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r/ZeroWaste

r/ZeroWaste is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #866 on SubMouse with 1,225,402 subscribers and about 8.7 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#866
Subscribers1.2M
Growth since Nov 2+0
Posts per day8.7
Posts all time68.5K
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About r/ZeroWaste

Community guide

r/ZeroWaste is #865 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.2 million subscribers). A recent sample averaged 8.7 posts a day (~47% text, ~21% link, ~19% image). Its public rules include: Be respectful; No shaming or non-constructive criticism; Posts must be relevant; No greenwashing; No misinformation or anti-scientific rhetoric.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Match posts to: Be respectful; No shaming or non-constructive criticism; Posts must be relevant; No greenwashing.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Question / Support, Discussion, Tips & Tricks, 🚯 Zero Waste Win.

Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 0 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/confidentlyincorrect (#865) and ahead of r/wholesome (#867) in our ranking.

What sets r/ZeroWaste apart

Growth has more or less levelled off (0.00% since Oct 29, 2026), which is common for very mature communities. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (20:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

1.23M1.23MOct 29Nov 9, 2026

Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/ZeroWaste stayed flat from 1,225,402 to 1,225,402 subscribers. The chart shows 3 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/ZeroWaste this week

What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).

  1. My friends and I built a cage for beach trash and now we sell what ends up inside itu/Masheie · Nov 2 · image
  2. PSA: Trashie quietly changed their policy for items they accept. They no longer accept threadbare or worn-out clothing.u/Drain-Demon · Nov 5 · text post
  3. Non-toy gift ideas for a 4-year-old that won't create more clutter?u/Wise-Cookie-902 · Nov 3 · text post
  4. More small free boxes! What is stopping you from having a small free box?u/mouthwashcatt · Nov 7 · text post
  5. How can I fix these jeans?u/tovehellgren · Nov 2 · gallery
  6. Plastic Free Lunch Boxu/Main_Bid8104 · Nov 4 · gallery
  7. I made coconut oil...u/Beautiful_Rabbit_925 · Nov 5 · image
  8. Pram/stroller base - Need DIY inspo or a reality checku/Gurucat999 · Nov 2 · gallery
  9. Reusable paddu/DotNarrow465 · Nov 4 · text post
  10. What do I do with my old water bottle?u/KandigurlXD · Nov 2 · text post

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/ZeroWaste, from 2019 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

  1. [UK] Christmas Tree Rentalu/riceblush · Dec 7, 2020 · image
  2. wow just wow!Nov 18, 2020 · image
  3. Artwork by Joan Chan.u/noo00ch · Jun 5, 2019 · 23,831 points · 880 comments · image
  4. Made From Amazon boxes and old lipsticksu/Long-Operation3660 · Jan 31, 2026 · image
  5. Used some old drawings from work as wrapping paper, thoughts?u/ScottieFlamingo · Dec 24, 2024 · image
  6. This week I will hit my 8000th bag of trash cleaned up. I love my life, and I encourage others to try this.u/Daniel_Toben · Mar 5, 2021 · video
  7. Instead of polluting the planet with confetti, hole punch leaves instead! 🌎🎉u/thetoollibrarybuf · Oct 21, 2022 · 17,162 points · 336 comments · image
  8. Old Spice has plastic-free deodorant 👏u/Reallysmallcavebears · Aug 6, 2020 · image
  9. I needed to see this today 💞 maybe you did tooJul 27, 2021 · 16,583 points · 1,096 comments · image
  10. Can we please talk about how wasteful beyond burger packaging is? Standard DVD case for scale... This is basically the size of a shoe box for 8 frozen burger pattiesu/TechGuy219 · Jul 3, 2020 · image

What r/ZeroWaste talks about

Looking at the titles of 70 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “plastic”, “waste”, “ideas”, “built” and “looking”. Other frequent themes are recycled, water, policy, reusable, gift and free. Recurring phrases include “plastic free”, “water bottle”, “bagasse plates” and “plates bamboo”. By format, 47% are text posts, 21% are links and 19% are images.

  • plastic 9
  • waste 5
  • ideas 4
  • built 4
  • looking 3
  • recycled 3
  • water 3
  • policy 2
  • reusable 2
  • gift 2
  • free 2
  • lunch 2
  • soap 2
  • making 2
  • actually 2
  • bottle 2
  • bagasse 2
  • plates 2

Popular post flairs: Question / Support (25), Discussion (18), Tips & Tricks (10), 🚯 Zero Waste Win (4), DIY (4), News (3).

Activity and best time to post

r/ZeroWaste gets about 8.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 68,517 posts and 1,109,842 comments in total, about 16.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (14 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (6). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.

00: 40001: 302: 103: 30304: 305: 206: 40607: 208: 109: 40910: 211: 312: 11213: 314: 415: 31516: 317: 418: 31819: 120: 721: 32122: 223: 5
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Text posts 47%Links 21%Images 19%Galleries 13%

Rules of r/ZeroWaste

The moderators of r/ZeroWaste list 8 rules. In short:

  1. Be respectful
  2. No shaming or non-constructive criticism
  3. Posts must be relevant
  4. No greenwashing
  5. No misinformation or anti-scientific rhetoric
  6. No self-promotion or spam
  7. No surveys or interview requests
  8. Craft/upcycling posts must follow our guidelines

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/ZeroWaste and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How big is r/ZeroWaste?

r/ZeroWaste has 1,225,402 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #866 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking.

How active is r/ZeroWaste?

Moderately: r/ZeroWaste gets about 8.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 68,517 posts and 1,109,842 comments. In a sample of 70 recent posts we counted 64 different authors.

When is r/ZeroWaste most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/ZeroWaste about?

r/ZeroWaste is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention plastic, waste, ideas, built and looking. Most posts are text posts (47%).

Is r/ZeroWaste safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ZeroWaste as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/ZeroWaste?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ZeroWaste accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful”; “No shaming or non-constructive criticism”; “Posts must be relevant”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/ZeroWaste.

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