10 zero waste kitchen swaps // these are absolute game changers

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2. reusable tea and coffee infusers (in video: thrifted tea egg, and reusable coffee filter from fltrgo.com/product/fltrgo-tra...
3. reusable dishcloths ( in video: homemade)
4. natural kitchen sponge (similar here: www.lifebeforeplastic.co.uk/p... )
5. bokashi compost (similar here: bokashiliving.com/ )
6. reusable ice trays (in video: thrifted)
7. Reusable storage containers (in video: upcycled - klean kanteen, ecolunchbox and supermarket packaging)
8. wooden dishbrush (similar here: www.redecker.de/en/home-and-y... )
9.water filter
10. second hand utensils
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@jeantienhelder4534 Год назад

I have a rental holiday house and I use all the swaps you just mentioned ! And whenever people rent it I always give them a little tour of the house and the things i do to keep it lowwaste and other sustainble stuff and the reactions are always positive! I even have your book on the shelves together with some vegan cookbooks!

@Gittemary Год назад

Wow that is brilliant 😍💪

@sofiebruunrasmussen Год назад

A tip for plastic containers, also the packaging ones, that are technically single use (icecreamboxes, take away etc): Use them for what they were intended for in the first place. Take away boxes with hot food in -> can be used for hot food again. Icecream boxes -> perfect for freezing leftovers ;)

@maryseaubert3647 Год назад

I love how honest you are about your choices! Nobody is perfect! Thank you for those swaps that are zero waste AND good for your wallet!

@KarolYuuki Год назад

Half of the containers that we use at my house are ice cream containers. Big and medium sized. We don't usually microwave things on them, but we use them everyday and they last for years. I usually only buy small containers for food and all the other ones are just ice cream ones hahaha

@spacebar9733 Год назад

Paper or plastic

@KarolYuuki Год назад

@@spacebar9733 The plastic ones. It's very rare to see paper ice cream containers here, and when there is one, it's usually super expensive.

@dion789 28 дней назад

I didn't realise that using kitchen cloths was not the normal thing to do. I only use paper towels to wipe off excess fat from pans before I do the dishes so the fat doesn't end up down the drain. But wash cloths are handy for pretty much everything else.

@Bairinde 8 месяцев назад

I did get one of those fancy stainless steel ice cube trays because I felt there was a certain unpleasant taste to the ice cubes after using plastic ones for a long period of time. I like the stainless steel tray but it comes with its own disadvantages like, for instance, it's not possible to just get one or two cubes out, I have to get all of them out.

@ithil123 Год назад

Thank you for this video. You are big inspiration for me. I try low waste life. Sometime is easy because in Czech Republic we doing many things without thinking about it. Food waste is big nono from my childhood. We simply eat things. If apple is damaged, we cut of bad piece ad eat it. If we have leftover, its our tomorrow lunch. We use cloth handkerchief, we dry the clothes in the sun, we using old things, we change clothes with our cousins, and many other. New for me is solid soap for dishes and wooden brush and loofah. Things like household cleaning products are very fun to make and use. Thanks to you, I learned to think better about what I buy and how I use it. And I'm also trying to eat less meat and be more flexitarian. Thank you!

@gracemoore384 13 дней назад

Good for you. We need more people like you!

@sustainfem Год назад

I'm in love with your dish towel cabinet -- the cloths look so pretty stacked there. It's inspiring me to do the same. The only problem I'll have is getting them really dirty -- because I love they way they look! But if it will keep me from using paper towels, it's worth it.

@myntha Год назад

Our old(ish) plastic food containers get used as lunch boxes and for freezing stuff, after that they're moved to be used as knick knack containers in the workshop or in painting. Oldest ones have been in use +15yrs. Now we're getting close to having no plastic containers in the kitchen, replaced by glass. Works nicely for us :)

@CaliHinojosaVids Год назад

I love keeping pasta sauce jars, but also love to save plastic containers too. They’re the best for giving a friend leftovers in because if they don’t give the container back, who cares. It was free. We keep paper towels just in case for doggy throw up etc, but they collect dust cause we go months without using one. Clothes are so much better at cleaning counters and drying hands.

