BEST Tips to Reduce Your Waste this HOLIDAY Season

[@creepyclassics851]

Okay but can we talk about how good you look in emerald green !!

[@PerfectPride]

RIGHT?! That is definitely her color. Green, just like her lifestyle.

[@bushrasoliman9101]

Sooo true !!💕

[@mandymeng3168]

Was gonna say the same thing! So pretty!

[@jacksondunn752]

yea i think that shirt shes wearing would go great with the neck tie scarf thing she has in one of the rating sustainable brands video

[@desim6065]

My little sisters (age 14 and 16) are on a mission to make sure my Mom doesn't wrap my gifts in wrapping paper. They've been using tissue paper found around the house and scarves! I appreciate how much my family tries 😭😭💖

[@shannync7153]

You know when your wax wraps "run out" of their stickiness/pliability you can just put some more bees wax and jojoba oil on them, put them in the oven for like 5 mins and they will be good as new

[@TheBlacktressDiaries]

I was going to say the same thing. No need to compost; just rewax!

[@meilapeterson5587]

Omg life saver!

[@spacequeen8329]

Please do a batch at a time, not just one (ovens use a ton of energy) and just warm them -- don't risk a fire. I actually just refresh mine with a hair dryer.

[@spacequeen8329]

Annnnd I just read the wattage on my hair dryer. So much for that. Another way is to warm them on a saucer over a cup of hot water. Maybe over your coffee while it cools.

[@milenaraeva4053]

My family never uses disposables. Also in my opinion they can ruin the vibe of the cosy Christmas gatherings.

[@corab1695]

Milena Raeva totally agree!

[@vero417]

In Spain we use reusable

[@jacquiromano2071]

Wow! My 13 year old is my little tree hugging recycler and lover of the ocean and she’s been asking for a jenga game so I’m getting that one! Thanks!!

[@Roxxi33]

back when my family was buying newspapers regularly (before the internet) we often wrapped presents in the comics section! newspaper wrapping looks cool already but the Sunday colour comics REALLY popped

[@lelandmyllari]

My partner works at a thrift store and brings home the junky wrapping paper the day after Christmas to be used next year. This year's is Hannah Montana lmao

[@lelandmyllari]

P.S. day after Christmas = free af

[@jenniferdellerba8478]

Our family was very anti disposal when I was a kid, because my mom and dad didn't grow up with money. To them, one use items were not practical. We had nice dishes for the holiday meals, but it was also only the four of us instead of a massive party. Little did they know, they were imparting sustainable practices onto me. Thanks ma!!

[@Nickimay]

Can you do a video explaining what “carbon neutral” actually means and how it works? Also on other practices that make a company good to shop from. I’ve done research but I’m not 100% sure.

[@squidge125]

The other thing with party hosting is I just go to the local thrift store, buy a load of crockery and cutlery for the event which is really cheap in the uk- and then wash it and redonate it straight after.

[@faithtomorrow]

Yes!! The thrift stores always have great seasonal things!

[@kelseyfinlayson9498]

I use old cabbage (unusable cloth) from my sewing collection to wrap my presents. They always seem to turn out beautifully.

[@StrollingThroughLife]

I had no idea that Jenga made a set from from recycled fishing nets. That’s awesome!

[@molnotmole3428]

My dad always is excited when his presents are wrapped in the “funny papers” (the Sunday comics). It’s a family tradition to use newspaper. The stocks page also has a nice pattern to it.

[@carlamar.]

We wrap our presents in newspaper too, I'm artsy so my mom makes me paint in the paper so it looks cuter and some times people don't want to tear the paper

[@km12338]

Also Stasher bags are made with safe medical grade materials, unlike other silicone items which are made with hydro plastics and lead based colors 😫

[@slightlycrummy]

Earth hero saved me during the workplace secret santa this year! We have to make a list of things we want and pretty much everyone just puts some garbage from Amazon on their list. I was able to look through earth hero, find about a million different things I didn't even know I wanted and I was glad that I knew it was all honestly sustainable. Not only will I probably be getting something that isn't horrible for the planet, but I also got a chance to let someone else know about it's existence. I hope I can strike up a conversation about it when we do gift exchange

[@sabrinahoran2555]

I have been binge-watching your videos for the last 2 months and you have helped me make so many changes! Every single gift I requested or am giving this year are zero waste swaps or from sustainable companies.

