Kathryn Kellogg
Sustainability Specialist
Kathryn Kellogg is the founder of goingzerowaste.com, a lifestyle website dedicated to breaking eco-friendly living down into a simple step-by-step process with lots of positivity and love. She's the author of 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste and spokesperson for plastic-free living for National Geographic.
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Co-authored Articles (78)
How to
Save Trees
Trees are an integral part of our planet. They clean the air that we breathe, help remove pollutants, and provide lovely shade on a hot summer day. In fact, they’re so essential to life on Earth that merely living clos...
How to
Celebrate Environment Day at School
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated each year on June 5. Like Earth Day, it's a day to learn about the environment, participate in conservation activities, and learn about ways to help in the future. To celebrate a...
How to
Dispose of Television Sets
Unfortunately, old televisions sets can't be left by the curb with your normal trash for pickup. Old TVs contain harmful chemicals and parts that need to be safely dealt with by professionals. Instead of throwing your TV...
How to
Recycle Perfume Bottles
Many perfume bottles have pretty designs, making them perfect for reuse. By disassembling and washing your perfume bottles, you can ready them for regular recycling or your favorite crafts. If you’re not the crafty sor...
How to
Spread Awareness About Climate Change
Climate change is one of the biggest issues we’re facing on our planet. Even though some people aren’t aware of how seriously it affects the world, there are a lot of things you can do to keep them informed. We’ll ...
How to
Dispose of Wood
Trying to figure out how to get rid of trash or unwanted items can be confusing, and it’s no different for wood. Although disposal rules vary from place to place, there are a few simple steps you can take to clean up. ...
How to
Reduce Water Pollution
Water is one of the world's most important resources, and we can all do our part to stop it from getting polluted. Simple changes like using natural cleaning products instead of toxic ones in your home and planting more ...
How to
Help Save the Earth
Are you concerned about the welfare of the earth? Do you want to do what you can to save it? With bad news about global warming, dying oceans, and endangered animals flooding us on a daily basis, it's hard to know where ...
How to
Top 3 Zero Waste Swaps
Decreasing the amount of waste you produce can seem like a daunting challenge, especially since most essential products in our lives are geared to be disposable. Thankfully, in this video Sustainability Specialist Kathry...
15 Proven Ways to Save Water at Home
If you can cut back on the amount of water you use every day, you’ll be doing the planet a big favor. Using water efficiently helps to preserve the environment, minimize the impact of droughts, and take some pressure o...
How to
Throw Away a Mattress
Mattresses are big, bulky, and not always easy to get rid of. If you want to throw your mattress away, you can either wrap it in plastic and set it by the road or break it down and put it into trash bags. Mattress dispos...
How to
Compost
Composting is one of the simplest ways you can make a positive impact on the environment. Yet, we often end up wasting our food and garden scraps by sending them to the landfill. Most people don’t realize that 30% of ...
How to
Dispose of Food
Whether cooking at home or eating out, people tend to waste a lot of food. Throwing out food responsibly is important, because when food rots, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is dangerous to the environment. D...
How to
Dispose of Nail Polish
When you get tired of your old nail polish colors, or the bottles are almost empty and you want to throw them out, it’s important to dispose of them in the proper way. You may not know that those bottles of nail polish...
How to
Prevent Land Pollution
If you're concerned about land pollution, there's a lot you can do in your home and community to slow this environmental problem. Using these suggestions from organizations like the Environmental Protection Agency, you'l...
How to
Recycle Aluminum Cans, Glass and Plastic Bottles for Cash
Recycling not only benefits the environment – it can also benefit you by giving you some extra money. In states and countries with “bottle bills,” you can redeem deposits on bottles and cans by bringing them to rec...
How to
Dispose of Lithium Batteries
A guide for safely disposing of dead batteries Lithium and lithium-ion (or Li-ion) batteries are commonly used to power computers, cellphones, digital cameras, watches, and other electronics. Lithium-ion batteries are ...
How to
Store Hangers
Finding a way to store your hangers without them getting tangled up can be a hassle. Fortunately, there are a couple of tricks you can use to organize your hangers so they can be neatly stored away until you need them ag...
How to
Dispose of Plastic Straws
Plastic straws aren’t biodegradable, meaning that they last a long time after you throw them away. Straws that aren’t thrown away properly find their way into the environment and are harmful to wildlife around the wo...
How to
Help Reduce Global Warming (Kids)
Global warming is a big problem, but that doesn't mean kids like you can't help! Kids can actually make a really big impact when it comes to climate change. We'll walk you through easy changes you can make to be more ene...