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Zero Waste: Kitchen
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11 May 2021

Turn your kitchen into a waste-free zone with these crafty solutions for everything from ‘unpaper’ towels to reusable kitchen wipes and clever storage solutions. The zero waste movement is huge and this collection will help you to craft your own zero waste solutions - with just a few craft skills you will be able to turn your unwanted waste into storage and cleaning items for your kitchen.
The kitchen is the heart of our homes and finding ways to make it feel healthy and wholesome can be really important. From leftover food scraps to the endless packaging that our food comes in, there's so much that goes on in a kitchen and the place in our homes where we generate the mosts waste.
Learn how to use up fabric scraps and old linen to create beeswax wraps for storing food; make your own paper caddy liners for food waste and create pots for growing kitchen herbs from empty bottles. Create a unique and practical apron from an old pair of thrifted curtains and sew some handy storage ideas for the family using pockets rescued from unwanted clothes.
Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma Friedlander-Collins and Christine Leech show you how to turn your kitchen into a zero-waste zone with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting. Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Kitchen will help you to live the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle while at the same time having fun.
- Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist,
prop designer and art director.
- Emma Friedlander-Collins is an upcycling champion, as well as an experienced designer, author and teacher. They are both passionate about sustainability.
- Citrus oil cloths – dusting/polishing
- Reusable pads – washing up
- Lunch bag crochet cup warmer
- Reusable paper towels
- Beeswax wraps
- Tin can utensil holder
- Paper caddy liner
- Cutlery carry case
- T-shirt tote bag
- Crochet plastic bag pot
- Plastic bottle herb pot
- Knitted washcloth