[@elliieebit]

The holiday season is definitely an area I can work on to reduce my waste further. My family gives my husband and I funny looks each year when we wrap our presents in plain brown paper with twine (which we then put in our compost pile) but I think it's actually a cute look!

[@scorpiaflueman8344]

We’ve used the same ornaments and decorations since I was a baby, it’s more sentimental imo. A good half of them were made by someone in our family, and the other half were from antique stores, or artisans from back home.

[@Chelsyclb]

This is the first year where I'm reusing all gift packaging because I bought bags instead of wrapping paper. I did get wrapping paper as well from ikea but after you use it you can reuse the little people on the paper as dolls. I got it from ikea. I'm only doing that wrapping for friends or my parents. Which isnt alot.

[@damnbro_idc]

I brought reusable silicon straws when I went to a party and the host said they are cool. I will get her some straws. Enough to host a party. They aren't even taking up more space than a pack of plastic straws and much better thank having 16 single use straws in the trash every second weekend

[@Thoughtspresso]

This was a VERY good video. I felt very engaged throughout. Not a single miss in your suggestions.

[@thatraybaby1379]

I went to a party recently and I asked the host if I could bring a box to put recycling in! She said yes and all the guests were more then happy to put aside their glass, aluminum cans and cardboard in! When I left I had a whole box full and I felt great knowing that I saved those items from going in the trash and that everybody there was so supportive! 🙂♥️

[@irishcladdagh3]

Im thankful I dont do holidays anymore...living stress and as low waste as possible is the best gift I can give my family myself and Mother Earth...Time together is a priceless experience and all year around of memories

[@michellemiyamoto373]

Fun tip: If you want to reduce your wrapping waste there is a 80% chance your dad will not care if his gift is wrapped lol

[@SimplePLan4life23]

Reusable beer pong. That’s genius and would never think about that.

[@Erlrantandrage]

The fact that any family event of less than like 30 people would use disposable dishes is insane to me. My grandparents all lived through the depression and as a result disposable wasn’t really a thing for me growing up. We used real dishes at Christmas and washed all the resultant dishes...w/o a dishwasher. My mom and sister are the same. Holidays are an excuse to use nice dishes and have a beautiful table.

[@cassieoz1702]

It's just never occurred to me to use disposables for holiday season entertaining 🤯. We buy a real tree from a Xmas tree farm local to us and decorate mostly with paperchains made from last year's wrapping, and strings of popcorn. We also have a homemade gold paper angel on top of the tree (8 yrs old) and a string of lights that are 12 years old. The tinsel is 35 years old. At least I'm getting good use out of them😉

[@tiinaluusalu440]

I feel Estonian holydays are usually eco friendly. I mean, on tabel we allways use silverwear and usual plates. We have companys whitch lend out all what U need on tabel. You just have to wash it and resend. We still like to cook cakes and bring them in ceramic or metal tins. And if we are lucky enough we have friends who have some sort of musical instrument 😉 but things are changig in here to. I still love ceramic dishes and glasses. 😍I really love your videos

[@TralalaHana]

Damn, as a European, hearing how common disposable dishes are in a household is maddening. I don’t get it.

[@adrianahernandez6533]

TralalaHana girl this woman just told me using paper plates is better than using the water for dishes ... I was like... huh?

[@nikamom]

@@adrianahernandez6533 that's not exactly what she said. She said that if you're family will NEVER use normal plates then it would be an opportunity to at least make them buy compostable stuff.

