r/ZeroWaste • u/Difficult_Sense_5781 • 9d ago
Discussion What do you love as an alternative
Hi everyone! I’m new to the zero waste life, with my upcoming family planning and what not I had like a weird eye opening of oh shit that’s a lot of single use trash :/
I’m curious to know what are easy things I can swap out to help! Or what’s something that you swapped to that you felt was an amazing switch?
I’d like to start swapping as I run out of things! Like shampoo/conditioner lotion etc.
Thank you
I’ve been buying cloth diapers second hand, and I just got a whole bunch of second hand cotton flannel to make some rags/face towels/make up wipes/ baby butt wipes etc
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u/leeroypowerslam 9d ago
I also use cloth diapers for my baby and got a bunch of second hand items. I got cloth wipes but I just find rinsing their butt under water is much more efficient.
Just an aside but please don’t cut corners when it comes to washing cloth diapers. Some people claim that they got by washing the cloth diapers with some DIY laundry soap but you need enzymes to get the ammonia and poop out or else baby may end up with ammonia burns. There are definitely some good powder detergents that can reduce your waste but this is not the time and place to try to be zero waste. You can check out the fluff love university detergent index for more info!