If you're in Australian cities and can't compost, you can use the app "Share Waste" and find someone who does have a compost bin and is happy to take your waste.
oh wow, I love that. I've never heard of it. We share most of our scraps with the neighborhood animals/birds/squirrels. They eat almost everything. Our dog comes out and helps to share. He loves helping, you can tell. He often checks the area to see if it's been eaten.
Hi Fairyland, enjoyed your video on zero waste I didn't even know this was made until I saw your video, so I went on amazon and also found "whirl peace collapsible straw" they seem to be new but looks really cool and fashionable thought you might be interested in having a look 👀 alright thanks for video . chow
Be careful where you use the vinegar cleaning mix, it can damage or "eat up" certain surfaces with time, such as marble and some stones. For certain parts you can use a diy all cleaning purposes with only water, soap, esential oils. Or, if it's important to kill bacteria, you can use rubbing alcohol with water
yeah so true... thanks for sharing... If you want more anti bacterial then alcohol will do.... I am ok with the amount of bacteria than vinegar kills....
I started using reusable glass jars for everything in the 1960's. Health food co-ops only had bulk in the 60's. I refuse to have a dish-washer/microwave/and few electric utensils. Actually, we were called 'back to the land' hippies and I live on a farm where I grow our organic food, heat with wood when possible and harvest wood from my wood-lot trees. It's everything I dreamed of as a little girl living in the city.
Gloria Wagener isn't that wonderful! It's such an abundant life isn't it! Going back to the way it use to be done years ago. Simply and with a richness. Very nice of you to share. X
Gloria Wagener this sounds so cool! Thanks for sharing this. 😉 I dream of having my own land and doing this. I want to have a nice garden and a few animals. Not to eat though. I just love animals. I also been storing things in the jars from watching years of the food channel. I want a pretty tv kitchen.
miraggg I heard it the other way around. Eggs are bad, no, eggs are good, dish washers use less water, no they use more, the list of conflicting info is endless. By hand washing though you save on materials and manufacturing of the appliance and the energy it takes to produce them.
My friend taught me this great trick: she reuses the plastic mesh that comes in Brussels sprouts or cutie oranges to scrub her dishes in lieu of a sponge!
These tips are good. Just to add, people from India practised these way before even these concepts are introduced. The impact of Western way of life on the urban Indians did changed the life and living pattern, but still majority of us practice and follow our traditional way of life. #sustainableliving is very much part of our culture. Great that now the world doing the same. Good luck. And keep educating.
My favorite quote I have found on my plastic-free/zero waste journey is "We don't need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly."
not in every teabag. I have a brand in my country that doesn’t use plastic in their teabag and is made of bananaleafes which is compostable. but tbh loose tea you can consume the way you want. if you want to make a lot of tea or less its all in your hands^^
We next to never use kitchen paper to clean up the kitchen. When I was a child, my mother used to donate most of my clothes when I had outgrown them, except for those that had been washed, worn, and loved so hard and often that it showed. She took those and cut them down to make reusable cleaning wipes out of them. If it's t-shirt fabric they don't even fray. I'm in my 30s now, and she still has a stash of those wipes. Cutting up old bedsheets to make cleaning wipes works as well, though you might have to hem them so they don't fray. They're especially good for cleaning windows.
@@FairylandCottage that's true, though I think rejecting everything modern isn't necessarily the way to go either (not that I'm accusing you of doing so, no no no no!). For me, the best way to do it is to see and find out what works best for me in both modern and traditional ways, and kind of mix them up. I'm a fan of the old-fashioned washcloth and use reusable/washable make up remover pads, but a dishwasher is a necessity with my mum's illness. She doesn't always have the strength to do dishes, and I'm not always around to help. So we're doing the best we can - reducing/eliminating packaging and plastic as we go.
