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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 vs Zero Waste: What Beginners Confuse Most

Plastic Free vs Zero Waste: What Beginners Confuse Most A reader messaged us last month asking for a "zero waste starter kit that's also plastic free." Fair enough question. Except...

Plastic Free Living: Where to Start

When I started trying to live without plastic back in 2013, the first thing I did was buy a stainless steel lunchbox, a set of beeswax wraps, three different...

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Plastic Free Gift Wrapping Guests Actually Notice

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...

Plastic Free Shopping Costs More Some Weeks, Less Overall

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...

Plastic Free Living Picks the Bulk Stores Worth the Drive

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...

Plastic Free Shopping Trips Take Longer at First

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...

Rayon and Bamboo Fabric: Are They Really Plastic Free?

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...