How to Zero Waste grocery shop for: PASTA🍝🌎🛒🌟💚 u trying this?
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- How to Zero Waste grocery shop for: PASTA🍝🌎🛒🌟💚 u trying this? #zerowaste #ecofriendly #plasticfree #sustainability #sustainable #sustainableliving #recycle #savetheplanet #zerowasteliving #environment #gogreen #reuse #handmade #vegan #noplastic #nature #zerowastesmallbusiness #zerowasteliving #sustainability #organic #lesswaste #sustainablefashion #reducereuserecycle #zerowastelifestyle #plasticpollution #natural #zerowastehome #saynotoplastic #recycling
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“How to make sustainable pasta, recycle the box” never woulda thought about it tbh. Thank you!!
What?
@@soupisgood_2080I think they are being sarcastic. But they are no very clear or good at using comas and period marks. So it’s kinda confusing
@@yucol5661 No, it was not confusing at all. You guys are just simple folk.
Your sarcasm is pretty needless since that wasn't what she said in the video and she answered the commenters question perfectly. They asked how to shop for ZW pasta in a store without the ZW options she has.
We really need a sarcasm emoji.
I don’t know if I have ever been in a grocery store with “bulk bins” lmao
Where do you live? They’re more common on the east & west coasts. But use this resource to maybe find one new you! Www.litterless.com
@@loveofearthco I’m near Detroit, but have never been to any of the places on that list so I think I just found out why I never see bulk bins lol. Good to know! Thanks!
Me nither but probobly for hygine reasons they dont do it here
Winco has a lot of bulk bins.
@@kylie92yeah, I looked up my city (Oklahoma City) and I can tell this website doesn't get updated often. Because we do have a Winco as of several years ago but it isn't listed. However, Buy 4 Less Grocery is listed, but it was bought by Pruett's foods like 2 years ago and they don't have bulk bins.
I like the tips because I can't do zero waste but I can reduce waste ❤ thank you
You got this 💚
Love how you show us how to compromise to do better. I live in a very rural area that makes zero waste practically impossible. Tips to reduce waste are more helpful to me.
Same here. It’s not realistic for most people to make drastic lifestyle changes, but even small changes like this make a difference.
this is not a major compamised as you still have to spend more for the same amount which a lot of people cant do
I currently live in Tanzania and the only waste we have that isn't things like potato or onion skins are plastic bags we use as trash bags.
Yeah, the amount of times i want to recycle something but its "recycleable at your local recycling plant 😊" my nearest recycling plant i would need to DRIVE to
Zero waste was invented in rural areas
Grabbing that pasta with hands just triggered my COVID trauma not everyone washes their hands
Same! Like I live the crate option but people need to do it respectfully. Like come on, god knows how much stuff we touch before we even get into the store
They used a piece of parchment paper to grab it, like you would a donut. I also thought they were grabbing it bare handed, but the paper is the same color as the pasta lol
It'll cooked anyway, it possibly could kill most of bacteria and viruses
They didn't grab with bare hands.
You don't cook your pasta?
I just love how she tries to make it easier for people who doesn't have as many options... makes it easier for everyone!!!
The Barilla pasta cardboard boxes here in Germany don't have those little plastic windows 🤔 I think they are pretty unnecessary anyway, if the shape of pasta is printed on the box
Yeah they don’t have them in France either, maybe it has something to do with some kind of EU regulation?
Unfortunately its on A LOT of boxed food products in the US and its super annoying and wasteful.
I thought the plastic strip was there for us to check if the product is spoilt - I always check whatever I’m buying through that “window” 😅
@@ABisdoingjustfineI thought it was to make sure the pasta wasn't ruined. Sometimes the pasta can be broken during transport, so I always check the window to find the least broken pasta
@@riayaraizel2214Ruined? If it's just the shape then how does it change the quality of the pasta?