I really love how to organise your items in bottles, especially in the fridge. We don't have decompose bins here, but if I have vege, fruits skins decomposes, I will keep them as my garden organic fertilizers 😊
Gracious Treatz yes that's a great idea! We all do our best with the situation we have. Glass jars are just the easiest to store and there are always from uses coconut oil jars or other stuff. X
My husband loves his condiments! So I'm learning to make them myself out of basic ingredients that we do keep on hand, and storing them in my glass jars. Plus, most condiments originated as naturally fermented digestive aids, and of course made of healthy ingredients, which are more great benefits of making your own. So you can be totally simple and low waste without giving up the taste and health benefits of those yummy condiments!
Hi i use steel containers for storage and old clothes as wiping clothes like old camisole, scarf etc. We had a cover for our sofa after some years i am using it as doormats. U will these kind of things a lot in indian homes. Indian culture is all about minimalism as buddha told everything around us is produced by some amount of things from nature and some human energy. So we should use things until it can't be used again. use and throw culture should be eradicated to save our earth. Happy to see lord krishna in ur kitchen make sure he doesn't eat butter secretely from ur fridge 😀. Namaskaram 🙏 from bharat ( india). Btw great video. Bless u.
commando I love the sofa cover as a door mat! Yes our society now is use and throw. It's is deeply ingrained. It is nice that you live in India. It is my favourite country. And thanks I'll keep an eye on little Krishna! Hehe Blessings from Ireland x
@@songfreak1745 🙂. Krishna is a hindu god. When he was a kid he used to eat a lot of butter. In short he loves butter and his cute stories of stealing butter from his neighbouring homes are very heartwarming and popular in india. Namaskar 🙏
I never even thought to fill up a thermos to keep my tea hot all day! Guess what I'll be doing this winter? Great video, Niamh.Thanks for the suggestions.
I never even thought about the zero waste life style but I find myself already doing all of the above ... I Also use Glass jars because they last longer and protect food longer , I use coton towels everywhere, especially at the table because I was brought up that way ... I rarely use plastic anything.
Love the aesthetic of your videos, they instantly put me in a state of relax and coziness. I find myself checking YT multiple times a week to see if your video is up in case I miss the notification. Thanks for taking the time to create them 🌿
Libretto Reviews that's such a lovely comment to receive and I appreciate you taking the time to write! Thanks for your support. I'm really glad you get so much from the videos. X
Michelle H o I think that is a zw struggle for everyone because plastic is everywhere and it means you have to either limit what you eat or shop around constantly looking for alternatives which are hard to find.
Michelle, you can make some beautiful reusable bags for sandwiches and snacks as well as cloth which are covered on one side with bees wax for a more sustainable way for food packaging when you bring your lunch to work or need to cover the glass container, just use a sting to tie the cloth onto the bowl, or wrap your cheese in the cloth, fold it and voila, you will just have to wipe with a damp cloth, RU-vid has many vlog on the subject of making them that are compatible with your budget and skills. Good luck!
So far I have investested in cloth produce and shopping bags, beeswax wraps, silicone freezer/snack bags, bamboo toothbrushes, stainless steel razors with refills, organic sustainably packaged soap and bar shampoo from a girl I know who makes it (I'll be buying her deodorant next) , vinegar and water for household cleaner... I still have a ways to go, but I've only been at it for a few short months. Channels like this are teaching me more about what I can do. There are some things where we live that we can't go completely plastic free with, whether it's because of availability or cost, and everyone in my house isn't on board with changing some of the things they love, but I'm trying the best I can.
you understand that the leaves of cauliflower is edible, right...wash them, chop them up and use in a stirfry ... even better than chopping them up and putting them into the compost bin... skins of things like sweet potato...wash before peeling, dehydrate them and powder them for soups etc peel of fruit...wash before peeling and most of it can be chopped finely, frozen and used as needed for biscuit flavouring or muffin flavouring or even in jams you make...
I couldn’t believe the leaves were edible! I was served a roasted cauli recently with the leaves still attached and they were so good, lovely and crispy. Now when I roast my own, the leaves get thrown in too! Never wasting them again 👍🏻😬
Fairyland Cottage I would never have thought to use the stalk in veggie stock, I’ll do that in future! Just started a bag of veggie scraps, mostly onion and garlic peelings, in my freezer so thanks for the tip!
