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Zero Waste Home

The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life
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Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson is a guide that illustrates how to simplify life by reducing waste, focusing on practical tips for creating a minimalist lifestyle. The book offers sustainable alternatives and encourages readers to shift their habits towards a more environmentally friendly way of living. Johnson shares her personal journey and insights to inspire others to reduce their ecological footprint.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in reducing waste and living a more sustainable lifestyle. Bea Johnson offers practical tips and strategies to simplify your home while having a positive environmental impact. If personal growth through eco-friendly habits intrigues you, this self-help guide provides an inspiring and accessible approach to achieving a minimalist, zero-waste life.

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Zero Waste Home

The author transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing half litre per year. In this book, she shows how these key principles can be applied to every area of your house from the kitchen to the kids room.

A brighter future starts at home. Make yours a waste-free sanctuary.

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Join the global movement—transform your home and your life with this inspiring, stylish guide to zero-waste living.

Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson presents how she transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing half litre per year—and you could do the same!

It all comes down to the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot (and only in that order!). Zero Waste Home shows how these key principles can be applied to every area of your house, from the kitchen to the kids' room. It's packed with easy tips for everyone—from buying in bulk and meal planning to simply refusing unwanted freebies and using your plants as air fresheners.

Bea Johnson illustrates, by inspiring example, what green living looks like and offers a practical, step-by-step guide to diminishing your environmental footprint and improving your life.

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Bea Johnson's Zero Waste Home receives praise for being both fun and insightful, advocating for an eco-friendly lifestyle with charm and style. Critics commend Johnson's honest and non-preachy approach, highlighting her as a leading voice in zero-waste living. The book is noted for its clarity and depth, making the goal of minimal waste seem both achievable and appealing.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141981765

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 January 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 304

About the Author

A French-born artist with a hugely popular blog on zero waste living, Bea Johnson has appeared on The Today Show, NBC and CBS news, and been featured in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, People and Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore) and online publications, including Huffington Post and USA Today.

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