I love the bulk bin idea i dont think i ever seen it in my area but its great
Some supermarkets have areas where you can recycle your soft plastics, which is super helpful for times when you can’t avoid soft plastic
It must be nice being somewhere that you don't have to drive 45 mins to recycle something, plus 90% of recycled materials end up in the landfill.
The city I went to college in literally didn’t collect recycling. Apparently they used to but half of what was put into recycling couldn’t be recycled because it was just trash. I remember seeing recycling bins all over campus but I have no idea what they did with the stuff that was put into them.
@@Samh0615 the city I live in currently doesn't collect recycling, it's pretty sad but the closest recycling center is a 45 min drive and that's if I want to take it myself
@@MythicalFablewe’re so dead yo
Ain't no way in hell I'm buying pasta from a bin that people dig their grimey hands in! That is absolutely disgusting 🫣 that lil piece of paper isn't doing much!
Luckily there’s a thing called cooking kills bacteria on your food
Right?! People are disgusting!!
how do you buy friuts?
@@sea_peachfruits can be cleaned then stored. you can’t clean pasta lmao
@@malkest you literally boil it. much better than anything you can do to clean fruits
the bulk bins are a genius idea
Zero waste just isn't possible, low waste yes but this does feel like pushing people to buy at your online shop out of guilt even though it's an unattainable Standard
That's kinda the point of zero waste it seems, like Veganism, doing at as far as is possible for your circumstances.
Really? I actually like her channel since it seems like she doesn't push her online shop, I watched her for like two years before even knowing she owned a zw shop.
And she always talks about doing your best to waste less rather than being almost OCD about zero plastics.
I just love how realistic your lifestyle is. You don’t try to get us to buy aesthetic glass canisters. You don’t tell us to go by 100% cotton bedsheets that cost an arm and a leg. You just show us how to do with what we got, thank you for that!
I can’t afford to do this 😅 bagged pasta is MUCH cheaper
Where do you live?
@@loveofearthco Colorado. Kinda everything is expensive here
I can't afford to do this just cus it takes up too much time I'm too lazy😅
@@loveofearthcothings like this only possible for privileged people. most average people don’t go around grocery store and pick things based on their packaging, they look at the price first. so the packaging can vary from one to another.
@@hidjdhdbdhddjhdhftypical
I do like that you pick your battles when it comes to Zero waste, knowing that you can't always get the zero waste option either for budget or because there isn’t one.
Keep in mind that paper is different from corrugated cardboard. Some municipalities may only recycle one or the other, or none at all. My county only recycles corrugated cardboard. Paper boxes are ones found for pasta, cereal, etc, and should not be placed together only if specified
In czech we recycle both in every city
Could also make your own pasta, the starter tools for certain kinds are pretty reasonably priced and the dough is shockinglu easy to make.
For anyone worried about, “the bare hands in the tub” look closer. She’s using parchment paper to take out the pasta.
she might, but other people won't.
@@mochipii Oh 100%, after covid these bins scare me honestly. I went to sprouts today and I saw a lady put her hands in the raisins, to eat one 🤮
@@mochipii do you not boil pasta before eating it? if you dont then you have bigger issues than someone's hand touching your food
@@h.f6364 If and old man picked there nose and scratched there privates and you saw it didn't wash there hands then pulled from the bin and you saw it would you take them home and be content with them after boiling them?
yes!!!!
@@illidasa2902
I’m glad I don’t have to worry about this in my home country because we are good at recycling so a lot of apartments have a room with recycling bins and there are public recycling stations around and about.( there are like two in a 20 minute walk from my place ) and bigger recycling stations for bigger things like old larger electronics. We also import trash from other countries and I think only 1% of our waste goes into landfills if even that. 😊
I'm so glad for this tutorial for how to pick a cardboard box
Believe it or not… many people don’t make the connection that a cardboard box is a more sustainable option than plastic. 1 thing I’ve learned from social media is that “common sense” isn’t as common as we might think it is
What do you do with soft plastics if/when your drawer fills up?