@viivi4196 Год назад

I boought some linen blend fabric and made dish cloths (that can be washed in the washing machine) out of it, and then gave a few for each of my friends when they moved out for the first time :) I thought a useful and sustainable gift like that would be nice and it's so lovely to see my friends use them! edit: I actually didn't even buy the fabric, my mom already had it but I forgot that when I was writing oops

@aubreevanderwoude8530 Год назад

Thank you so mich for stressing the whole "using what you have is the most sustainable"! Zero waste is a trend used in marketing products that is taking advantage of those who want to do better but are easily influenced by fancy marketing tactics (because we are trained to be). Another good kitchen swap is using garbage bags made from 100% recycled plastic. I get mine from Grove. I know you can buy "compostable" trash bags, but like you said, nothing composts in a landfill (hello greenwashing). So I think bags made from 100% recycled plastic is as sustainable as we're going to get as far as trash bags go. Obviously avoiding all trash is ideal but not possible. 😊

@giselasommer9537 2 месяца назад

You are so right, with one exception: please use compostable instead of plastic bags for food and kitchen waste, when you have separate collection for this in your municipality. In composting or digestion plants the plastic bags will disintegrate into micro-plastics and thus spoil the compost quality. In most plants both bag types will have to be removed at some point, but the compostable ones at least do not contaminate the compost or the digestate.

@aubreevanderwoude8530 2 месяца назад

@@giselasommer9537 absolutely! However, I do not have commercial composting available to me, so my composting is purely backyard (no bags involved!) I was referring specifically to landfill waste, as there is no point in using "compostable" garbage bags for waste going to landfill, because it will not compost in a landfill.

@barbaraf.115 Год назад

Check out silicon ice cube trays they are super flexible and the ice cube comes out super easy!

@micivalantincic8227 Год назад

Yes! I have a lego one so my ice cubes are legos:)

@Gittemary Год назад

I have a few silicone ice trays, also thrifted and they are so handy 🌿🌿

@pheart2381 Год назад

I still need paper towels for the occasional cat-based accident,but I use dishcloths for wiping up,then when they get a bit grotty they are also used for cat type wiping. I also save old holey socks for floor wiping.

@SmileyVegan Год назад

I do the sock thing, too! 😊

@annam.1705 6 месяцев назад

We just go second hand pots for a friend’s housewarming. Those are one of the things that last forever and rather than buying a gadget he might not really need we took work of his hands to choose/buy/find something and made it sustainable. I am curious. How do you all feel about used gifts? I feel like some recipients might not appreciate the gesture of you sourcing a sustainable used product rather than just going into the shop and buying it new..

@claudiarossi5690 Год назад

I'd love to watch a video about the compost! I really want to try this but still kinda scared about 😬 so can't wait!

@jessieholloway1652 Год назад

Currently catching up on videos as the busy part of my life has come to a pause, I've missed watching your videos. Thank you for always giving me and everyone else amazing tips and ideas for how to live more sustainably. You truly keep me inspired. I love your personality, the way you inform people is so genuine and non judgmental and that's what I love about you.

@RockPunkBallerina Год назад

To be honest, I had an old metal ice tray, I replaced with a silicone one because the very cold metal was always painful to touch.

@Gittemary Год назад

I have thought about that as well, metal that freezes is SO painful to handle 😩

@MysteryMommy1 Год назад

I use tea towels and cloth hankies ever since the pandemic paper shortage. I love them so much

@sirih9012 Год назад

Use a lid when you heating up water etc on the stove! It saves so much energy but I know not all uses it. 😊

@chandralocke8859 Год назад

those glass pineapple cups are everywhere!! Idk where they came from but i bought some a few years ago from a thrift store and they came with metal lids and silicone pineapple tops, but now they are everywhere

@olha-mordiuk Год назад

Looking forward for the inside composting guide, I'm sure it will be really helpful Thank you for your work!

