Tricks to Make Low-Waste Habits Stick!

Plastic Free July is over, but that doesn’t mean the low-waste habits you developed should change! 

Here are some tips will HELP YOU KEEP (or build) LOW-WASTE HABITS that stick!

A surefire way to ensure you’ll stick to this low-waste habit is to make sure it’s centered on something you love or feel connected to. 

There are many reasons why living a low-waste lifestyle is important! 

• Protecting the planet

• Saving money

• Creating better jobs

• And many more! 

What is something that MATTERS TO YOU ENOUGH to make a change in your regular routine? 

Whatever it is, make sure it feels like a NATURAL EXTENSION OF YOUR LIFESTYLE otherwise it can quickly burn out.

Here’s the kicker: we all envision ourselves doing better, but creating a habit and sticking to it is the tricky part.

Start by identifying TWO NON-NEGOTIABLE HABITS  that you can do each day, and anything more than that just do it weekly or bi-weekly. Make these small, simple and manageable. 

Swapping out a disposable item for a reusable; reading a chapter on switching to solar energy every night; decluttering your room once a month, whatever it is, make sure you have the resources and abilities to do it.

This rule means you want to physically ACT ON YOUR HABIT within 5 seconds, WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT.

The idea is: if you give yourself too much time to think about whether you should do your habit or not, then you’re just going to talk yourself out of it and make excuses. 

For example, when you start to ask bartenders not to put straws in your drink or waiters to put food in your container, you might feel unconfident about your move. But when you actually do it, nevertheless, you will realize with time that people often say yes and are even curious about why you’re doing that. That’s all good!

So rather than thinking too much, just get to the action within 5 seconds.

Set up some “might as well” conditions to REDUCE THE AMOUNT of mental and physical ENERGY it takes you to do your habit.

Prepare alternatives in advance for everyday uses of plastic products.

• Fold the reusable bags and put them in your bag

• Keep bottles in your office or in your car

If you want to involve more healthy ingredients in the family diet, put stickers on your fridge to remind you, like “fruit everyday” “buy locally” “go green” and so on. 

Simply spend 10-15 MINUTES EACH WEEK sitting down to meal plan what you're going eat that week, and create a shopping list.

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If you’re a VISUAL person, or you like crossing things off on paper, then we highly recommend using a habit tracker to keep track of the habits that you’re doing.

You can keep this on a regular calendar or download the time management APP such as 番茄ToDo, 小日常, 滴答清单 and so on，where you cross off the dates that you’re doing your habit. Or use a work book you create, it’s also okay!

What really matters is that you STAY CONSISTENT before scaling up how frequently you do your habits.

Take lunch for example, if you’re doing waimai every day, switching to a lunch you bring from home will be much better for the environment, your wallet and probably your health! 

It might be hard to do it 5 days a week at first, so start with just once a week and work your way up to 3, 4, 5 times per week!

番茄ToDo

小日常

滴答清单

Nothing is set in stone! 

Remember to ask yourself, “IS THIS WORKING? WHAT CAN I CHANGE?”

Transitioning to zero-waste does not happen overnight. You will make mistakes, and it’s perfectly fine! 

Remind yourself that we don’t live (yet) in a world that makes it easy (or at all convenient) to live without producing a bunch of trash. 

So don’t feel guilty: The fact that you’re trying is already fantastic!

Having an accountability buddy, or even POSTING about your commitment online can help you stay motivated to keep your habit.

KEEP YOUR NETWORK UPDATED as you go along, the more you talk about it, the more likely it is that you will continue to keep your habit! 

There are plenty of solutions to help you generate less waste! Trading out paper towels for REUSABLE DISHCLOTHS, ditching your shampoo & conditioner bottles for SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER BLOCKS using REUSABLE FACE WIPES instead of one-time use cotton rounds, and so much more!

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PLASTIC FREE JULY RECAP!

In July 2020, as a response to the global event ‘Plastic Free July’, Boomi called on Shanghai to participate in a campaign to save as many single-use cups as possible by encouraging people to BRING YOUR OWN MUG! 33 cafes around Shanghai supported with discounts for those who participated. ,

Our goal was to sell 500 cups of BYOM coffee throughout the whole month.

By the end of the event (July 31, 2020), a TOTAL OF 1300 DISPOSABLE PLASTIC CUPS WERE SAVED!

Thank you for your participation and support!

Boomí is committed to empowering consumers to create less waste. And we don’t stop there — Boomí is committed to donating 8.8% of revenue from your purchases to tree planting projects in Inner Mongolia.

For Boomi and you who participated in BYOM, a month's call to bring your own mug is just the beginning of environmental protection. We are looking forward to working with you again!

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