[@Patchouliprince]

My late grandma was born in the Great Depression and was always super excited to save ANYTHING she could use for wrapping paper. Old newspapers, different scraps of old wrapping paper, and she always always carefully unwrapped gifts to save the paper. I do the same now- Thanks Grandma

[@ashleylawrence3371]

You look extra gorgeous today! That is your color! I LOVE my stasher bags! I actually can’t stand carrying a tiffin or Tupperware sometimes, so I just bring a stashed bag! You can just as easily put your food leftovers into a stasher bag the same way you would use a container! And it’s my more lightweight and compact to carry around! When I was younger my family always sent home leftovers in ziplocks because no one wanted their Tupperware to never come back lol so now I just use my stasher bag the same way 👌🏼😂

[@d.tasker4486]

I grew up thinking it was kind of tacky to use disposables at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even if we were using paper plates a lot at the time, we used fancy dishes on the holidays to make it special. Also if you're having a real feast paper plates are so floppy, you need that good ceramic to hold all that food! lol

[@lindafredriksen1251]

Agree! I'm Norwegian, but like you grew up thinking it was tacky to use disposables. My family never used disposables of any kind and to this date I hate eating from paper/plastic plates. When are you going to use your silverware, nice plates and crystal glasses if you don't use them for holidays or parties?? Unfortunately I live in Italy and whenever theres a party they always use disposables.....

[@MsTheMinnieMouse]

Hey! I love your videos! I've been having a debate with a friend recently and we can't figure this one out, so maybe you can help: what's more sustainable - ordering online or buying in a store? So far it's been a purely theoretical debate, so for the sake of simplifying things we're disregarding pollution that comes from manufacturing stuff since we figured that if you're deciding between purchasing the same item online or in store that part of it is the same. Now, the thing is: if you're ordering online it's obvious the item has to be shipped to you, so there's shipping between logistic centers and then the delivery person's car. Now, if you buy in the store you cut out the delivery person's car but on the other hand you have to somehow get to the store, so you're the one causing the pollution with your own car. If 5 people decide to buy an item it seems to me it would be less harmful for all of them to buy online, since 1 delivery person=1 car, so less pollution than when you have 5 different cars going to the store (or am I wrong?). But then, there's the issue of the packaging the item comes in, the amount of driving around the delivery person has to do etc., so my friend and I feel like we can't judge it on our own. Obviously, it would be the best to buy from companies that are eco-friendly all the way through, but there are limitations to that - there are items you can't buy that way and in general it's very difficult where we are (we're not from the US and zero waste etc. only started surfacing here - the only "category" you could pretty easily get here is skincare, so if you're buying eg. electronics you're pretty much stuck to "traditional" companies). Sorry if all this sounds uneducated - like I said, planet-friendly lifestyle is just surfacing here, so I'm new to all of this, but I'm trying my best! Hugs from Poland

[@kristaw206]

Ugh I seriously would offer to wash all the dishes myself if everyone just used reusables.

[@Shelbizleee]

I tried that for years and my mom will never accept it 😞 she says it gives her anxiety... even with a dishwasher. It makes no sense to me. I always get a regular plate anyway without her noticing

[@mariachristina97]

It's so weird. Like we have a giant set of everything for entertaining a bunch of people AND A DISHWASHER. The decorations look nice and the table is set nicely but then there's disposable stuff.

[@kaylawaters2691]

@@mariachristina97 I think that is the same with every family/household I know of. Tons of dishes, china, etc, and everyone uses single use stuff.

[@mariachristina97]

@@kaylawaters2691 Besides having a dishwasher, idk what could make reusables any easier for able bodied people. A robot that takes them out and puts them away maybe, LOL.

[@thishappycrafter272]

Krista Wiegand I agree! I think the same way! I have FINALLY persuaded my folks to stop using disposable dishes! Omg!🍴

[@alesainzcastillo]

I love that sense of humor! Hope you will have even more followers next year. Lots of people should watch your great advices!!

[@shaunaisaJellyBean]

Holiday dinner is such a special occasion using disposables just kind of ruins the whole vibe, I live in Ireland and people would honestly be repulsed if you told them your Christmas dinner was being served on a disposable plate

[@georginataylor3802]

I looked over the video several times and I don't get it??#%!? I have seen several comments mentioning disposable plates. I didn't catch where that was shown or even mentioned this, so of course, I am confused and baffled. I combed this video 3x and still nothing.

[@louisacoote2337]

Using disposables for Christmas dinner is just shocking to me! We usually have our normal cutlery and plates for our festive meals!

[@demi191]

Is jenga blocks always made of plastic? I have had my wood block set since I was a kid.