@niloy1643 Год назад

you speak so frankly and I love that

@plantaetivoli1178 Год назад

you make my day every video I watch. Much Peca and Love from NY :)

@evakalaitzidou8405 Год назад

Loved it as always. ❤

@natashak3387 Год назад

I love you and your videos! Thank you! I have a reusable stainless steel k-cup and it will last for years.

@kiterafrey Год назад

My in laws moved to Denmark as my father in law's company opened a location there. It was amazing. I wish I could move there myself. Life was so simple and everyone was so happy.

@coline9332 Год назад

loved the video! once again :D I use silicone sheets (very thin, very flexible) to replace cling film. It stick to itself.I sometimes use rubberbands to avoid any air passing through ewhen it doesn't stick to the surface of my plate or recipient. helps me store in fridge with less effort and less washing

@Yozora0no0Hoshi Год назад

Could you talk about the sanitary-ness of using zero waste kitchen items? Example: my husband argues that the wood handled, wood-headed dish brush with tapioca bristles is less sanitary than the plastic dish brush. Same for favouring plastic cutting boards over wooden cutting boards. Interested in your take on this.

@Bairinde 8 месяцев назад

This is not true at all. I can't vouch for the brush but for cutting boards, wood is much more sanitary than plastic! Bacteria will get into the cuts left behind on the cutting board but wood is much better at repelling them than plastic. There are studies on this, I'm sure you will find them (can't leave a link here).

@evadamole Год назад

Wooden dishbrushes are one of those items that I wanted to buy immediately when I first saw it. But I didn't want to throw out my old plastic one, so I planned on using it until it was all worn down, and then I'd buy wooden. It's been two years. I put the plastic brush in the dishwasher whenever it gets gross and dirty, and it comes out like new. Wooden brushes can't go in the dishwasher, so the head of the brush has to be replaced whenever it gets gross.

@Autumn1988 Год назад

My husband and I really want a (beautiful!) elephant box stainless steel washing up bowl. But we keep telling ourselves to wait and wait until our ugly plastic one actually breaks 😂

@Gittemary Год назад

patience is by far the most difficult part of this lifestyle 😂

@stefangherman8408 Год назад

As far as I know, every new fridge comes with an ice tray, so a fridge must have an ice tray included.

@MotherNaturesEdge Год назад

Great but he was always! I love my wash rags, that's what we call them here in KY. I do use paper towels however the cleanup things that I don't want to watch out of my rags Mike feces or cat puke

@danielalvarado9019 Год назад

Great!

@jml238 Год назад

Lol, it's ok to keep promoting 2nd hand shopping! It's painful to pay retail. I do get new brushes, loofah, ect, usually on ebay from srelanka. I'm 65 and have had a very happy 2nd hand life! I really enjoy watching your videos!❤

@kiterafrey Год назад

On the ice topic, the most sustainable thing is always the thing you already own. Using what you already bought, maintaining it , and then upcycling it so it doesn't hit the landfill. Reusable is sustainable even if it is plastic so long as you already own it or thrift it or if it was the only option but you'll reuse it.

@JBaxter-pi8oj Год назад

You have great ideas! A question: do bamboo dish cleaning brushes qualify as sustainable? Thank you for your videos and your humour. It is challenging living a sustainable life!

@Gittemary Год назад

Depends on where the bamboo came from - I have a full video on the impact of bamboo, the bottom line: it can be more sustainable, but isn’t inherently 😊

@kiterafrey Год назад

If you put an oven safe cooling rack or baking rack over a baking sheet you can make a temporary air fryer setup for the oven. It isn't as good but it gets the job done.

