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Lauren Singer
Lauren Singer is an American environmental activist, entrepreneur, and blogger in the zero waste movement. She is known for collecting all of the waste she has created since 2012 in a 16oz mason jar. Her blo''Trash Is for Tossers''documents her lifestyle. She is the founder of Package Free and The Simply Co. Early life and education Singer was raised in New York City. She is Jewish. She attended NYU and received a degree in environmental studies in 2013. She went on to work as a sustainability manager for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, prior to founding The Simply Co and Package Free. Career and activism In 2012, Singer began collecting the waste she produced in a 16oz mason jar and detailing her zero waste life on her blog ''Trash Is for Tossers''. She simultaneously began making her own personal care products and changing her consumer behavior to divert waste from landfill and divest from industries that cause environmental pollution. Singer left h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |