Use bar soap in the kitchen to wash your dishes instead of liquid dishwashes. Look for the bar soap that are plastic free.

It is really easy to make your own all-purpose cleaners. Vinegar and baking soda are excellent for cleaning windows, counter tables, kitchen slabs etc. Prepare your DIY cleaners and store them in reused containers rather than buying from market...

A variety of plastic scrubbers are used everywhere from scrubbing dishes to cleaning toilets. Compressed natural cellulose sponges and natural fibre brushes and mops are great plastic free alternatives.

Line small trash bins in your house (especially those which do not have a lot of wet waste) with paper bags instead of plastic bags. If you can do away with lining them altogether it is even better.

These get the clean-up job done and can be easily washed when dirty, unlike paper towels. Such practice will reduce your waste and also the need for trash bags.

Use natural fibre cloth as table covers instead of plastic table cloths.

Reuse the paint container buckets for bathing or moping purposes instead of buying new buckets. These can also be used as storage bins.

As a consumerist society we end up with a lot of plastic containers, beverage bottles etc.  Make lively vertical gardens, flower pots or even kitchen herb gardens out of these.

This will drastically reduce the amount of organic waste from homes ending up in landfills, reducing the number plastic trash bags. As a benefit you don’t need to buy fertilizers and can simply use your DIY organic compost for...

Use metal pipes and other bathroom fittings like taps and showerheads for your building or house, they are more durable, long-lasting and won’t end up in the landfill.