Time to start the No Trash Challenge.

I'm happy that I'm learning about this,

'cause this is just proof that there's

a lot that people still need to be educated on,

to save the environment.

- Thank you so much for agreeing

to try to not make trash for 24 hours.

Only nine percent of plastic has actually been recycled,

of all the plastic ever created.

So the whole thing with zero-waste

is essentially being like,

"Okay, well, if only nine percent

of plastic is getting recycled,

maybe we should try to not make it in the first place."

I'm really excited to look

at the trash that you made yesterday.

So, let's get into it, let's go through it.

- Alright, so I guess we could start off with

a big bottle of ginger ale.

- Nice, recyclable.

- Well we have a container from miso soup,

paper bag, whitening strips, Pepsi can,

some more boxes from food, and I actually still

have some food in there.

I usually for lunch and dinner get take-out.

Cardboard box from mail.

Cardboard bottle of water.

We've got some more containers here for food.

We've got another bottle here.

We have lot of napkins.

Obviously I could probably keep these and use them.

These are just leftovers from the McDonald's bag

that I have.

Just this lemon inside a plastic bag,

for my sweet tea.

- You're doing good.

You're doing what most Americans do,

we all make about 4.3 pounds of trash a day.

So the tips that I'm going to give you are

to first, try to opt for aluminum and glass over plastic.

Try to cook at least one of your meals.

So instead of of getting like an individual sweet tea a day

in a plastic thing,

get a bulk container from the grocery store.

It's one big plastic container still,

but it's still better than five individual ones.

Another tip is when you're ordering your take-out,

I'm going to challenge you to write,

"Please no plastic utensils or napkins."

- Alright, sounds good. I'm ready. Let's do it.

- Yeah. Good luck!

- So I don't have any ingredients

to cook some breakfast, or any lunch, dinner,

gonna have to go to the grocery store,

so we're gonna head there.

But first, I'm gonna get some food,

get some sushi with my boy Eric.

So, I'm gonna go there and see if I can use

the least amount of plastic, paper,

anything that's possible,

so let's just get started.

A lot of times before I head out, to stay hydrated,

I'll take a bottle of water.

But no trash,

I know plastic is one of the worst things,

so I'm just gonna get a glass of water from the sink.

Cheers.

- [Camera Person] Cheers.

- Saving the planet.

- [Camera Person] Oh, one drink at a time.

- Just got to the restaurant, ordered my drink.

I got lemonade, and it actually came in a plastic cup.

I asked them if they could put it in a glass,

but they said they can't.

So I'm still not using a straw,

save trash that way.

I'm not gonna use chopsticks,

so hopefully they have some utensils

that they have back there,

and if they don't, I'll just use my hands,

but I gotta do what I gotta do.

Avoid the plastic for the sauce,

not going to use any chopsticks, no straw.

So one of the challenges was try not to use plastic utensils

when you get take-out, or when you go eat at a restaurant,

I think I got that one down, so onto the next one.

Passing some of the fast food places right now,

I usually get an iced coffee or a sweet tea,

but today, I gotta get things in bulk,

and avoid getting any plastic, try to get glass.

So, gonna try to make two of those challenges

on this trip right now to the grocery store,

let's do it.

I do have a YouTube video to record today,

we'll be doing a challenge where the last person

to leave the bathtub with thumb tacks,

so I do have to get a lot of thumb tacks,

but that doesn't mean it's trash,

we can still reuse those things, so,

let's start with that first.

- Alright, got the stuff for the video out of the way,

can't avoid the trash on this

'cause I have to buy the thumb tacks,

but obviously I'm gonna recycle it,

so let's go get the food.

Let's go see if we can get stuff in bulk,

and glass containers, and we should be good to go.

Gonna try to cook my own meal tonight,

just gonna boil some chicken,

put some seasoning on there,

and then the only thing that's gonna be trash

from this is the container.

Making food at home, check.

For sure I probably need some honey as well,

so let's see if they have some glass containers for that.

On the way to the honey, though,

we're passing peanut butter as well,

sometimes I like to mix honey, peanut butter, oats.

Pretty good, so these are plastic containers,

that's not gonna work.

Organic creamy, that's gonna work out, glass as well.

And then honey with glass containers as well.

Pure wildflower, good to go.

Last thing, they know both of my favorite drinks are here,

sweet tea, and we've got iced coffee right next to it,

so, we'll just get these in bulk, and we'll be good to go.

Make a meal at home.

And I think we're doing well so far, so, let's do it.

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So I'm not gonna use any plastic bags either,

'cause plastic is the worst thing.

I got a package, I ordered this probably like a week ago.

So, once I open it, obviously,

I'm gonna do what I can to recycle,

and do what's right, but zero-trash,

it's hard to avoid this one.

Another way that I'm able to avoid trash for today,

I got some tangerines, you know, so it's just the skin.

A lot of times, you are gonna see me using paper towels.

But, I've been trying to avoid that for no trash

by using just a towel.

Bone for Romeo.

He doesn't know how to act.

And then we have this plastic right here to recycle.

Kinda crazy how nine percent, you know,

nine percent gets recycled,

like that's, that's crazy.

Alright, last thing, the bathroom.

So a lot of times you're gonna see me using these,

floss sticks, but today,

just to avoid trash 24 hours,

I'm gonna have to not use this,

I'm just gonna have to brush my teeth.

- So how was your day? How did it go?

- Honestly, I have to change a lot of my lifestyle,

but I stuck to the four challenges that you gave me,

and I think I did pretty well.

Some things were unavoidable,

for example, like I got mail.

- I know this was so difficult,

so thank you for even trying,

and the earth thanks you too.

Is there anything that you think you might incorporate

moving forward from this challenge?

- Yeah, so definitely not gonna order utensils,

tell them to avoid those,

try to cook at home more often,

definitely just gonna try to avoid more and more plastic.

When you told me those statistics, I was honesty surprised,

I didn't know all that, so...

- We don't need everyone doing Zero Waste perfectly,

we need everyone doing it imperfectly.

Zero Waste is just one way to help the environment.

The biggest way that we can reduce our impact

is by eating less meat and flying less.

- I'm just happy to be a part of this,

and happy to just make the world a cleaner and better place,

so thank you.

- Oh, thank you so much for being a part of it.

And how can we listen to your music and find you on YouTube?

- My EP, Next Level, is dropping.

I can't wait, so you can listen on all streaming platforms,

music video is gonna drop

on the YouTube channel @dobrebrothers as well.

- Maybe they'll be a song about Zero Waste in your future,

who knows?

- I think we're good, guys.

So I did glass containers instead of plastic,

buying things in bulk,

making sure not to ask for utensils,

and cooking a meal at home.

I ate the tangerine.

Definitely decreased my trash for the day,

so we're good to go.

Thank you for this opportunity.

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