{"id":21679,"date":"2025-03-14T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/?p=21679"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:59:26","slug":"zero-waste-family-reducing-your-ecological-footprint-for-a-better-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/zero-waste-family-reducing-your-ecological-footprint-for-a-better-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Waste Family: Reducing Your Ecological Footprint for a Better World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21679\" class=\"elementor elementor-21679\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cced6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cced6d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1410de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1410de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First Steps for Families to Embrace Sustainable Living and Minimize Environmental Impact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82654c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b82654c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Have you ever wondered if it&#8217;s possible to live without plastic? Or what&#8217;s the best way to reduce your family&#8217;s waste? <strong>Fredrika Syren<\/strong> and her family show us that it is possible to make a difference, one step at a time, through their <strong>Zero Waste Family<\/strong> page.<\/h4><p>She gave us some tips on how we can do the same.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>Climate change is a big problem, and we should all do something to help.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">Sometimes even the smallest change is a step in the right direction. <strong>The Zero Waste Family<\/strong> is the project of <strong>Fredrika Syren<\/strong> and <strong>James<\/strong>, both 53, and their children <strong>Isabella<\/strong>, 16, <strong>Noah<\/strong>, 12, and <strong>Liam<\/strong>, 11.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">They started small, but now live a life where waste and plastic are kept to a minimum.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">This journey started with <strong>Fredrika<\/strong>, the cool mum behind the project, who is also a public speaker and author of the book<a href=\"https:\/\/zerowastefamily.com\/book\"><strong> \u201cA Practical Guide to Zero Waste for Families\u201d<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">She grew up in Sweden in a family that loved nature and believed that money should be spent on experiences, not \u201cstuff\u201d.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">This was the starting point for a career focused on the planet.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>Fredrika<\/strong> has now been an environment writer for over 20 years &#8211; things really took off when she became a mum, and the zero-waste lifestyle became normal for this family of five.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bef9e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bef9e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d9edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54d9edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21684\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-27.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05091b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f05091b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a425776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a425776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>&#8221; When I became a mother for the first time in 2006, I realised that climate change was going to be the biggest threat to my children and that as a family we were certainly producing more waste than ever. Individual action is the missing piece of the puzzle that is needed alongside government and business action to tackle climate change. This inspired me to learn more about how we could start to reduce our own waste and we started slowly but steadily to reduce one piece of waste at a time &#8220;<\/h5><p>says <strong>Fredrika<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">The first step was to change <strong>the way they shopped<\/strong> as a family &#8211; they started buying fruit and vegetables from the local farmers&#8217; market, buying stable foods in bulk, and bringing their own shopping bags and glass jars to avoid plastic.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">Since going zero waste, the family has made a number of changes.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;We eat more at home and grow more of our own food. We have worked hard to reduce food waste by storing food properly, cleaning our fridge, pantry and freezer often and having one leftover day a week. We have started composting and this, along with reducing our food waste, has reduced our rubbish by a third.&#8221;<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876e65a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"876e65a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1935da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1935da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21683\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-46.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1377709 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1377709\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d5fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36d5fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"docx_body\">The journey to cut down on the use of plastic<\/h3><p class=\"docx_body\">Reducing the use of plastic was a natural part of the <strong>Zero Waste Family<\/strong>&#8216;s journey, but it was eight years ago that they decided to get serious about giving up completely.<\/p><h4 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;It&#8217;s turning out to be harder than I first thought&#8221;<\/h4><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>Fredrika<\/strong> begins.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;We&#8217;re not quite there yet, but I&#8217;d say we&#8217;re 85% plastic-free. The rest we send to Terracycle [a recycling company in the United States] to be upcycled.\u201d<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\">The hardest changes have been in children&#8217;s toys, school supplies, clothes, and arts and crafts, as they are often made with plastic and chemicals and are usually packaged in plastic; this mother also says that it is impossible to avoid plastic in vitamins and medicines.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">Plastic pollution is a major problem, endangering wildlife and the environment, as most of it is never recycled and ends up in landfill.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">For this reason, <strong>Fredrika<\/strong> firmly believes that we need to work on reducing our use of plastic.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;This does not mean that you can be perfect and 100% plastic free. But we must at least try.\u201d<\/h5><h3 class=\"docx_body\">How to involve kids in the zero-waste lifestyle<\/h3><p class=\"docx_body\">Being Zero Waste is not just for parents.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>It&#8217;s important to get children involved<\/strong>, and sometimes that&#8217;s not the easiest thing to do.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>Fredrika<\/strong>, a mother of three, thinks it&#8217;s a good idea to make it a family activity.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8221; I read a lot of books with them when they were younger about recycling and how to be eco-friendly, and we also spend a lot of time in nature and in our garden growing food &#8220;<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\">So the best advice she can give is to <strong>learn together<\/strong>, <strong>as a family<\/strong>, by watching documentaries or reading books.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">She also believes that a good way to get children more involved in a zero-waste life is to <strong>find original ways to reduce waste together<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713d8aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"713d8aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d57e03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d57e03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mylemonmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHOTO-2025-03-10-22-25-55.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8faffd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8faffd3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef51f6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef51f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"docx_body\"><strong>\u201cIf we cannot reuse, recycle or compost it, we will refuse it&#8221;<\/strong><\/h4><p class=\"docx_body\">For <strong>Fredrika<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/zerowastefamily.com\/\"><strong>Zero Waste family<\/strong><\/a>, the most important rule of sustainable living is:<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;If we cannot reuse, recycle or compost it, we refuse it.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">And this is what they try to teach the people around them.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">The aim is to &#8221; i<strong>nspire people in our community, our school and our family to start reducing their own waste simply by inviting them into our lives and making sure we inspire by example without judgement <\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p><p class=\"docx_body\">The problem with climate change is that it sometimes feels like our individual impact is almost nil, and <strong>Fredrika<\/strong> understands.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8221; I understand that it can seem so insignificant what one person does. Dismissing the importance of individual responsibility has become a popular argument for doing nothing about climate change &#8220;<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\">she begins, adding that<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;in a world of more than 7.7 billion people, individual action is still an important part of the equation.\u201d<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\"><strong>Fredrika<\/strong> believes that it is our actions as consumers that can make a difference.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;If we as consumers vote with our wallets and choose to buy only from sustainable brands, companies will have to start making sustainable changes to maintain demand and continue to make a profit. The fashion industry is a great example of this. 15 years ago, when my family began our journey towards a zero waste lifestyle, there were almost no sustainable clothing brands on the market. Today, many consumers are aware of the environmental damage caused by the fast fashion industry. Before they decide to buy a product, they often research how it was designed or produced.\u201d<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\">If you are trying to make a difference to start reducing your carbon footprint, <strong>Fredrika<\/strong> has some advice for you:<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;Take it one step at a time and remember that big starts small.&#8221;<\/h5><p class=\"docx_body\">She tells us that a good place to start is by doing a <strong>waste audit<\/strong> and trying to find a <strong>substitute<\/strong> for something in your rubbish.<\/p><h5 class=\"docx_body\">&#8220;It can be as simple as replacing paper towels with cloth, bringing your own bags to the shops or choosing pasta in a box instead of a plastic bag.&#8221;<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c6898 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6c6898\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Steps for Families to Embrace Sustainable Living and Minimize Environmental Impact Have you ever wondered if it&#8217;s possible to live without plastic? 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