Can Teens Be Zero Waste? My Video

I’ve made a video for my Silver Award that talks about different ways that teens can use less waste, in easy, fun, and creative ways. As teens, we are still kids – but we are old enough to have opinions, make some decisions for ourselves, and old enough to get an allowance or get jobs! How we use our money, matters. Not only that, but we can educate ourselves, and share that information with our family. (Like asking your parents to spend $5 on reusable produce bags can save HUNDREDS of plastic bags a year with just your family alone!) Anyway, I hope my video gives you guys some ideas!

So in my video, the different things teens can do to use less waste are:

Always use a reusable water bottle,
Bring your own reusable straws and utensils to restaurants/always have with you,
bring your own reusable Starbucks cup to Starbucks,
if you go to a party, make your own cookies to bring
make your own snacks for the week
cook your own food for the week
bring your own lunch to school with reusable containers
learn how to shop in bulk
ask your parents to buy reusable produce bags
find eco friendly shops at the mall
go to farmers markets, refashion old clothes
make your own beauty products,
order ice cream in a cone, not a cup,
volunteer with organizations that care about zero waste or the environment
you can write your representatives for stricter environmental laws.

Some things I did not include in my video, but other ideas:
(All stuff I’ve done but didn’t have time to include in my video!)