#95: Waste Reduction in Your Home with Alyssa Sikora
“Just trying to minimize our impact through these small changes that you can make that should be the goal. If we all collectively did that imagine how much waste we would reduce.” -Alyssa Sikora
The amount of waste that we produce in the United States is enormous. Each person in our country throws away 4.5 pounds of trash PER DAY, that adds up to 268 MILLION tons per year. That’s an incredible amount of waste. Much of that waste is composed of materials that will take millions of years to decompose. These items end up in landfills and in our oceans and it just isn’t sustainable. Pretty soon we won’t have anywhere left to put all of this trash.
When it comes to reducing our consumption of products and reduction of waste, there are so many places that we can start and it may seem overwhelming. I wanted this episode to help spark ideas for how you can reduce waste in your own home.
In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I talk with Alyssa Sikora, a plant-based mama and zero-waste and slow-living advocate. She has been practicing this lifestyle for a while now and she has some great tips and ideas that you may consider implementing in your own household.
We discuss:
Her plant-based journey
How she first became interested in reducing waste produced in her home
The definition of “zero waste”
The easiest place to start reducing waste
Tips for zero waste newbies
What she found to be her hardest habit to maintain as she raises kids
Insidious waste producers in the home
The definition of slow living
What she wishes more people knew
The personal habit she is most proud of
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Alyssa Sikora
More about my honored guest:
Alyssa Sikora grew up in Mississippi, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Mississippi. After college, she moved to Washington, DC to work in International Relations. During that time, she received her Master’s Degree in International Relations from the American Military University. She met her husband while living in DC, and they both went vegan in 2013 right before their wedding. Alyssa is a certified vegan chef through the Rouxbe Cooking School and has given many cooking classes/demos. She is also a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Alyssa considers herself a minimalist and low waste lifestyle advocate. Alyssa is now a stay at home mom and currently lives in Denver, CO with her husband, two dogs, and 2 year old daughter. She is expecting her second child in July 2020.
You can learn more at: www.instagram.com/magnoliahealthyliving
Episode Mentions:
FREE download “Zero Waste Swaps List” by Alyssa www.doctoryami.com/zerowaste
Fluff Love and CD Science
http://www.fluffloveuniversity.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FluffLoveCDScience/
The Curated Closet
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A4B2JHG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Project 333
https://www.amazon.com/Project-333-Minimalist-Fashion-Challenge-ebook/dp/B07X6RPYL3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UCJ6H9N6HV9B&dchild=1&keywords=project+333&qid=1586380485&s=digital-text&sprefix=project+%2Cdigital-text%2C201&sr=1-1
Magnolia Healthy Living
instagram.com/magnoliahealthyliving
Pela case
https://pelacase.com/
Zero Waste Home
https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Waste-Home-Ultimate-Simplifying-ebook/dp/B00A6CT012/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+zero+waste+home&qid=1586382107&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
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Call to Action —> Make one switch this week to reduce waste in your home!
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