@@FairylandCottage also if you have a piece of ctrus wash the peel and finely slice it... freeze for later use in marmalade or muffins cakes biscuits... I keep apple and pear cores in freezer as well until I am going to jam make...boil strain and put strained bit into pot with jam fruit...helps set jams and doesnt change the flavour.. I try to use everything if I can 😊
Thank you so much for all these wonderful ideas! Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?! Here I am at 68 re-learning from an Irish fairy how to better run my home! I ❤️ it!
I was born in Moldova and my parents did it and me and my family is doing that, why so many people are trying it for first time. I like video, for me is nothing new but hope Young generation will take it)). Thank you anyway
Viktorya Tkach yes I have been doing for years like my grandparents. It is nothing new. It is actually going back to the way it was always done. Thanks for watching x
I don't think that the zero waste lifestyle is anything new, rather people trying to lower their impact on the planet. Many societies rely heavily on materials that are fast, easy, and cheap - however people are starting to see that this is coming at a great cost to our environment.
Unfortunately in 🇺🇸 we dont think much of waste. The newer generations were born around convinence and media that tells us this "thing" smells great is easy to use and its disposable. We like that. Its so wasteful but we were born with that already in our culture. Thankfully more and more people are becoming aware just how much we are hurting the planet. Its hard for us to do the change but onw person makes a difference.
You can use clothes that have got too worn as well. If they get to the point where they aren't wearable any more, just cut them into squares and use them for cloths.
I love the idea of zero waste and actually as I have been reading through scripture I've seen that God calls us to minimalism and for good reason! I've never felt so relaxed than I have with owning less and making less waste. Great video!
Hi, makes me feel very glad that I left using plastic many years ago. I think In doing fine :). And will use a thermo jar ti keep hot water all day, thanks, its a great idea!!!!
I love this, but I was thinking of what happens to all our plastic food storage if we all change over to glass 🤔 As much as I love the glass look, I'm not sure I could send all my plastic ones to landfill😕
Jo N I'm the same. I've got loads of plastic ones too. They are in an older video. I keep them also. Some of them have broken so they had to go to landfill. So sad to think the plastic will be around forever!
The problem with the glass ones I see, they have horrible rubber tops and everything else is now the bended fold up snap closure ones. I figure I will continue to use the ones that I have that are plastic until they wear out. Some are just now doing that after almost 15 years.
@@FairylandCottage Just don't buy new and donate what you don't use or can be replaced with more eco friendly versions. I too have a lot of plastic including Tupperware, Rubbermaid brands all were bought in thrift stores and as I try to replace with better items I will redonate so they have more shelf life instead of being thrown away. It takes time to rededicate your life to zero sustainability but if we all make a conscious effort people will buy less and less plastics and the manufacturers will hopefully stop producing so much of it. I am learning more and more watching these videos. Anna In Ohio.
In my humble opinion we are simply trying to return to the old way of doing things. Buying loose tea instead of teabags for example. This is what we did before teabags were invented. Using paper instead of plastic bags, and generally being able to buy as much as you need rather than having to buy pre packaged amounts. Supermarkets have contributed hugely to waste and plastic pollution.
I love how calming your videos are. The aesthetic is so wonderful! I was just wondering if you bought the dish scrubber online or at a shop somewhere? I am having a hard time finding one with no plastic. 😌 Keep doing what you are doing! 💚
Meredith Frigo thanks Meredith! I must put all my calm into the videos and run out of it in my life 😂 ;-) If you live in Ireland you can get a Copper scrubbers from some zero waste grocery markets. I try not but online unless it a last resort. Send me your address on Instagram direct msg and I'll post one out to you. I have a spare one.
It may feel more virtuous to wash by hand, but its more wasteful. You use up to 27 gallons if water per load by hand, versus as little as 3 gallons with an energy Star-rated dishwasher 🤷 Saludos desde España
hey there! yeah I've read that statistic but I only use about 2 to 3 gallons max in my sink. I think the gallons clock up when you are running the water to wash dishes constantly or if you have a large family. Saying that, there are great energy efficient dishwashers these days that are far more energy efficient. I would need a bigger kitchen though to fit it. haha :-)
I hand wash. The first month of doing so, my water bill was higher. I tweaked my technique and now it's back to just as low as when I had a dishwasher.
