To ask who is actively trying to reach ZERO WASTE and has anyone managed it?

[Smartphonetoomuchoo]

I have been trying to reduce what I buy and the waste we make as a family for nearly a decade. And while I have made some significant changes and I am very proud of where we are waste wise, we are still working class, fairly low earners with children to pay for and bills to pay.
while cheap swaps save us money (second hand everything, no car, no tumble dryer etc) some of the more expensive swaps (shampoo bars, butchers and green grocers and bakers, organic, ethical, milk man, etc) just keep our bin filling up.

Has anyone got there? We are getting there and the constant talk and sharing of wins etc are helping to change the attitudes of friends and family. But we are no where near zero waste and I'm 9 years in, making fairly big changes.
My dh was initially against the idea but now he shows me things he wants to do to lower our impact so I definitely believe that peoples attitudes can change with gentle nagging.

Yabu- Zero waste is unreachable
yanbu- we can get there!

That's interesting. I didn't know that about cardboard and composting. But then I am not green fingered at all! I did notice the "recycles forever" logo on some tins the other week, which made me pause to think. It's easy to forget the question of how many times something can be recycled.

Thinking about it, it must be about 20 years since our council first introduced recycling collections and as it's been expanded over the years, and become normal to sort through things to go in the right bin, I guess you stop thinking so much about where it goes or what happens next.

Whereas in the early years there were lots of questions and info and more conscious thought involved - now it's mostly habit.

Nothing any of us can do as badly for the planet as have a child though..... sterilisation at puberty is probably the way to save the planet most efficiently!