Zero-waste lifestyle expert and author Bea Johnson encouraged Haines to live simply and skip single-use plastics at her recent presentation.
“If zero is not the goal in our waste reduction, then what is?” Johnson said. Haines Friends of Recycling brought Johnson to speak at the Chilkat Center Friday to kick off Earth Week events.
Johnson spoke about how her family of four transitioned to a zero-waste lifestyle in 2008. They got rid of 80 percent…
