Concerned about garbage production in her native Iceland and its wide-reaching social and environmental impact, a young mother looks at the mechanisms behind it to understand what she can do to reduce daily waste. She starts with the food and the fashion industry. In interviews with experts, designers, activists, and industry managers she learns about the problems and solutions that can help to effectively reduce the amount of waste we produce. A positive, concrete, and farsighted perspective emerges in which awareness raising can help us realize that even small-scale changes can have a positive impact on our planet.