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Zero Waste: Utopia or Necessity?
Johnson Bea
01:07:26
06.06.2016

And how much of it can actually be avoided? Is conducting a “Zero Waste” lifestyle possible at all?
Where do we draw the line? And what drives our consumption behavior? In her internationally
recognized book “Zero Waste Home”, Bea Johnson explains how her family managed to reduce their
annual household waste volume to one liter. The 5R motto they apply to guide their consumption –

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Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot – inspires a growing international community to take a stance
against needless waste. This event is part of the “Pioneers in Sustainability” series organized by ETH
Sustainability, the coordination office for sustainability at ETH Zurich. The event is realized in
cooperation with the Group of Forest Management and Development at the Department for
Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) and takes place within the framework of the European
Sustainable Development Week 2016.

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