Leloup: COVID damaged the zero waste movement, but our planet still needs it

It was April 2017 and the First Baptist Church on Laurier Avenue at Elgin Street was filled to capacity with participants waiting to listen to Bea Johnson, author of the best-selling book Zero Waste Home and pillar of the zero waste lifestyle movement. She was speaking at a conference that I had organized after announcing the summer opening of NU Grocery, Ontario’s first zero waste grocery store. In large part, the launch of the business was the result of my fascination with Bea’s inspirational journey. Her family of four was able to fit a year’s worth of waste in a single mason jar, a feat compared to the 700 kg of waste the average Canadian creates every year. Read More