How to be a frugal zero waster

[Freethinker65]

1. IMO Zero waste is unachievable

Many of one's donated items and items placed in recycling bins, end up in landfills.

Buying a bamboo spoon, to replace your perfectly fine owned, or bought used, stainless steel flatware is not zero waste. Being self righteous because you think you actually can fit all of the waste you created for a year in a mason jar and post it to Instagram is amusingly ignorant.

Waste minimization is a good alternative. Avoiding over-packaging, buying more intentionally, fixing and/or repurposing older items, finding actual people that can use your castoffs/waste as raw materials (happens a lot in industry...sort of like free cycle), is commendable.

Preparing your own food can have major health benefits. I prepare much of my own and prefer to do so, but I understand that even that might often create more waste and use more energy than had I purchased the items already prepared and packaged. And I say this even as I compost and make my own soup stock.

Truth is, anything one does to reduce waste is a positive.