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Erin Rhoads

Erin Rhoads is a sustainability expert, writer, speaker, and campaigner dedicated to showing that everyday actions, scaled through community, can change the world. Since founding her blog The Rogue Ginger in 2013, she has built a global platform reaching over 35 million visitors. She is the author of Waste Not and Waste Not Everyday (Hardie Grant), co-founder of the grassroots campaign Plastic Bag Free Victoria — which led to a statewide plastic bag ban in 2019 — and a contributor to Party Kit Network and BYO Containers. Erin has delivered over 450 talks globally and appeared as an expert voice with the BBC, CNN, ABC, and The Guardian.
Plastic Free Shopping

Plastic Free Clothes Shopping: What the Label Leaves Out

Six years into checking garment labels for a living, I still bought a coat that turned out to be almost half plastic. I trusted the tag. I didn't ask...
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Plastic Free Shopping

Plastic Free Grocery Delivery: Does It Even Exist Yet?

Plastic Free Grocery Delivery: Does It Even Exist Yet? Order groceries online right now, anywhere in most of the English-speaking world, and a truck will show up with your bread...
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Plastic Free Shopping

Plastic Free Produce Bags: Why Mesh Size Actually Matters

Plastic Free Produce Bags: Why Mesh Size Actually Matters The first set of mesh produce bags most people buy are the pretty ones. Loose weave, soft cotton, the kind that...
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Plastic Free Shopping

Plastic Free Shopping: Where First Timers Go Wrong at Bulk Bins

Plastic Free Shopping: Where First Timers Go Wrong at Bulk Bins The most common bulk bin mistake has nothing to do with which container you bring. It happens before that,...
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Zero Plastic Waste

Zero Plastic Waste Packaging: A Surprising History

Here's something most people don't expect. The first documented "bring your own container" law wasn't a modern zero-waste policy. It was a butter regulation in a Massachusetts town in...
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Zero Plastic Waste

Zero Plastic Waste Shops: What Happens After Year One?

Zero Plastic Waste Shops: What Happens After Year One? Most people stop going to their zero waste shop around month four. Not because they gave up on plastic-free living, but...
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Plastic Free Gift Wrapping Guests Actually Notice

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Plastic-Free Gift Wrapping Guests Actually Notice Last December I watched someone unwrap a present, glance at the paper for exactly one second, and drop it...
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Plastic Free Shopping Costs More Some Weeks, Less Overall

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Plastic Free Shopping Costs More Some Weeks, Less Overall I started tracking my grocery receipts about four months into going plastic free, mostly out of...
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Plastic Free Living Picks the Bulk Stores Worth the Drive

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Plastic Free Living Picks the Bulk Stores Worth the Drive There's a specific kind of disappointment that comes from driving twenty minutes to a "bulk...
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Plastic Free Shopping Trips Take Longer at First

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Plastic Free Shopping Trips Take Longer at First The first plastic free grocery run takes almost twice as long as a normal one. Nobody warns...
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Rayon and Bamboo Fabric: Are They Really Plastic Free?

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Rayon and Bamboo Fabric: Are They Really Plastic Free? There's a specific moment that trips up almost everyone trying to cut plastic out of their...