Change how you shop and reduce household waste

If you want to reduce waste, you should try to buy unpackaged goods, for example from Zero Waste shops where you can fill up your own container. (The sign says: Seasonings and spices.) — Photos: dpa

Zero Waste, an approach focusing on the reuse and recycling of products and resources to prevent waste, is a big goal that even the very ambitious hardly manage to achieve. Nevertheless, many of us are looking to produce less trash.

Industry and retail do not make it easy, for example by using excess packaging. Nevertheless, it's worth giving it a try as even small changes in everyday life benefit the environment.