We use the apps every day for different purposes. There are popular apps that have become part of our life constantly such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Pinterest or WhatsApp. There are also lesser-known apps that put us in contact with the environment around us and the community we belong to, making us actively participate in social causes and movements to help others and that help us reduce waste and pollution. In this blog, I want to tell you about my favourite apps that facilitate and implement my path towards a Zero Waste and environmentally friendly life.
1) Too Good To Go
The App concretely helps to reduce waste. Every day a lot of food is wasted because it is unsold, also are wasted the resources for production such as water, food, land and the work of people. Using To Good To Go, we locate the shops near us with products left unsold at the end of the day we can purchase them at a low price. Using this App, we can concretely eliminate waste and help retailers near us not to throw away food and earn from their unsold items. As for us, we can have a low-priced breakfast or dinner. Here is what the whole community gains, it’s a Win-Win.
2) Olio
It helps reduce waste among neighbours and fosters a sense of belonging to a community. For example, if you are about to go on vacation and you realize that you have fruit, vegetables or milk that you will not be able to use before leaving, thanks to Olio you can put a post of what you would like to give away, those who live near you will be able to identify the product and the address where to go to recover what would otherwise be wasted. Olio allows you to donate not only food but also anything else, everything that can be used and reused by others and that we do not want to give away, instead of throwing it away, wasting it, that object or food will be given a new life and will make someone else happy.
3) Refill
It is an App used to reduce plastic pollution. This App allows us to identify the places where we can fill our water bottles for free. If we think that a million plastic bottles are bought every minute, thanks to this App we can literally affect these numbers and decrease the consumption of plastic. We also save some money and stay hydrated. Refill provides us with the complete map of the places where to refill our bottle not only in the country we live in, but also in others, so we can always use it, even when travelling.
4) Happy Cow
The app helps you find restaurants, ice cream parlours that have vegan and vegetarian menus. Through the filters, you can choose the distance you are willing to travel, the type of restaurant and the type of shop. If you upgrade the app, you get more filters. Also, very useful when travelling because it offers options all over the world. I decided to talk about this App because there are more and more people who approach this way of eating. I have used it when I was in the company of vegetarian or vegetarian friends or when I was in the mood for a light meal.
5) Vanilla Bean
It is very similar to Happy Cow, aimed at vegetarians, vegans and lactose intolerant.
6) Lime
The purpose of this App is to help eliminate air pollution, which is present in many cities in Europe and America. On Lime, you will find the closest point to rent an electric scooter or a bike.
7) Bla Bla
This is another App that help us to reduce air pollution created by cars and help to reduce the road traffic. It is easy to use, insert where you want to start your journey from and where you want to arrive. The various options of the ride will appear. One piece of advice I want to give is, before accepting a ride make sure that person has positive reviews. I like this App because by sharing a journey with others, on the one hand, you save money by being in company, on the other hand, by combining multiple journeys in a single-vehicle, CO2 emissions are limited.
8) Shpock
I love this app that I use a lot because it allows me to earn some money while doing my decluttering. By simply placing a post on the item you want to eliminate, you will receive a notification if anyone is interested in buying it.
These are the Apps that I use that facilitate me to live a more conscious and minimal life connecting me with the community, making me part of it and helping to waste less and encourage sustainability.
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