By Mala Persaud, owner, Trace–The Zero Waste Store

This article originally appeared on the Trace–The Zero Waste Store website.

If you took the 350Fairfax Plastic Free Challenge, the last month has been a combination of sacrifice, and learning.…

In 2018, 350 Fairfax member and Mothers Out Front Fairfax County co-leader Bobby Monacella wrote a thoughtful and detailed overview of how to avoid plastic waste when grocery shopping. Of course, for many of us, grocery shopping is a whole …

In 2018, I wrote a version of this post that was heavily focused on in-person shopping—which is clearly the easiest way to shop Plastic Free. But these days, I’m doing most of my shopping online. So here’s an update focused …

Last year I wrote a Plastic Free post about reducing waste during the holiday season. Even though we’re all likely downsizing our holiday celebrations this year, most of these tips remain relevant in Covid times. And some of them are …

By Loretta Rowe, UUCF Climate Action Group

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from Loretta Rowe of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of …

By Krithika Layagala

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from Krithika Layagala, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and …

By Mala Persaud, owner, Trace–The Zero Waste Store

The Plastic Free Challenge is a brilliant foot-in-the-door experience for those who want to get motivated and reduce their plastic consumption. Skipping bags, bottles, and straws is a small start that goes …

by Helene Shore, co-chair, 350 Fairfax

For those of you who know me, you know I have been on a Plastic Free—or very near Plastic Free—journey for many years.

I must admit that, since this pandemic outbreak, I have accumulated …

This article is an update to our 2018 article on the U.S. recycling crisis that sprang from China’s National Sword policy. Read the earlier piece here.

Earlier this week, Reuters published a special report on how the Covid-19 pandemic has …

By Mala Persaud, owner, Trace–The Zero Waste Store

Every week of the Plastic Free Challenge, we like to highlight additional voices in the Plastic Free and Zero Waste movements. Today we hear from the owner of our only zero waste …