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The Hindu
The Hindu
Lifestyle
Akila Kannadasan

Want to lead a zero-waste lifestyle? Here is how you can start

I recently found a stash of chocolate wrappers in my drawer. Carefully preserved by my five-year-old, I left it untouched. He is yet to identify a wrapper as ‘waste’, like the rest of the world does. Right now, it is a shiny ‘something’ that can be of use later.

Waste, means different things to different people. For YouTuber Nayana Premnath, it is something that has to be properly segregated. Nayana follows a zero-waste lifestyle: which means that she is conscious of every bit of waste she generates. Her videos and Instagram posts explain the nuts and bolts of this lifestyle. She shows how she segregates her waste; describes ways to shop for fruits, vegetables and groceries in sustainable ways; lists initiatives that help put unused clothes to good use; explains how composting is done…

Nayana Premnath (Source: Special arrangement)
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