[@Shelbizleee]

No Jenga is usually made from wood, AKA trees. Now they have a version that saves plastic from the ocean instead of growing and killing trees

[@demi191]

@@Shelbizleee ah got it! Ty

[@TheOneOfEarth]

Home Depot and Lowe’s have a tree trimming scrap bin where you can gather branches to make wreaths. I did that this year to make some wreaths for the outside of my house.

[@katiem476]

Do you think earthhero would start shipping to Canada anytime soon? I would love to shop there but the website said only certain brands ship here :(

[@Shelbizleee]

Yes! They are planning to do so at some point next year 🤗

[@katiem476]

Shelbizleee can’t wait!! 😋😋

[@Roxxi33]

the Canadian struggle 😩 lol

[@goodandgreen]

Yes! This Canadian wants to give them my $$

[@CH-jj8wk]

I'm really proud of how I've done presents this year. For my family I've only bought from independent artists/sellers in Etsy who are based in the UK. I live in Sweden but the people I'm sending then to still live in the UK. And then for my partner's family, who live here in Sweden, I've saved jars for a few months and knitted some cute festive sleeves for them (in place of wrapping paper) and last night I spend the eve making baked goods to go in the jars. The only thing I didn't know how to solve was the double sided tape for the labels for the jar (needed so they know the ingredients etc) but next year I will find a solution for this too 😎😎

[@abbyrobins4258]

Such a good video!!! My family use reusables, and my mum always keeps the front of christmas cards we received to use as tags on gifts which she has done all my life and I'd thought of as normal, it seems insane to me to buy tags for gifts now! I am also wrapping all my presents this year in newspaper I've received which I'd never thought of doing before watching zero waste channels like yours truly, thanks!

[@sebrinadvorak8178]

Hey Shelby! I’m still new to this zero/low-waste scene and I have been following you for a while. Not sure if someone already said this but (Love your videos btw) one thing I wanted to mention that my husband and I decided to do was to grow our own tree. As in buying a festive tree and keeping it alive to decorate with naturally made things that you can DIY. You can get dwarf ones (naturally smaller firs and such) and keep them inside in a plant pot and use the trimmings from maintaining them for other decorations. Also not trying to do any promoting but Fairly Local Vegan has some amazing few videos for how they decorate for the holidays using compostable food items.

[@lpvonmonster2866]

My family uses disposable cups/cutlery and flatware year round...like every single day. Its insane. And the plates are like styrofoam bc "they are cheaper" its so aggravating. I always grab regular dishes from my moms cabinets and wash them when I'm done. They actually tease me and say I'm too good for paper plates 🙄 I adore my To Go Ware tiffin. This year we got a tiny baby tree in a pot, we are going to watch it grow over the years and then plant it outside when it gets too big. All of our other decor items are thrifted or homemade. We wrap with Kraft paper. Scarves or my kids have "Santa sacks" I feel really good about this holiday season. I was also able to get tons of old holiday themed tins to put cookies or peanut butter balls in to gift!!

[@emilytaylor1111]

Where did you get those food storage containers? I’ve been looking for glass and bamboo forever!

[@foreverseeking1380]

May I ask where did you get your glass Tupperware with the bamboo lids?

[@littlesepticbean1330]

We do pretty well when it comes to the dinners. My grandma brings out nice dishes and the glass casserole dishes. However it's just our close family, so it's probably easier for us to do than bigger groups/parties.

[@samip2212]

My family is huge(20-40 people regularly gather for holidays), but we NEVER use disposables! My grandma always uses her dishes and after our meal we take turns washing and drying dishes. The next couple of days we eat leftovers for lunch and dinner and play board games all day; it's always my favorite time of year!

[@ollybygolly9326]

When you live in the Midwest and the only produce grown around you is corn. RIP

[@davidurieta4876]

I live in Idaho lol. I feel your pain.

[@jenniferwilt8041]

Illinois Wisconsin stateline hey! Corn and soybeans lol

[@chatterbox4875]

my family have always used reusable stuff for the holidays just because we've already got the stuff and it's cheeper

[@annis037]

Around here where I come from Christmas is taken pretty seriously. I have hard time thinking that any family would use non-reusable tableware. A lot of people have dishwashers, and if not, well, you're having a house full of people that can help you with doing the dishes.

