It's estimated the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of office paper, and about 500 disposable coffee cups every year. That's a lot of waste that can be easily reduced or even eliminated, and we haven't even taken into account the amount of disposable plastic and food waste that one generates per year! Last week, the folks from Zero Waste Malaysia joined us to share some tips to embark on the zero waste lifestyle at home, and on today's episode we want to focus on ways we can reduce waste at the office, with the ultimate goal of going zero-waste! Joining us to share simple and useful tips to start this journey are Khor Sue Yee, Marylyn Poh and Gedeon Lee, from Zero Waste Malaysia.



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It's estimated the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of office paper, and about 500 disposable coffee cups every year. That's a lot of waste that can be easily reduced or even eliminated, and we haven't even taken into account the amount of disposable plastic and food waste that one generates per year! Last week, the folks from Zero Waste Malaysia joined us to share some tips to embark on the zero waste lifestyle at home, and on today's episode we want to focus on ways we can reduce waste at the office, with the ultimate goal of going zero-waste! Joining us to share simple and useful tips to start this journey are Khor Sue Yee, Marylyn Poh and Gedeon Lee, from Zero Waste Malaysia.

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