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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.
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Plastic Free Week One: Why It Feels Harder Than Expected

Plastic Free Week One: Why It Feels Harder Than Expected By the Plastic Free Living editorial team Most people quit somewhere between day three and day six, and it's rarely...
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Can You Go Plastic Free on a Tight Budget?

Can You Go Plastic Free on a Tight Budget? A reader once messaged us with a simple complaint: every "plastic free starter kit" she found online cost more than her...
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Plastic Free for a Month: What Happens to Your Trash?

Plastic Free for a Month: What Happens to Your Trash? At the end of the month, I put everything I hadn't been able to avoid into a single glass jar...
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Is Bamboo Really Plastic Free?

My first bamboo toothbrush lasted about four months before I noticed something odd sitting at the bottom of my compost bin. Little white tufts, unmoved, completely unbothered by six...
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Plastic Free Swaps Every Beginner Should Try First

Plastic Free Swaps Every Beginner Should Try First The first time most people try to cut plastic out of their life, they clean out an entire kitchen cupboard in one...
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Plastic Free Living Mistakes Most Beginners Make in Month One

Plastic Free Living Mistakes Most Beginners Make in Month One We get the same email almost every week. Someone found Plastic Free Living, felt fired up over the weekend, swapped...
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