[@xLiLlyx98]

oooh I did the same with the tree scraps!! just that i happened to stumble upon large branches in the forest, don't know if they were cut for the health of the tree and left there to decompose but yeah. Made a wonky wreath out of it and put a pince cone and a dried red leaf from earlier in autumn on there!

[@enbybus3840]

Your videos have made such an impression on me and as a result, my mum. For our early Christmas this year, we used paper plates and bamboo cutlery and all the serving dishes were from our houses, we took them home after :) thank you

[@hellokitty1159]

Im hosting Xmas dinner this year and I’m really trying to be mindful of reducing our waste. Mind you my Mexican family is huge and overlooks all the plastic we use 😫 thanks for the tips! Send more please

[@michaelposey3321]

Thank you so much!!! Christmas at my family’s is a nightmare plastic tablecloth, utensils, and plate there will be food waste galore including a whole turkey and ham and so much more! It’s the most infuriating experience. But you gave me many ideas to help me reduce waste that would be painless for me and my family! We at least could not use a plastic tablecloth 🤦🏻‍♂️ I’m literally embarrassed

[@shannonf101]

We just use our regular plates and stuff ? We have had for years... i guess lucky there. One question, is recycling common or not common where you are or the us, as a community requirement ? We kind of have a recycling day, food bin, plastic, glass and cardboard and such.

[@SarahBenirschke94]

My fiance and I are hosting a small family Christmas (about 15 people) and we didn't have enough utensils, so I went to my local thrift shop and got a bunch of metal forks and spoons for super cheap! I also found some plates that are compostable. We are also doing a gift exchange instead of everyone getting everyone gifts we dont even need. I'm so glad I have found your channel in the last few months and have prepared to have a lower waste Christmas! (=

[@alexisk05]

Great video! Also so unrelated but can we get a tutorial on how you get your little bun?! It looks so good!!

[@TheKayblack]

People always ask me why I use the regular dishes and forks and glasses when I have a play date. Well bc 1) it's cheaper, 2) I'm running the dishwasher anyway, 3) taking out the garbage is a pain the neck and paper plates take up way too much space, 4) I don't want to shop and haul this stuff home and store it, and 5) because why would I throw all that in our overfull landfills when all of the above suggests we just use what we use every day? The other thing is that *shocker* disposable utensils (even the compostable ones) are dishwasher safe. My 4 year old really likes including them in her rotation (and you don't need to buy these ever to collect a mountain of them) so I just throw them in the dishwasher and reuse them. I also always have them in my car and diaper bag - no fancy silverware roll to get left behind or for someone to swipe. If they get left behind or are to messy to bring home I try not to feel too guilty bc they've been used repeatedly already and if they're not too messy, I bring them home and they go through the dishwasher again. However, I do become a bit of a hoarder bc it's hard to refuse them all over the place, and if you're given a bundle of plasticware say on the airplane, I always wind up bringing the extra unused ones with me and not throwing them out (see what I mean about not buying it bc it's hard to refuse it all?). It's definitely not perfect, but still better than constantly tossing single use plastics. Btw Shelbizleee, definitely give glass jars to kids (not babies) - jars are so much sturdier than regular glasses! My training glass for my kids is a small jam jar I used for the same in my childhood.

[@jaebcommakayla]

Watching this while I wrap gifts for my family (almost all from Earth Hero!) with my reused wrapping paper (Who Gives A Crap TP wrappers!)

[@babzlife6197]

Hello from the great white North 🇨🇦! I’ve just started watching your videos and not only do you make a lot of sense but your videos are inspirational! With all the questions you receive, I was wondering if you have been approached to check out or do you know of an “ethically made” products company called Nisolo and if so, what’s your perspective?

[@jonathanwilson5355]

Ooh! Can we get a recipe for homemade glue please!

[@ashleysikes9094]

When I forget my reusable bags for the store I get paper bags then I use them and twine to wrap my gifts!