Good grief = 27 gallons of water per load ! don't be ridiculous !! that would fill a bath !! I use a washing up bowl that holds one gallon and that does the job. Sometimes I don't use that much. you must have an awful lot of washing up !!! I think that's fake information to get people to buy dishwashers !!
Bruh, if you use up to 27 gallons just to wash dishes, you need to take a class on dishwashing with my mother cuz she’d smack your ass up for using that much water.
Always use the things you already own as much as possible before rushing out to replace plastic with glass. The most sustainable product is the one you already own. When it's no longer usable, then replace with glass or a sustainable option.
Thanks to your advice on a previous video, I bought a hot flask, and it has been brilliant! Also the condiments, they take up so much room, even when you buy them in glass, my fridge seems full of condiments! Such a good video as always 👍
We love to bake thumbdrop cookies with our jams and recently husband has been serving pancakes with syrups he has made from fruit condiments. Salad dressing twists are delicious, too. Just discovered cocktail recipes using jams as well, will try this holiday season.
Another great video and great tips. I do most of these except I still use a sponge in the kitchen. Hard habit to give up. I love the dispenser you use for your kitchen cloths. 😊
Tina Lemna ah thanks! You're a super eco friendly person! Have you seen coconut fibre scrubbers they might work for you, but we all have a thing we like and can't get rid of!
Fairyland Cottage I’ve not seen those. I’ll have a look. I had a friend visit this summer and we were grocery shopping and I forgot my bag. She couldn’t believe I made both of us carry the groceries to the car in our arms but I said that’s the price we pay for forgetting! 😘
Maistic is a brand that has plastic-free sponges, made of natural material, there are great! (they also have a lot of other plastic-free cleaning items)
I am using a worm bin in the kitchen. All of the organic waste that I can´t use to make something else is going in there. It doesn´t smell at all if closed. If opened it smells like forest soil. My worms eat the scrabs and produce worm humus which I am using to fertilize my raised vegetable beds. It consists of three floors. When the floor at the top is nearly full the bottom floor is ready to be harvested. I will harvest the worm humus and then put the now empty floor on top to continue feeding the worms with kitchen scrabs. When this floor is nearly full again the lowest floor is ready to be harvested again. And so it continues: I feed the worms in the top floor and harvest the bottom floor when the top floor is full. It is really nice and reduces my kitchen scrabs a lot because I can feed the worms everything that hasn´t been cooked, prozessed and/or spiced. In goes: Scrabs from tomatoes, old leaves of salat, scrabs of vegetables that have already signs that they are about to start rotting. And I can feed handkerchieves, kitchen tissues or even the cartons eggs come in. So: less waste and a lot of biologic fertilizer for the vegetables in my garden. :)
all great tips, thank you again for taking the time to make these videos. also your home looks so cozy and calm id love for you to share more. cheers! ^_^
Love the tip about using roots for vegetable stock,that is amazing! Good use of otherwise wasted food.I have been wanting to stop buying premade broth too. I resonate with all those tips, especially condiments. I found i get overwhelmed easily, simplicity feels so much better in the end. I spent over a third of my monthly budget this month on condiments alone, including vegetable broth.I find spending on broth to be a waste, it bothers me but it makes food better.
When I was young all of my family drank tea apart from myself so mum had a really large thermos she filled which had a pump type lid on it and she sat it on the bench to save boiling the kettle so often. We have free range chickens so they eat most of our scraps and anything else like potato peelings we put in a compost heap. We also have a worm farm which we can put vegetable scraps in too. Also old odd socks or ones with a hole are great for dusting as you can put them over your hand making it quicker and easier. xx
I put them in big jars and containers for storing... here is a shopping video that shows at the end..ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BFDZ0mZRq0s.html
When I got my own place instead of buying new furniture I got my couch from the thrift shop and used a couch cover to make it the color I want. I know people who have gotten 3 couches since I got mine and its still just as comfortable as when I first got it. No idea how old it is. It has that old school flower print on it that all the grandmas had 😂 I love this couch man.
