The document discusses Lauren Singer's TED talk about becoming zero waste and reducing her personal trash output. It asks questions about how much waste the average household produces weekly and what items make up most trash. It then prompts the reader to answer questions about Lauren's talk, including that she produced only a jar of trash in 3 years, she quit plastic due to health and environmental impacts, she learned about zero waste online, she started by refusing plastic and using reusable items, the lifestyle has financial and well-being benefits, and she suggests refusing plastic, reducing consumption, and reusing items.

4. How much waste
does an average
household
produce?

5. How much do you
throw out every
week?

6. What makes up
the most of your
trash?

7. What happens to
your trash once
it's in the bin?

8. Watch this TED talk and answer:
● How much waste did Lauren produce
in the last 3 years?
● Why did she decide to quit plastic?
● How did she find out about zero waste?
● What did she do start a zero waste lifestyle?
● What are the benefits of this lifestyle?
● What are the 3 things she suggests doing?

9. zero waste

11. food

12. clothing

13. electronics

14. cleaning

15. learning

16. pets

17. hygiene &
beauty