Sometime in the beginning of 2017 I first became aware of the idea of living “Zero Waste”. First introduced to the idea when Lauren Singer was featured as the mystery guest on NPR’s Ask Me Another and she talked about her mason jar that represented her trash over however many months.

Screw that.

That was my sincere initial reaction. As months passed by I began to see every single piece of trash I was throwing into the garbage. Every paper towel, ever take out container, coffee cup began to convert into this pile of guilt. Simply by noticing the bits of completely avoidable trash I began to realize it might not be that crazy of an idea.

For 2017, I set a resolution to go zero waste. Throughout the year the target constantly shifted and getting all of my trash to fit in a single mason jar began to, once again, seem like a impossible task.

Over a series of articles I’ll outline my year and where I am now.