You could try to recycle some for toys/useful items and find somewhere that might recycle plastics
Eat it
@@Docypher yummy plastic pasta
Learned to make my own pasta and never bought store brands again.
So very easy.
Flour, egg, water, oil, and salt.
Better flour makes better pasta, but when just learning, using all-purpose flour works fine and makes decent pasta.
At my grocery store they are removing the plastic window thing ❤
In my country we can recycle soft plastic. Game changer!
what do you do with the soft plastics?
In the Netherlands we have a large plastic bag for plastic , for paper a bin , for vegetables leftovers or garden material we have a bin as well, and one for like random things that's garbage they also come pick it up 😊
Easiest way to have ZW pasta is to buy flour from a NW store or in a paper bag and make it, if you don't want to add to the creation of those pasta boxes.
That’s not the “easiest” way, let’s be honest. That’s the “most zero waste” way.
@@MarleeCMthank you!!! I think it’s really tone def for people to make these comments saying it’s “easy”. I’m a single woman with no kids- I’m hella down to do the very zero waste way! My aunt is a single mom with 3 kids and an ex who doesn’t pay child support… buying the box is the best zero waste option for her. If someone told her “plastic or make your own” … homegirl would have to get the plastic
Hah, weakling; I grow my own wheat.
Yes and no. While that will be zero waste on your part, just because of the way production Chains works it won't actually reduce the amount being made. They will make the same amount of pasta boxes regardless of how many people buy them, it's just that instead of ending up in your trash they'll end up in the grocery stores trash.
Thank you! Making pasta is easy with the right tools and a bit of practice! It’s also true ZW.
I don’t have a zero waste store near me but it’s nice that I’ve seen some brands acknowledge the little plastic film and get rid of using them in the cardboard boxes. Baby steps!
wow, i had no idea we could recycle waste… thank you So much you’re so smart😗
I love WinCo for their bulk options. Also just more affordable..I wish more stores followed their example
What do you do with that other plastic? Just keep it forever?
That’s what I wanna know
That or save for crafts. Reduce, resuse, recycle. Bc of the pretty zero waste lifestyle, maybe they don't fill up an extra bin quickly for those few items of plastic. That or save for crafts or other uses. Reduce, resuse, recycle.
eat it
Make a craft with the plastic like stsined glass painting were you cloire the plastic and that could be fun
Fun fact, recycling doesn't have an impact on pollution. Nothing people do can counter the massive waste that corporations do.
Finally a realistic person. People think they’re doing something. They keep saying they make their own pasta, but they don’t consider what it takes to make those ingredients. I wish more people understood there’s more to it.
Literally, THANK YOU!
It's better but I can't help but feel that making your own with some eggs and flour would be better
Ok but generally the pasta in the boxes is like 3 times the price of the plastic bags...
I shop at Walmart and boxed noodles are 98 cents. They usually make 5 servings between my partner and I
Not in my case at all actually 👀
3x? Thats a complete overstatement.
@@NitaKernsNot really depending where they are actually. Where I am I can buy a bag for about a dollar while the boxed kind is pushing 5. So it just depends really.
Depends on brand I think. My foodlions brand boxed pasta is actually cheaper than the bagged options they provide (they don’t have a food lion brand bag version, only brand name)
When I was in high school (before single use waste was banned in Australia) I collected shopping bags from my family and then made an art project out of it.
If you put soft plastic between waxed baking paper and iron it you get a fabric that is durable and can be sewn. I ended up making a bunch of handbags out of it and found a way to make the plastic reusable 😊
You can also cut it into strips and weave with it!
You could make your own pasta with egg yolks and flour. It’s pretty easy, and just needs a bit of getting used to. ☺️
What if somebody allergic to eggs??
