When she was 15, Ava Langridge watched a YouTube video that explained how environmental activist Lauren Singer fit four years of trash into a 16-ounce mason jar. Inspired, the Bay Area teen embarked ...

SAN DIEGO — With the new trash law going into effect statewide starting January 1, 2022, our food waste will need to be separated out. This may seem intimidating to some people, or even unnecessary.

The summer bounty of farmers markets and home gardens is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to set some family goals for reducing waste. And Fredrika Syren, author of “Zero Waste for ...

Introducing one San Diego family that does not put out city trash bins, nor do they have waste baskets in their three-bedroom home. They create their own cleaning products, sanitizing hand wipes, ...

SEATTLE — On the surface, the Wall family looks like most families with two young kids, but there is one extraordinary thing about them — this family of four lives zero waste, or very close. For mom ...

SAN DIEGO — You don't have to live on a huge piece of land to grow your own food and maintain a successful homestead. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Talmadge to check in on the 'Zero Waste Family'.

On a mid-San Diego residential street lined with attractive moderately-sized homes with well-manicured frontyards, the property of former Encinitas residents Fredrika and James Syren sticks out. Like ...

Check out these sustainable beauty products that are just as cheap as drugstore buys. No, seriously, they are. Microsoft has set some big environmentally focused goals for itself, and it plans to ...

There is no disputing the fact that plastic has become a huge problem in our society and in the environment. Yet, if you’re tempted to think that problem has become so big that there’s nothing you can ...

The summer bounty of farmers markets and home gardens is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to set some family goals for reducing waste. And Fredrika Syren, author of “Zero Waste for ...