Mastodawn

Waste Not: How to Safely Use #Urine in Your Home #Garden.

"Using Urine to Feed Plants

Not many people talk about it, but lots of home gardeners do use their pee in their gardens. This practice is centuries old. Some gardeners will use it around fruit trees, or in their flower gardens. Some add it to their compost piles, or to strategically placed straw bales that later get added to compost piles or used to mulch vegetable beds.

Worried about the smell? Read below about dilution. Any smell will dissipate within minutes of application."

https://www.sustainablemarketfarming.com/2025/02/19/waste-not-how-to-safely-use-urine-in-your-home-garden/

#Urea #Fertilizer #Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #ZeroWaste

Waste Not: How to Safely Use Urine in Your Home Garden.

Using Urine to Feed Plants Not many people talk about it, but lots of home gardeners do use their pee in their gardens. This practice is centuries old. Some gardeners will use it around frui…

Sustainable Market Farming

AB Türkiye Delegasyonu🇪🇺EU Del 2d ago

💧 Every year, an average of 2 billion tons of waste is produced worldwide. Everyone living on the planet contributes to waste. Therefore, the zero waste movement and approach should be the responsibility of us all!
#ZeroWasteMovement #ZeroWaste #Recycling
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https://nitter.net/EUDelegationTur/status/2038512335216636146#m

SayECOSM 3d ago

5 Zero-Waste Myths Busted: An Honest Look at What Actually Matters

Feeling overwhelmed by zero-waste? We bust the 5 biggest myths holding you back. An honest, practical guide to making real progress, not achieving perfection.

https://sayecosm.com/5-zero-waste-myths-busted/

#zerowaste #sustainability #greenwashing

activistPnk 3d ago

Remote controls are a form of accidental obsolescence. Using dumbphones or smartphones to prevent the waste of devices missing remotes.

https://slrpnk.net/post/36021557

Remote controls are a form of accidental obsolescence. Using dumbphones or smartphones to prevent the waste of devices missing remotes. - SLRPNK

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36021551 [https://slrpnk.net/post/36021551] > As a zero waste OCD nutter, I end up with a lot of TV and radio devices pulled from dumpsters and 2nd-hand markets. The remote controls (RCs) are almost always missing. For many devices, the whole fucking device becomes totally unusable without the RC. Which is probably why many devices end up in the trash – because the remote was lost or chewed up by a dog. > > Apparently humans have not evolved to be smart enough to create an open standard mandating that all appliances with remote controls have a published manual containing the IR signal specs for every function to then enable the signals to be reproduced. > > ## Palm pilots (somewhat viable) > In the 1990s, Palm pilots had integrated infrared sensors w/LED. There was a very useful third-party app enabling physical remote controls to be copied. You could design your own button layout and have a tab for every RC. Of course the problem is that you needed the original RC as a source to copy. > > ## Smartphones (nope) > Smartphones are worse than Palm pilots. IR sensors are RARE. There are IR dongles that can be attached to a smartphone (either USB or headphone jack). It’s a bit redicious if you have to have a dongle hanging off the edge of your phone wherever you go. The phone would not likely slide into an arm strap w/the dongle. So you wouldn’t carry it around, which means you have to keep track of it. It’s something else that can get lost (manufacturers and sellers love that feature). > > ## Universal RCs (nope) > Like OEM remotes, these have a fixed set of buttons. But of course they have to try to guess what buttons will be needed. They include a database of hundreds of signal sets, but you are likely fucked if the device is an obscure or rebranded no name generic. I have radios that have the branding of the grocery store that sold them, FFS. No chance that would be in these preset DBs. I also have 4 different models of the same radio brand, and the RCs are incompatible w/each other same brand device (WTF). > > ## The collective solution > Lobby for policy to force an open standard and then mandate the use of it. > > ## The quazi individual solution (using smartphones) > 1. Derive a list of smartphones with built-in IR sensors and LEDs. > 1. Port a FOSS distro of some kind to all those phones. > 1. Code 2 FOSS apps, one for linux distros and one for f-droid for AOS forks. Or make one app that’s ported to both. > > The app should be able to record existing OEM RCs. And in the absence of the OEM RC, it should be able to sync to an open data crowd-sourced DB (which means it should also be able to export datasets to the project). > > ## The quazi individual solution (using dumbphones) > A lot of Sony Ericsson feature phones have IR sensors and an LED for the purpose of syncing the contacts, SMSs, etc. The FOSS Gammu app exploits this. If an app could be pushed to those phones it would basically repurpose otherwise wasted dumbphones to help salvage otherwise wasted RC-less appliances. >

SayECOSM 3d ago

The Zero-Waste Home Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Hidden Waste Streams

Find Hidden Waste Streams. Our zero-waste audit will help you uncover your hidden waste streams and create a more intentional and efficient sustainable life.

https://sayecosm.com/step-by-step-zero-waste-home-audit/

#zerowaste #sustainability #greenliving

Oliver Brendel 3d ago

The #europeanCommision is debating the #CircularEconomy Act and has started online questionnaires where you can share your views. And there is especially one for younger citizens, from 15 to 29 years old :

https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/young-voices-wanted-help-shape-circular-economy-act-2026-03-27_en

So please share widely across Europe, and especially with your kids and younger colleagues and friends
#ZeroWaste

More information, as well as the link for the questionnaire for >29 citizens, is here :
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy_en

Young voices wanted: Help shape the Circular Economy Act

People aged 15-29 can fill out an online questionnaire and/or hand in ideas or short papers by 7 April, as well as join a session on 'Youth perspectives on the Circular Economy Act' on 22 April.

Directorate-General for Environment

Headlines Africa 4d ago

Africa: Committed to Halving Food Waste By 2030, South Africa Doesn't Know If It's Winning: [Daily Maverick] South Africa throws away roughly a third of all the food it produces every year, about 10 million tonnes, while millions go hungry. On International Zero Waste Day, the question isn't whether we have enough food. It's why so much of it ends up in a landfill instead of on a plate, why we don't… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRnrTn #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #SouthAfrica

Kuddel 4d ago

Today is International #ZeroWaste Day :) If you want to reflect a little bit on your own everyday waste for 7 days, you can take part the "Trash Navigator Challenge" by In Mocean: https://in-mocean.org/trashnavigator/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F5f-L5qoOFE

Observe Your Plastic Waste for 7 Days | Trash Navigator Challenge

Track your plastic waste for 7 days with the Trash Navigator Challenge. Discover your habits and choose one small shift for cleaner oceans.

IN MOCEAN

Afghanistan 🇦🇫4d ago

Quote from Antalya Diplomacy Forum (@AntalyaDF):

International Day of Zero Waste

Can the world transition to zero waste in time?

Reducing waste conserves resources, lowers pollution, and is essential for a sustainable future.

#ZeroWaste

Source: Antalya Diplomacy Forum (@AntalyaDF)
[ https://x.com/AntalyaDF/status/2038546450276089989 ]

#Afghanistan

Knowledge Zone 5d ago

#TopicOfTheDay: International Day of #ZeroWaste

The waste sector contributes significantly to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution.

International Day of Zero Waste aims to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns, support the societal shift towards circularity, and raise awareness about how zero-waste initiatives contribute to the advancement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/International-Day-of-Zero-Waste-6423fdeac86417c3f196055a