@@gaylenewood7707 There are some types of pasta that only use flour and water :)
Zero waste is ridiculous when you consider everything else that happens around the world. All it does is put blame on the consumer and make you feel better about yourself. Not all recycling but a lot of it gets sent to poor countries where it gets burned or buried. Consider what it takes to make flour and have it sent to grocery stores. Consider what it took to construct your car and get it to you.
@@april_ I agree that a “zero waste” lifestyle is extreme, but I don’t see how that translates to making your own pasta? It’s delicious, and I don’t think it’s much more wasteful than buying premade pasta.
@@Lemonz1989 I thought people we’re making a point to make their own pasta have a zero waste lifestyle
I appreciate this content. 💛
I already dont trust the bulk bins. Ill take my plastic thanks😂
I'm not zero waste as I'm disabled and a lot of the stuff just isint possible with my disabilities, but I'm trying to be more sustainable, I've always been reusing all my cardboard for my art projects♡♡
Think of how many people who’ve use the bathroom and never washed their hands touching all that pasta😂
Watch again closely. No one is using their bare hands
@@loveofearthcoyeah right. Like we believed
@@loveofearthcoyeah with all due respect, you can’t just say no one when people have most certainly stuck their bare hands in the pasta
oh my goodness places have bulk bin pasta bin I need to start shopping there we have a pasta dish at least once every two weeks and buying in bulk would save on so much wasted time at the store
Imma waste 2X as much now to make up the difference thanks 👍
Calm down edge lord
Found your tiktok vids 1 or 2 years ago. Thanks for the contents. You inspired my low-waste journey and even start sharing with my community. I even started composting myself. Those cardboard package can be easily composted once shredded as carbon source ☺️
Can you make a video for recyclable and non- recycling plastics?
Rule number 1: Plastic for food items is not recyclable, it can only be downcycled.
Rule number 2: Too much plastic nowadays is composite plastics(especially everything thin or foil-like) and not recyclable.
Rule number 3: Reduce plastic to a minimum because the reality of recycling plastic is that it's mostly not a reality
The only thing you need to remember from "Reduce. Reuse. Recycle" for plastics is the "reduce" part.
Is it necessary to remove the plastic film window in order for the box to be recyclable? If so I’ve been doing it all wrong!
Technically yes & no depending on who’s working the trash sorting station that day. Usually soft plastics like that are not recyclable & they’d prefer we to remove it
The sad truth is that if an item has even a small bit on non-recyclable material the people who sort out the rubbish have to just put the whole thing in the landfill even if most of it is recyclable. So it is a good idea to remove the plastic film because you will stop the landfill getting more than it needs to! ❤
@@loveofearthcowhaaat? My recycling center has a bag specifically for soft plastics, glass and aluminium.
@@loveofearthcoi mean lot's of the cardboard has thin film too and sometimes it's barely recognizable
@@loveofearthcoits not depending on whos working there that day, it's it has to be seperated to be processed. Attached plastic will eventually be sorted out mechanically but also caused jamming of machines faster and if a machine is down more waste at the plant gets diverted to landfill or shipped over seas rather than recycled. There is a reason even if all the components of something can be recycled you still separate different types of plastic and papers from eachother
Its a bit more complicated than cardboard being better than plastic. Cardboard requires significantly more emissions to produce than plastic and cardboard releases greenhouse gases when it decomposes. Plastic production is better for the environment, plastic can be more easily recycled, and because plastic is inert the carbon stays trapped in it forever unless the plastic is burned. For a lot of plastic packaging like bags of pasta you can reuse the bag as a trash bag or to line a container for growing plants or whatever. A plastic bag with 1kg of pasta will be more environmentally friendly than a 200g box of pasta.
Great ideas thanks love your channel so much to learn from it,😊❤
I feel like with all those plastic things in that drawer, you could stuff them into a cute pillow case and make a little throw pillow. Of course, it wouldn’t be comfortable, but it could be really cute just for display!
