse and recycle in the Big Apple.
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Pop Up Repair Founders Sandra and Michael

Pop Up Repair: Helping NYC Rethink Its Relationship with Stuff

27 Sep 2017
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Sandra Goldmark explores the disconnect between breaking things and replacing them — and offers a solution: making repair options more accessible and convenient in NYC with Pop Up Repair.
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Share Rather Than Own

Colorful Glass Waste Less Hyperlocal Sharing

Hyperlocal Sharing Can Help Cities Waste Less, Build Community

07 Feb 2017
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Hyperlocal sharing provides a number opportunities for city residents to cut down on waste, save money, and build community. New York City provides examples for all city dwellers to get inspired by.
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R-R- Redundancy – a New “R” to Heed

15 Oct 2013
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Now that I’ve awakened from my independent possession-owning-maintaining-inventorying stupor (and in a city and country where the costs of doing same are starting to escalate), I’ve started to take some steps to avoid R-R-R Redundancy in my own life.
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Respect Food

Kings County Food Waste

How Chef Jackie Came to Help King County Love Leftovers

05 Nov 2013
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I wish I could say I grew up on a bucolic farm in the country, learning the value of food by planting and harvesting it myself. The truth is, I was raised in suburbia by busy, frugal parents and learned to cook from watching my mother.
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Love Food Hate Waste

Farmer’s Daughter on a Mission to Reduce UK’s Food Waste

04 Aug 2015
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Inspired by growing up on a farm, Emma Marsh went on to become the UK's leading advocate and expert on food waste. Read about the amazing work she's doing as head of Love Food Hate Waste.
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Live Efficiently

Save Energy, Water & Other Resources

Showering while conserving water

‘April Showers’ Campus Water Saving Competition

15 Feb 2016
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Two Smith College students engaged their campus by creating a water saving competition. Chief among their initiatives was encouraging other students to take shorter showers.
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Japanese woman turning a used kimono into new household articles, following a cultural tradition called mottainai.

Mottainai: How the Japanese Say ‘Waste Not, Want Not’

21 Jan 2014
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Ever wonder why the Japanese show so much respect for food, paper, textiles, water and other resources? It's because, for centuries the concept of Mottainai has been embedded into their cultural DNA.
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Recycle or Compost

Jacquie Nudges Her Neighbors to Learn More About Recycling in NYC

7 Ways to Nudge Fellow New Yorkers to Cut Down on Waste

05 May 2017
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If you're the unofficial recycling nudge in your NYC building or office, you'll appreciate these tips for getting others to align with New York's Zero Waste by 2030 goals.
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increasing recycling apartment buildings

How To Increase Recycling Collection in Apartment Buildings

01 Mar 2017
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Want to increase recycling in your apartment building? Get some insights and success strategies from Jacquie Ottman about what it takes to get New Yorkers to collect food scraps, e-waste, and clothing and textiles.
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