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048: The Zero-Waste Swaps that Save Serious Cash

048: The Zero-Waste Swaps that Save Serious Cash

Keep your cash in your pocket with these zero-waste swaps that save serious money.

Companies have most consumers hooked on pre-packaged disposables.

But sustainable minimalists? We know better:

– We know that disposable items (Think: paper napkins, menstrual products, etc) boast hefty price tags.

– We know, too, that companies selling disposables are secretly doing the Happy Dance for creating REPEAT CUSTOMERS out of regular consumers.

There’s a better way! On today’s episode my guest + I boldly claim that a life without disposables saves *serious* cash.

My guest this week is Natassja Cassinerio. She invites us to save our hard-earned money by replacing 40 common household items with their greener counterparts, then she shows us how.

Enjoy!

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The "Away" Illusion

Ever wonder where your bags of donated clothes actually end up?

Most of us treat dropping off a bag at a donation bin like a magic trick. We hand it over, walk away, and assume it finds a good home.

But very often, away is Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, where 15 million secondhand garments arrive every single week.

On today’s show, contemporary artist Emmanuel “DoTT” Kunfaa pulls back the curtain on the dark side of donating and highlights they ways in which the illusion of charity is feeding waste colonialism.

 

Here's a preview:

[6:30] What really happens to your donated clothes once they leave your hands

[11:00] Kantamanto used to be a success story in circularity. What changed? (Hint: fast fashion.)

[15:00] Musings on expensive handbags. What purpose do they actually serve?

[22:00] Five things we can all do better when it comes to buying and donating clothes

 

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