How to reduce the environmental effects of your waste:
#1 Find out about how your local municipality actually handles the waste
#2 Sort your waste according your areas guidelines
#3 If your areas garbage handling is poor (landfill even after sorting, not burned for energy etc), MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT AND DEMAND IMPROVEMENTS
All of these have more impact to environment than choosing pasta in a cardboard (which is likely more expensive, travelled further, in heavier and bulkier packaging, requiring more fuel to transport).
The plastic windows you get in those boxes, envelopes etc are great for crafty people/card makers!! But you can also find tutorials, if you wanted to make your own.
To name a few, cut out window cards, stained glass windows cut into card fronts, and those super cool “snow globe” or “shaker” cards.
Basically you make cut out a shape in the front of the card, glue one all the way around the edges on one side, leave a small temporary gap on the top of the other. Once glue is dry you can add glitter, sequins, shaped paper punch outs, etc (obvs adapted for ZW needs) then glue that opening.
If you only have one, you can do similar, just using the card as the back piece.
Great for kids, but super adaptable!
Wow! That’s crazy! We can just buy the basic pasta everyone normally gets anyway! ??
Well, the bag the pasta came in will long outlive you in a landfill. If that doesn’t cause you shame, it should.
I am genuinely trying to leave only memories behind after me on this planet.
It’s super hard, I likely won’t succeed 100%, but I’m trying. If we all do our part, we can leave a better world behind than our parents did for us.
@@missimagoodladyimagine being ashamed of buying pasta just because it has an effing plastic film 😭 get your priorities straight and don’t scrutinize people for not doing things the same way you do: you’re not gonna get allies or people to start going ZW if you confront regular people like that!
honestly, I'd just make my own, plus its more fun that way 😄 my boyfriend has chickens and I'm considering milling my own flour if I can (I'm an off the grid low-waste girly, just trynna live my cottage life)
Bulk bins are not allergy safe. If we had a truly zero waste grocery store in my area, I probably wouldn't be able to shop there anyway.
I saw recently paper packaging for spaghetti at my local grocery store. And the packaging went hard too it was awesome
what do you do with all the plastic films you save? do they get repurposed or stored somewhere else?
eco bricking
@@spindless yeah but what is that in? How do you do it?
@@SOLENSAeco bricking is basically stuffing plastic into a plastic bottle as tight as possible. Use a chopstick or knitting middle to push the plastic in. Easier to do if you cut down bigger pieces first.
@@SOLENSA you pack plastic bottles very tightly to make sturdy and long lasting plastic bricks
@@mochaabunnbut what do they do?
I make my own pasta. There isn’t harmful ingredients like enriched bleached/un bleached flour and other chemicals if you use a good wheat all purpose flour, and good ingredients. Cuts back on plastic waste and is healthier. Super easy to make as well
Another option: buy flour and eggs and make it from scratch. Way more effort but it tastes so good!
My step dad talked to a guy at the local recycling center. Apparently, they collect cardboard and paper but do not recycle it because it usually gets wet anyways. Straight to the trash it goes.
If you have kids, you can do lots of fun craft projects with boxes though. Myfroggystuff was a youtuber I used to watch when I was young, and she takes stuff like cereal boxes and decorates them to make easy fold up dollhouses/backdrops
Nothing is ever zero waste.
Well obviously. We don’t live in a zero waste world. The goal is zero waste which is why people have coined the term. It’s something to always strive for
Im lucky where i live because i can also recycle the plastic!
i'm sorry what do you do with the plastic films? i didn't understand that part. (sorry english isn't my first language)
They put it in a drawer to be reused later
@@KuroYukia reused for what?? I can't imagine what I'd do with a tiny 5x10 cm piece of flimsy non-cling-wrap plastic
You could also make your own pasta- it’s really fun!
Best way to shop zero waste is to grow your own food!
lol
You can’t grow pasta
Sure, I’m just gonna go in my garden and grow some pasta.