@nikkifangaiuiha6081 Год назад

Thanks for the zerowaste tips very handy, l do most,love your channel Gittemary 😀 👍 ❤❤❤🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏

@justynaaleksiejuk1802 Год назад

These material kitchen colths are cool! I'm trying to reduce using of the paper towel, but it is not so easy... I mainly use it for drying the kitchen counters, but not fo drying your dishes (lol, why?). And I'm wondering, if I'm not a very plant person, how would I use my post-compost material (and I don't have my compost yet)? I'm so happy that there are more jar collectors :D

@empressspace8110 8 месяцев назад

My main goal is to have zero plastic especially for food and drink bec its not safe . At this moment I have to reuse plastic but when I get to the point I can have zero plastic I will be so greatful

@doratarnai476 Год назад

Great video, but I am not sure if you use the bokashi in the traditional way. 😀 I believe the part with the holes goes in the bottom, so the scraps can't clog the drainer. But I'm not sure if I'm right or not, I was just wondering...

@anatoliaalison Год назад

I agree😊 at least I put the holed part at the very bottom in mine and works well ❤

@Gittemary Год назад

This is my second bokashi, the first one I had came with a seal that you were to press down to remove air - when I saw this tray I assumed it served a similar purpose, but I’ll have to recheck 😅

@carolbonnett7409 Год назад

Hi there Gittermary. ;) I love your vibe on your channel. :) Anyway, I totally agree with your statement about buying secondhand before new.❤ I do this myself & have done for many & way before watching any influencers. ;) I've done it out of necessity until it became second nature. 😁🤗 I also have so many sustainable options I use in The kitchen etc. I have greatly reduced paper towels But I can't seem to stop using them intirely for 2 main reasons. 1: I have an elderly dog who has pots of accidents around the house & don't want to throw out all my cloths, & 2: using to soak anything greasy or things like soaking tomatoe juices & seeds. Do you have an option for that? I use my old microfibre cloths, teatowels, and old t- shirts I've cut up for everything else. :)

@KijkNaarHaar Год назад

4.50-5.00 yes to this! Say it louder and again for the people.

@sayyndie Год назад

Love the reusable baking sheet! Had mine for a few years and it keeps on giving. But tell me, is it just mine that just turned a different colour after using it? It used to look like the one in the video when it was new but after using it for a while it turned into a brownish shade (can’t wash it off)? Anyone else who had this? :)

@vitalijacvetkova8474 Год назад

i have the same problem! it turned into dark brown now, as i've been using it for 3 years already. but it works just fine, so i don't mind the color:)

@Gittemary Год назад

The first one I had turned brown as well, it is still fine to use, but the industrial grade one I have now hasn’t faded or changed colour at all, and it is a lot easier to clean as well ✌️

@Floralandgreens9528 Год назад

Gittemary! I wanted to let you know that i bought your book!!! ❤️ Its absolutely inspiring what you do !!

@kiterafrey Год назад

If you have silicone ice molds they can be so useful. If you sometimes seek chocolates but want to be zero waste and vegan. Melt coconut oil. Mix in cocoa powder from the bulk section. Add sugar from the bulk section. Mix until combined over heat. Splash of plant milk if you don't like dark chocolate. Add to the molds and put in the fridge or freeze. Zero waste chocolates.

@lyannecb8499 Год назад

We have an air fryer at work, and I'm sure it's better than deep fat frying good, and more energy efficient than oven cooking food. But it is not easy to clean, and after I had cleaned it at work, I told my son not to get one. I was struck by your comment about aluminium foil... I do have baking paper in the kitchen (and am annoyed with the one I currently have, as the previous paper could be gently washed up and reused several times before finally disintegrating, whereas the new one is single use 😒). I also have aluminium foil which I use instead of plastic wrap when I'm making biscuits that need shaping, wrapping and chilling before cooking. I wash & reuse the foil, & recycle it when it gets holes in, so I thought I was okay. But you are not keen on it at all, can I ask why not?

