About r/ZeroWaste
Community guide
r/ZeroWaste is #865 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.2 million subscribers). Recent activity samples show 8.7 posts/day in recent samples (~47% text, ~21% link, ~19% image). Public rules we collected 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; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Question / Support, Discussion, Tips & Tricks, 🚯 Zero Waste Win.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/dndmemes (#864) and ahead of r/confidentlyincorrect (#866) 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
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ZeroWaste stayed flat from 1,225,402 to 1,225,402 subscribers. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
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.
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.
Rules of r/ZeroWaste
The moderators of r/ZeroWaste list 8 rules. In short:
- Be respectful
- No shaming or non-constructive criticism
- Posts must be relevant
- No greenwashing
- No misinformation or anti-scientific rhetoric
- No self-promotion or spam
- No surveys or interview requests
- 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 2, 2026), which makes it the #865 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.
Which communities are like r/ZeroWaste?
Communities with similar topics include r/Frugal (6.9M), r/Awwducational (6M), r/passive_income (1.3M), r/artificial (1.4M) and r/woodworking (6.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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.