The climate in my country just isn't right for pasta trees sadly 😟
i don't grow pasta but i make them a lot from flour so, it's zero waste:p
The grogery store i shop at recently started sellling their store brand in a solid box with no little window! Its the best
Why didnt you use a glove or something? You just stick your bare hand in the bucket?
It's going to be cooked anyway 🤷♀️
Look a little closer my friend 👀🌟
WinCo foods has great organic options too. They have tongs for all there bulk items
Does it hurt to be stupid
In New Zealand we have some soft plastic recycling places but there mostly in Auckland
Shop my zero waste store: www.loveofearthco.com
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why the f would you save the plastic? tf are you gonna do with that?
Eco bricking! You should look it up. They build entire buildings in Africa out of it
Wow in Germany the Barilla brand doesn't have a plastic window and they're very good
You can use the soft plastic as lil windows for crafts 🥹🥹😍😍
Actually the brand's stop& shop. They have store brand pasta that doesn't have the plastic slit anymore. They took it away and then they make boxes with just cardboard which is awesome
This is low waste, not zero waste, but it's still a very good practice and much better for the environment in general
What do you do with the other soft plastics you save for later? Brand new beginner.
I like making paper with the boxes ❤
Save it for later? What do you do with it?
I went to a WinCo for the first time in my life last week while traveling and i swear i need to move to idaho now. Bulk section like i couldnt believe
That’s so cool! Bulk bin pasta!
Where I am a lot of major companies are doing pasta, rice, grains etc, even cleaning supplies without packaging (bring in your empty bottle) however the mark up is insane. It costs me £0.29 for 500g if spaghetti pasta but if you get it without packaging its almost £3. That's a major mark up in price. I just buy in bigger packs so its less money per gram, less trips so lower carbon footprint and less packaging as its only the one package for 3-4x the amount of food. Being eco friendly is amazing and I do it every day but it can be pricey if you don't know what to get
We used to have bulk bins at my grocery store but during covid, most if not all grocery stores around me have removed them all
what do you do with the little plastic window? it just sits in a drawer forever?
some brands of pasta like Jovial make the plastic window out of plants
Caring for the planet, love it!
Zero waste is ridiculous when you consider everything else that happens around the world. All it does is put blame on the consumer and make you feel better about yourself. Not all recycling but a lot of it gets sent to poor countries where it gets burned or buried. There is no such thing as zero waste living unless you live completely off the land. This will do nothing to save the planet.
In New Zealand we are able to have separate bins for soft plastics and lightly foiled packaging like chip packets
What do you use the little plastics for?
You can buy the bag of pasta if you need, but make sure to take it to a soft plastics recyling point. In the UK most supermarkets have them outside or near the tills :) Cardboard is obviously better but it's usually twice the price.
In my country, some pasta companies removed the plastic windows too
I love your videos ❤
As someone with food allergies, I would love to shop bulk bins but can’t due to the high cross contamination risk and unknown maintenance/cleaning for product changes. 😢
Idk, a big store in my city offers many products in the "bulk bins" section and it's all fun and stuff... Until you see them refill the bins using products that came in plastic bags, often not bigger than the amount I would actually buy
What do you do with the soft plastics? x
The best zero waste grocery store I know is winco and they have so much stuff if you have a winco near your house start going shopping there it’s so good
I feel like you can reuse the box too! Much better than plastic bags...unfortunately the only pasta we can afford in our store is in plastic bags tho:"D i want to start making pasta some time tho
Very busy house tho dont usually have the time...gotta find a weekend where i can make a huge bunch
Okay but like, barilla doesn't have that many production sites so unless you live near one of them buying them means they were transported a long way and as such you likely produced not just more emissions but also invisible waste from transportation, like plastic wrapping for palettes.
I reuse pasta boxes to make enrichment toys for my bunnies
i would love to know how you get to the grocery store, car? bike? public transport?
If you gave the choice great and bulk bins really what city has been like bins
What do you do with the drawer of collected soft plastics?