Lauren Singer

Lauren Singer is an environmental activist, entrepreneur, and blogger. Her blog "Trash is for Tossers" focuses on educating readers on how she achieves a zero waste lifestyle, and her company The Simply Co. sells environmentally friendly products.[1][2][3]

Lauren Nicole Singer
Alma materNew York University
OrganizationPackage Free
Known forTrash is for Tossers, Package Free, The Simply Co.

Early life and education

Singer attended NYU and received a degree in environmental studies in 2013. She went on to work as a sustainability analyst for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.[4][5]

Career and activism

Lauren Singer started her zero waste journey in 2012.[6] In the same year, Singer began the Trash is for Tossers blog, detailing her journey of zero waste.[1] All of the waste she does produce is kept inside the same 16 oz. mason jar. Lauren spoke at TEDxTeen 2015.[7] She started Package Free Shop[8] in Brooklyn New York in 2017 [9] [10] [11] .[12] Package Free Shop is a total zero waste store. She also makes DIY videos for a simple zero waste life on her YouTube channel.

References
  1. "Trash is for Tossers". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "About the Simply Co". The Simply Co. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. "Alumni Profile". NYU Alumni. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. "Why I live a zero waste life". YouTube. TEDx. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  5. "Lauren Singer". LinkedIn. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  6. "About Lauren". Trash is for tosser.
  7. Reissman, Hailey (22 June 2015). "TED Spotlight TEDx Talk: Why I live a zero waste life". TED.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  8. Package Free
  9. "Finally, A Store That Makes Zero-Waste Living Easy". mbgplanet.
  10. "Four years' trash, one jar... zero waste". CNN. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  11. "Why Lauren Singer, the zero trash girl, is my crush of the month". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  12. "This Woman Fit 3 Years of Her Trash in a Freaking Mason Jar". HuffPost. Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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