The Zero Waste Family

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Sverige
Stockholm
The Zero Waste Family

We’re a family of five living zero waste, plant-based, & mindfully minimal so that both our kids and planet can enjoy a beautiful, thriving future.
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Connecting families that strive to live life promoting health, happiness and family time, all while choosing to reduce our carbon footprints on our planet.

03/09/2026

To my fellow eco-minded parents who are sometimes tired, overwhelmed, and wondering if you’re doing enough… 💚

I see you. Because I have those days too.

Days when I don’t have the energy to make everything from scratch, remember every reusable, avoid every piece of plastic, or make the “perfect” sustainable choice.

And I want to remind you—and myself—that the world doesn’t need us to be perfect. It just needs us to care and to do the best we can, when we can.

Some days that will be a lot. Some days it will be one tiny thing. Both matter.

So please give yourself some grace. You care. You’re trying. And that alone is making a difference.

You’re doing a great job. Keep going. 🌱💚

30/08/2026

Celebrate Osea’s 30th Anniversary by shopping Fredrika’s Favorites💚 The 30 Years of Bestsellers Set has 4️⃣ iconic AND full-size products. Shop Osea Malibu with the Zero Waste Family affiliate links at zerowastefamily.com/links💻

28/08/2026

STOP throwing away your vegetable scraps! 🥕♻️

I turn mine into TWO zero-waste kitchen staples: homemade vegetable stock + vegetable salt.

Whenever I cook, I save onion and garlic skins, carrot peels, veggie ends, herb stems and veggies that are getting a little sad. Everything goes into a mason jar in my freezer.

When it’s full, I make stock!

🌱 ZERO WASTE VEGGIE STOCK
8 cups water
2–3 cups veggie scraps
2 bay leaves
Parsley + thyme
2 pinches salt
1 piece kombu, optional

Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 1 hour. Strain and save the stock.

But DON’T toss those cooked scraps!

Blend them, spread them thinly and dry completely in a dehydrator or low oven. Once dry, blend with salt to make homemade vegetable salt. 🧂🌿

One jar of scraps → stock + seasoning → almost ZERO waste.

It saves money, reduces food waste and gets one more use out of food we already paid for.

Would you try this?

25/08/2026

and Zero Waste Family were clean before it was cool✨ After decades, we’re both dominating the sustainability space♻️🌎

23/08/2026

We 💚 supporting women owned businesses. Osea is a sustainable ✨skin/body care brand✨ and founded by a mother daughter pair. Shop Fredrika’s favorites on the ZWF website🔗

23/08/2026

🍎 Nothing says fall to me more than the apples being ready!

We’re so fortunate here in Stockholm to have wild apple trees growing all around us, and every fall we head out to forage as many as we can.

Free, local, seasonal food growing right in our neighborhood? Yes, please! 🌿🍏

We’ll eat plenty fresh, but the rest will be turned into applesauce, apple butter, pies, crumbles, dried apple rings, and other goodies to enjoy long after apple season is over.

Foraging is one of my favorite parts of our zero-waste lifestyle. It connects us to the seasons, gets us outside, saves money, and makes sure perfectly good food doesn’t go to waste.

Now the big question: What should we make with all these apples? 🍎

23/08/2026

Did you know your cup of tea might come with a side of plastic? ☕️🌿

Many tea bags contain plastic, and research has found that steeping a single plastic tea bag in hot water can release billions of micro- and nanoplastic particles into your cup.

One simple way we reduce plastic in our home? Skip the tea bags and make our own herbal tea.

We grow or forage many of our favorite tea ingredients, including:

🌼 Chamomile
🌿 Mint
🌱 Thyme
🍃 Black currant leaves
🌹 Rosehips
🍓 Raspberry leaves
💚 Lemon balm
…and whatever else is growing in season!

Simply harvest, steep, and enjoy. You can also dry your herbs during the warmer months and store them in glass jars for homemade tea all winter long.

It’s cheaper, reduces packaging and plastic, and there’s something pretty special about drinking a cup of tea you grew or foraged yourself. 💚

Would you ditch tea bags and make your own herbal tea?

19/08/2026

Clean before it was cool. 🌊♻️

For 30 years, OSEA has been proving that skincare can feel luxurious and keep sustainability in mind. The 30 Years of Bestsellers Set brings together four iconic, seaweed-powered favorites that are perfect for summer routines, weekends away, and glowing skin on the go.

Here’s to choosing summer essentials that are good for your skin and a little gentler on the planet. ☀️🌿

18/08/2026

Bokashi Living makes composting easy, efficient, and eco-friendly♻️ It allows users to recycle all food scraps without bad odors or pests and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden🪴 Shop Bokashi Living under “Fredrika’s Favorites” on our website🔗

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