Shanghai’s domestic waste management law (DWML) will take effect on July 1. But what does this mean? What is expected from companies and households in order to be in line with this new regulation? It’s not the first time that China (or Shanghai in particular) have implemented regulations around waste management, but this one is impacting everyone. Word is spreading around the city (and abroad) about this new regulation that is changing the waste management scene. At Zer’0Wast

We had a very special Earth Day this year, celebrating with our friends and clients the Earth and the hope for a brighter future. Together with imondi, we brought together the companies that believed in us and in our common vision of our future. ​ When arriving at the imondi’s showroom at surpass court, we welcomed everyone with wine and fruit water in glass jars, and Eli Falafel provided amazing vegetarian dishes to satisfy the appetite of everyone at the end of the workday.

Ad campaigns are glamorous Brimming with creativity bags are…well, bags 一次充满吸引力和创意无限的广告活动,和包包有什么关系呢? You’ve been reading that upcycling is cool This group from Givingback has taken that message to heart After an ad campaign in early 2017 Creative agency Lead(宜德) was encouraged by the host of the event BottleDream (which deserves a huge following in their own right) To find a use for all the banners used in the campaign 是的,这是一个超酷的升级改造事件! 在2017年初的一次广告活动之后,创意代理公司宜德在活动主办方BottleDr

Well, we have to be honest here. Who created and organized our planet was also a great economist. If you think about nature, it is conceived to have no waste whatsoever. Every living and growing being eats and produces energy, becomes food for another creature, and eventually, dying it converts into part of the soil again. There is no landfill in nature, every living thing is interconnected and made with the specific purpose of being reused for a new scope. This particular pr

In one of our very first articles, we wrote about the environmental impact of meat production. We already discussed how livestock soars the consumption of water and land, pollutes through animal methane, meat processing, and transportation, to not mention the waste caused by the packaging. But what can we actually do as single individuals? Source: meatfreemondays.com Back to 2003, The Monday Campaigns Inc. in collaboration with the Center for a Livable Future at Hopkins Bloom

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There is a young girl, powerful and resolute. Her name is Greta Thunberg, she is only 16 years old, but she has already made great things. During the summer of 2018, she started her challenge to raise the awareness of the Swedish government about climate change. She was so influential that, in December, she was called to speak at the UN Climate Change COP24. Source: Internet Greta's powerful words managed to touch the international community deeply, empowering the younger ge

It’s true that going Zero Waste means to make some initial “investments” (produce bags, maybe a good food processor, a compost bin, …). But what we don’t often talk about is what we don’t buy anymore … Here’s my list of the 20 things I don’t buy anymore since going Zero Waste: Toothpaste: That’s right, I do buy the ingredients to make my tooth powder, but to be fair, it’s most likely 30 yuan for toothpaste for 2 years.. And, … no plastic waste Conditioner: I have found the ri

Happy women’s day everyone! We're super excited to share this awesome initiative by Go For Visual who want to put forward women who have inspired many of us to grow, change and inspire ! Have a look at the many profiles they have by scanning the QR in the flyer! My (Alizée) inspiration to start living Zero Waste, gather the Zero Waste Shanghai Community, write the website and run a company called Zer’0waste, started with Bea Johnson ! Even though, many other women inspire me