Bursting your balloon…
At a park recently while my children enjoyed the play equipment, I spent my time picking up scraps of balloon waste (yes, I know...
Plastic Free July
If the idea of implementing waste-reduction strategies in your household has been ticking along in the back of your mind for a while now,...
Back to School!
It has been estimated that an average school lunchbox generates up to 30 kg of rubbish each year. Juice boxes, plastic wrap, and pre-packaged...
Not getting wasted this Christmas
Food waste is an ongoing issue in Australia but one we were slightly improving at until you-know-what occurred. Yes, aside from causing death, global...
Corporate environmental responsibility
I am a big believer in everyone doing their bit to better the planet – I don’t believe we shouldn’t try and do the...
Waste and coronavirus
A casualty of coronavirus has certainly been the zero-waste movement. It crept in early on, with cafés refusing to accept reusable cups in a...
I’ll drink to that!
The Containers for Change Scheme is carrying a heavy weight of expectation on it’s shoulders. Heralded by many as THE waste solution I applaud...
The politics of going zero waste
I have been pondering a lot about the move to lead a waste-reduction lifestyle lately. I think it’s largely due to those endless summer...
Is 2020 your year to reduce waste?
Waste reduction New Year’s resolutions might just be some of the easiest to keep! You don’t have to give up sugar, enter into a...
Gift giving…you a headache?
Gift giving should be a time of joy but I know the overwhelming feeling of obligation and pressure to choose the ‘right’ gift can...
All wrapped up!
Tis the season…for creating excess waste, if the merry statistics I’ve come across lately are anything to go by. Apparently in Australia alone we...
Make a spectacle of yourself!
If you wear prescription eyewear chances are you have a collection of non-current glasses stashed around the house, taunting you with memories of when...
