Blog Tag - Zero Waste

24 Things I Stopped Buying To Go Zero Waste
'Going Zero Waste', living a life without generating any trash at all sounds like an impossible concept. Yet hundreds and thousands of zero-wasters...
DP OwnMade Composting Kit
Something is rotten in the state of Beijing. The municipal government currently buries or incinerates the equivalent of 70 blue whales of wet organic...
How to Update Your Entire Wardrobe Guilt-Free With the Clothing Auction Network
Over the festive season, our sister publication beijingkids highlights some of the organizations and people that give their time and skills to make...
TGIF: Make the Most of Your Weekend With These Killer Activities
The weekend is here! Time for fun, relaxation, and recharging the ol' batteries ahead of *gulp* Monday morning's alarm clock. Luckily enough, there’s...
DP Sparking Joy With Beijing's Only Marie Kondo Trained Tidying Up Consultant
Disorganized, messy, and downright filthy individuals from all over the world have over the past few years looked to the Japanese cleaning powerhouse...
How (And Why) I Banned Plastic From My Bathroom
I’m on a quest to remove plastic from my life. Sick of buying big, thick plastic bottles of shampoo, soap, cleansers and lotions that probably will...
Beijing Declared War on Plastic Bags in 2008... So What Happened?
It's weird, it's wonderful, it's a deep-dive into 11 years of blog archives. It's time for Throwback Thursday... Back in 2008, the Beijinger asked: "...
Reduce Your Environmental Impact with These Zero Waste Travel Tips
Between low-cost airlines and high-speed trains, it's never been easier to travel all four corners of the globe. But while exploring and enriching...
Keep Calm and Upcycle: Repurpose, Reuse, Rejoice!
It’s amazing what beauty you can find in the old, abandoned, and forgotten. In a world where sustainable living is increasingly on the agenda, small...
No Time to Waste: beijingkids’ March 2019 Sustainability Issue Hits Stands this Week!
As we enter into a very precarious time for our planet, where all of our past mistakes regarding the environment are coming home to roost, it’s hard...
The Bulk House Announces Closure of Gulou Shop, Vows to Carry On Zero Waste Fight Online
Much to the dismay of zero waste crusaders across town, socially conscious entrepreneurs Carrie Yu and Joe Harvey announced that their zero waste...
DP 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't "Spark Joy" with Marie Kondo
The Japanese tidying-up guru is taking the world by storm, but Joe Harvey of Beijing's first zero-waste store The Bulk House has a few issues with...
Drop Wechat to Grow Your Business, Say Zero-Waste Entrepreneur Couple
At first glance, this year could be viewed in many ways as unexceptional, yet the first thing that struck us from conducting these interviews for The...
China to Tackle Delivery Waste Crisis with New Green Standards
The Chinese government has issued a set of standards to promote the use of sustainable packaging materials in the logistics industry, where...
Could You Live the Zero-Waste Life? This Couple Show Us How
Back in our home countries, reinventing ourselves might not be easy. But if you’re in Beijing, considered by many as the land of exciting...