A zero- waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So the zero- waste store is about providing a kind of everyday and good- looking zero- waste products to help people start on a zero- waste life journey.
Zero- waste was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. For example, stop the use of one- off objects; give unwanted things to others and so on.
Yu Yuan, 27, is attracted by this idea. She and her boyfriend used to buy something unwanted until she saw a video about "zero- waste". She had a deep impression.
They tried to follow the six rules. She started making her own toothpaste and taking reusable bags shopping. Step by step, she made small changes. From August to October, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing. People can buy the reused products there. "It is not something that can happen overnight. " said Yu. "I hope more people will change their lifestyle after visiting our shop because zero- waste life is just around us at our fingertips. "
A. She hopes more friends will join her on the road to zero- waste. B. It follows the 6R rule: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair. Recycle and Rot. C. Later, Yu wanted to experience this zero- waste lifestyle with her boyfriend. D. In the video, a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar. E. Her idea is to try not to create any rubbish and to save the environment. |