We do all of these except for the wooden scrubby - thanks for the info! These aren't strictly kitchen ideas but someone might find them useful: When our kids really stain or rip their cotton clothes, we cut them up for cleaning cloths. When we can't avoid getting produce in bags (grapes! potatoes!) we reuse them when we buy produce again. We eventually wind up with plastic grocery bags, so I crochet them into new bags.
My husband is semi retired and works in an elementary school as a janitor. He brings home arm loads of partially used paper towels from the dispensers he replenishes every night because the school wants it all thrown out. They throw out new crayons, scissors, pencils, you name it. He says there is so much waste because the kids just throw it on the floors and the teachers hands are tied because they are not allowed to discipline the students. He also says the kids smear feces all over the walls of the bathrooms and urinate on the floors deliberately. This is in a well to do school district where the students lack for nothing. Until parents take the lead, there will be waste and abuse of our resources.
marie d gosh that is so disturbing. Must be hard for your husband to witness that. Yes the parents have to care before the children do. But what was so scary was that the teachers can't discipline! What is going on in the world!
@@FairylandCottage If the teachers discipline they are sent off to a detention site where they sit 8 hours a day doing nothing. They have to report and sit there....sometimes a whole school year until the case is brought before an arbitration board to resolve the complaint of disciplinary action taken with a student. During this time they are paid their salary with benefits. Some parents get tweaked if their children are disciplined and want the teacher discharged. So the school board tries to protect the teachers until the situation is legally settled. This is why the teachers don't address the issue. Trouble is....affluence brings a sense of entitlement. Parents don't teach civic responsibility, hygiene, respect, on and on. Around here homes sell at the high end and don't lose value. One high school was built to accommodate the influx of increased population. After building the school and installing GOLD tiles on the mezzanine floor the tax payers were told there was no money left to put $100,000.00 of plumbing and more funds needed for computer I Pads for the students. Up go the school tax. When I moved here houses were selling for $50,000. Now we have million dollar homes down the street from us. My granddaughter took a job in college cleaning these houses. She said the mom's don't work. Houses are filthy and the kids urinate on the floors and they wait for the cleaners to come load their dishwashers. They find rotting food in the kids rooms under their clothes and the smell is suffocating. One day she came home and announced she had joined the Army as a combat medic! She said these people are dirty and compared to them our home is a palace with 3 dogs and a cat.
I have two dogs, and I cook for them, which is how I use up most of my food scraps. The things they cannot eat I generally put in the compost. I buy veggies for them but also include my scraps and leftovers. Scraps of cheese and meat go in their scrambled eggs. I also plan well so that I eat all the food I buy for myself. If I want to experiment I will do so with restaurant food. When I cook in quantity, I try to make sure it’s something I will like so I want to finish it all!
I love your videos, I just have to share the funny moment I just had. While I was searching for a video to watch this one popped up and started to work without voice without me touching the screen to start (I guess it's what RU-vid has come up with lately, I haven't seen it before) and it had subtitles saying "welcome to fairyland carpet" (I hope I could write my thoughts well enough to understand, not my language)
REDUCE REUSE REPURPOSE COMPOST RECYCLE -I suggest sending your recycables directly to the companies that will use it on the spot.Thatway you are sure there will be no waste in the landfill
I can't believe I didn't know about this channel. Its perfect and informative and very inspiring. Thank you very much. All the love from Bogota Colombia
Being lucky enough to have a grandmother who a) had a WMF Shop and b) passed over everything to me... Never since I moved out in 1993 I had anything in plastic - despite a chopping board, which I exchanged for a bamboo one, when starting living zero waste in 2011... Its sooo easy nowadays as almost everything is available in my local organic shop for refill... Veggies and Fruits are delivered here by a local farmers cooperation every week, thex deliver what I order online... Wonderful!