@Gittemary Год назад

The air fryer that I have used in the past was so easy to clean, you could remove the panels that touches the food, clean those, and put them back in ✌️ it’s also great to reuse alu and recycled once it starts to fall a apart, I prefer using a Dutch oven or baking dish myself, but you’re doing anything wrong ☺️

@eline5093 Год назад

ohh i'd love to compost inside the house :)

@karinamauren6229 Год назад

Love my bokashi! But did you put the food scraps directly in the bucket and the «floor» on top? I believe the floor is supposed to go under the foodwaste to filter out the scraps so you dont clog the dragon where the bokashi liquid comes out 😊

@dgoz97 Год назад

Any tips for when bringing items to a party that are in larger quantity? I have beeswax wrap but it never seems to come big enough and if I'm bringing a tray of something, or I baked a cake I often don't have a good solution to covering and protecting it while transporting

@laifnow Год назад

Kitchen towel and string?

@lembianepaio155 Год назад

I have used cardboard boxes for cakes for example.

@spannajupiter Год назад

For kitchen paper towel. We only tend to use for cant pee and sometimes vomit. I would like to try something else but for that not sure. We also use paper towl for a head brocoli to keep ot longer. Is there a better product for it? I tried a towel but didnt work. For ice cubes i ended up using my silicone baking cups. I always get compliments how pretty they are to.

@nadege1287 Год назад

Great video as always! Anyone with tips on how to wash properly silicone baking sheets? I can't get them clean (or clean enough to my liking...), even after a dishwasher wash. It seems impossible to get rid of the greasiness/stickiness, so I guess I am doing something wrong?

@vickyjansen3544 Год назад

Please show off that composting device. There are the electric ones but they use probably a lot of energy. I bought a dehydrator but it uses a lot of energy. Now I hang my herbs in an area and they dry without no use of energy. Bought a drying rack that is enclosed with a zipper and dry sliced vegetables too. When energy costs are going up. I love to find ways of saving energy.

@williamclark1244 Год назад

I was thinking about getting a dehydrator. Thank you for mentioning it using a lot of energy.

@Gittemary Год назад

Drying outside/without electricity is ofc more energy efficient than anything else, but if your other option is using an oven, a dehydrator is way better and uses a lot less energy ✌️

@LizChaRob Год назад

Reusable cloths! It’s so silly because I’ve been reducing waste for so long but not using paper towels… it’s difficult for my family. Having to lay out the cloth to dry is the biggest issue. How do you do it? More specifically. I know, I know. 🤦🏻‍♀️. And if it’s hard for me, it’s really hard for my hubs!

@micivalantincic8227 Год назад

You can have small cloths and just wash them right after use.

@Gittemary Год назад

I type use a small dish cloth to clean a mess, rinse it, drain it and hang it across the tap, or sink, to dry, easy as can be - you can also hang it up outside, but basically every single Danish household has a cloth drying on the side of the sink 😅

@Gittemary Год назад

I usually let it dry and re-use it again and again, for a few days before washing it ✌️

@g.i.1004 Год назад

Just put some hangers somewhere (wall, inside the kitchen cabinet on the door, whatever), rinse the cloths after use and hang dem there to dry, if washing right away isn't needed.

@LizChaRob Год назад

@@Gittemary another not so pretty zero waste swap… This is what my hubby has trouble accepting. I think I just need a hanger or somewhere specific to hang dry. Gotta pick my battles and just make a system happen! As always, love the content!

@elizabethb.3932 Год назад

Every time I try to compost it takes way longer for the food to break down than for me to fill the container… I don’t know how people don’t fill up those inside buckets really quickly. Also, I eat bananas every day and the peels take forever to break down. I could be doing it wrong…

@neta565 Год назад

Hey Gittemary, how do you clean your dishwashbrushbristels, when they get black with mould? This happens to mine every time.😑

@merel8915 Год назад

Hi Gittemary! I was checking out the link to the baking mat, but it looks like that is a bigger one than you showed in your video aaand I am looking for a small baking mat :) Do you have any tips maybe...? :)

@alexmcginness8859 Год назад

I’ve had silicon baking mats in the past and they get so gross so quickly! I bake a lot and I can’t keep them looking nice. I’ve given up at this point and switched back to parchment paper. 🥲