[@cbayon106]

I hosted Thanksgiving for my family this year, and no disposable plates or cutlery! I'm working on having enough fabric napkins for next year. Work in progress :)

[@mercedeswinter7902]

I love when you do your hair like that! And the green looks gorgeous on you!!

[@mell123twtljh]

Thanks for the ideas!! My family really likes to use disposables, although they are getting better but just in case I always volunteer to buy the disposables and buy the compostable ones

[@madzabinga8382]

You look beautiful! That color is great on you. Thanks for all the great info.

[@valeriarapp2291]

For every family event, even the big ones, we just use our dishes and cutlery we normally use. It looks just so much nicer 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mcortazzo8581]

Serious question ( new to zero waste and trying really hard ) what do you do for cat litter?

[@maddieroxx4eva]

I use the diagonal gift wrapping method to save wrapping paper. Plus it looks way nicer than the traditional method!

[@practicepositiveprogress5396]

We have 2 stasher bags, and I really want to love them, but in my experience they attract dirt and dust and hair like nothing else. As a home with 3 cats, even just hanging out in the cabinet they somehow attract cat hair. (and we clean, I promise, it's not like the hair is invading everywhere) is this something others experience? How do you deal with that?

[@nathalieuy9241]

My family always uses reusable utensils and plates for any family gatherings, even when we have picnics. The tableware is usually placed on a coleman or some sort of sturdy container so that it doesn’t break :)

[@graysthenewblonde177]

Our family uses reusable everything. I love the idea of the reusable plastic bags!,will order some soon.

[@yuliafeshchuck7675]

I'm from Ukraine. We are well known for overpreparing😌. But now I live in Germany. And here I learned to organise fondue and raclette parties. You can make vegan version as well. Most of leftovers can be freezed easily and be used later. No food thrown out

[@crumbc0re]

I have like four or five of these stainless steel cups and was lucky enough to find them all at thrift store so it’s always good to keep an eye out lol

[@smellylorenny]

Alternatively, MAKE YOUR OWN WRAPPING PAPER!!! I swear its so much fun and its very personal to give gifts wrapped in beautiful paper you have decorated yourself, the recipients will be more considerate of it, and if they open it gently you can reuse the paper over and over! Otherwise it should be recyclable. My favourite ways of decorating is making my own stamps from corks! I once did a lot of wedding bartending and I'd always pocket the corks instead of throwing them out. I did a design on the top and then with a scalpel knife I'd cut/carve out the design. I've made stars, snowflakes, hearts, christmas trees, mushrooms, rain clouds, and they look so cute and rustic printed on leftover newspaper, butchers paper (from my art school), old unimportant documents, and I generally hoard paper scraps so I never have the need to go buy some. Also at my school, the textiles department have bags full of fabric scraps which come in such a variety of colours and patterns and textures, all in strange sizes and lengths. I took home some of these scraps and now use really long fabric scraps as ribbons, or if there are bigger scraps I use them as wrapping. There is always plenty of 'waste' that is perfectly reusable and beautiful when upcycled, given new life, and used creatively. Wanted to share to inspire some people! Obviously it's not TOTALLY waste free but these things are reusable and/or recyclable, and you're already taking something that would have gone to landfill and giving it a new and beautiful purpose.

[@Katameez]

I have never heard of using disposables for big family gatherings. It looks cheap and unfriendly too.

[@PerfectPride]

My friends definitely use disposable stuff for their gatherings. But my family has mostly used reusable. Especially my parents. Its the few times we get to use the "nice" plate and glasses.

[@harveyandabeni]

We made too much food for Christmas Dinner this year (UK, so Turkey, veg, roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese) this year we have a lot of leftovers, the day after Christmas we had bubble and squeek (mash all the leftover veg together and fry it) and leftover turkey with it. The day after boil the turkey carcass down and make soup. Nothing left apart from things that aren't edible, that can be compasted, but I haven't started this yet. Our local council collects food waste to be composted, but I hope to start doing it myself at some point in the new year :)

[@Itsaroxy]

Recently married. My side of the family uses "reuseables" (honestly, we just use plates, silverware, and cups calling those reuseables is weird to me). My husband's side depends on the events and their level of effort. Sometimes we use "reuseables" and sometimes we use single use.

