Introducing one San Diego family that does not put out city trash bins, nor do they have waste baskets in their three-bedroom home. They create their own cleaning products, sanitizing hand wipes, ...

SEATTLE — On the surface, the Wall family looks like most families with two young kids, but there is one extraordinary thing about them — this family of four lives zero waste, or very close. For mom ...

These Tennesseans are finding ways to live without adding to the landfill. But they aren’t finding a lot of “zero waste” company. Zach and Sadie McElrath’s six-year-old daughter saw something at a ...

On a mid-San Diego residential street lined with attractive moderately-sized homes with well-manicured frontyards, the property of former Encinitas residents Fredrika and James Syren sticks out. Like ...

Each week most people fill plastic garbage bags with waste that is hauled to the landfill, throwing away everything from non-recyclable plastics, to food waste and plenty of other garbage. According ...

The summer bounty of farmers markets and home gardens is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to set some family goals for reducing waste. And Fredrika Syren, author of “Zero Waste for ...

The summer bounty of farmers markets and home gardens is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to set some family goals for reducing waste. And Fredrika Syren, author of “Zero Waste for ...