Zero Waste Books

 

book cover of The Fate of Food

The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter World by Amanda Little

The book includes wide-ranging topics such as the survival food business and farm practices like dealing with flooding, pests, and early frost. It also covers how robotics and technology help farmers use fewer resources and an interesting section on food waste and what other countries are doing about it.

 

book cover of How to Give Up Plastic

How to Give Up Plastic by Will McCallum

An accessible guide to the changes we can all make—small and large—to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world’s oceans. How to Give Up Plastic is a straightforward guide to eliminating plastic from your life.

 

 

book cover of Life WIthout Plastic

Life Without Plastic by Chantal Plamondon and Jay Sinha

Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy.

 

 

book cover of The Zero-Waste Lifestyle

The Zero-Waste Lifestyle by Amy Korst

Trash is a big, dirty problem. The average American tosses out nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage every year that piles up in landfills and threatens our air and water quality. You do your part to reduce, reuse, and recycle, but is it enough?

 

 

book cover of Waste Free Kitchen Handbook

Waste Free Kitchen Handbook by Dana Gunders

Despite a growing awareness of food waste, many well-intentioned home cooks lack the tools to change their habits. This handbook -- packed with engaging checklists, simple recipes, practical strategies, and educational infographics -- is the ultimate tool for reducing food waste.

 

 

book cover of Zero Waste Home

 Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste by Bea Johnson

Zero Waste Home is the ultimate guide to simplified, sustainable living from Bea Johnson, 'the priestess of waste-free living' (The New York Times).

 

 

 

book cover of Drawdown

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken (Editor)

The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.

 

 

 

book cover of The All New Ball Book on Preserving and CanningThe All New Ball Book on Preserving and Canning

Organized by technique, The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Straightforward instructions and step-by-step photos ensure success for beginners, while practiced home canners will find more advanced methods and inspiring ingredient twists.

 

book cover of Secondhand

Secondhand, by Adam Minter

In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more.

 

 

book cover of OverdressedOverdressed by Elizabeth L. Cline

In her debut book, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, journalist and former cheap fashion addict Elizabeth L. Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut. What are we doing with all these clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, even our souls?

 

book cover of Junkyard PlanetJunkyard Planet by Adam Minter

“Lively and entertaining... Junkyard Planet is a book for anyone interested in the environment, the economics of recycling, or a thoughtful look at the consumption we take for granted.” –  Brooklyn Bugle