[@maijam1008]

Omg I feel you about the plates, my boyfriends family will not use real dishes for gatherings. I've convinced them to switch to paper but damn

[@samivassy998]

so inspired by you! i was thinking of starting my own yt journey inspired by you and staring from scratch going low waste?!

[@sarahschlunegger6986]

Happy Holidays Shelby! Love your videos.

[@skyepollard5951]

My family always busts out the fanciest china dishes and nice glasses and uses those to make the holiday feel more special. Then the kids are on dish duty while the adults socialize

[@georginataylor3802]

Amazing! I would totally steal this idea for my own home. Fabulous job!

[@Thoughtspresso]

Telephone Pictionary was actually sold as a boardgame called "Telestrations". I think it's a very clever name. That Fishnet Jenga got me EXTRA excited.

[@meganepelletier853]

Yes! My friend has the game set, which comes pretty handy as we play often. Because it's laminated paper + dry-erase marker they can be erased and reused, which is very nice. Obviously the pens do run out, but once they do you can change them for eco-friendly refillable ones. One could also make a DIY version with chalk paint, so that chalk can be used to draw :)

[@jackbrooks3302]

is there some way that recycling facilities tell apart the recyclable versions of things that normally are not recyclable (like the gift wrap)? I worry that they'll see gift wrap, assume it's not recyclable and then the whole load will be considered contaminated and get sent to landfill

[@adriennedeschamps1]

Love this video idea so much! Amazing. Also: way to go Jenga holy cow that’s awesome. My family ALWAYS uses reusables and everyone got so into wax wraps in the last few years ! One thing our family does for leftovers is put them in the dish we brought our contribution in to take them home. 😁

[@gmt5664]

I just got my holiday order from Stasher and they included a free sandwich bag to give away. I could keep it, but I think I will give it away to let others know about Stasher. I love Stasher!

[@noelwaltz1686]

Do you have any advice on what to say when people ask what you want for the holiday? I usually ask for things that I need, but I end up with blankets and clothes that I don't need and it feels wasteful. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I also really worry about the impact of the gifts I am being given. Same for other holidays and occasions where people bring gifts.

[@samanthalee4727]

The jenga set isn't on EarthHero anymore :( I would loveeeeee a set!

[@Shelbizleee]

I asked them what’s up with this, I’ll let you know when I hear back

[@sierradwyer9364]

Great video! Really thoughtful and thorough. I was wondering if you had the recipe for homemade glue available anywhere or how this worked out for you? Interested if this could work as a replacement for white glue/Elmer’s or if you have a recipe. Asking as a student teacher! Thanks for the info 🌻

[@christinescharphorn5968]

I'd love to see the recipe for the homemade glue! Do you have a video on it yet?

[@AvaLance]

My history high school teacher was the first person to show me eco living. He would get stares and people thought he was a hippy. He would drink out of glass jars every single day in front of his high school kids and never told us why till the last day of school 😂

[@hispanosueca]

Hi, I have a question for you. What do you put on the bottom of your oven when you use it?

[@FashionFrizz101]

I seriously love your content. Fave Chanel on YT. ❤️

[@isabel2340]

Can you do a video about composting, but in an apartment. I know they have programs where people come and pick it up, but I am student and paying the fee each month is too much for me at the moment. Do you have any alternative options for this?

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

I never heard of home made glue before, love this channel for learning new things. I like the idea of using hessian sacks or hard cardboard or wooden boxes for Presents that you can take back off your family or they can reuse them too.

[@Ninshae]

In Germany, disposables aren‘t a thing at private parties. You just use the dishes that are in the house. But at festivals there are a lot of disposables. I always carry two small forks and teaspoons for me and my husband to at least reduce disposable cuttley. At the christmas market in Frankfurt I saw a food company where you could lend real plates and cuttlery and give it back when you‘re finished. So i guess it starts to change. :)

[@jaxonadams7588]

Would you do a video on eco friendly planners? Like, not just that we could use the google calendar for it. Like, ways to plan but make it cute, fun, and eco friendly

[@LilBeannanas]

Me and my boyfriend always remelt the remains of candles that aren't useable anymore and make more candles 😊