Recycling is a great way to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill and also reduce the use of resources like energy and water that go into making new products. There are so many items that can be recycled and with access to local council kerbside recycling services, it is made super easy.
It can be confusing what can actually be recycled, what can go in your kerbside recycling bin and what can’t, and where to take those trickier to recycle items. It’s important to make sure we get it right because putting the wrong thing in the recycling bin can cause issues at the processing plant. Or things that can be recycled inadvertently end up as landfill. To make sure your recycling efforts are as effective as possible, read on for some tips about getting recycling right. Read more
Food waste has been a hot topic lately. We have learnt that Australians throw out 20% of the food they buy, which equates to every household throwing out $1,036 worth of groceries every year[1]. With many families struggling to make ends meet, and with people on the streets wondering where their next meal will come from, this just doesn’t seem right.
On a global level, roughly one third of the food produced in the world goes to waste[2]. This is shocking on a humanitarian level, as we see people in many countries (as well as our own) starving, but also on an environmental level as the resources that go into producing that food also goes to waste.
Charities like OzHarvest are helping where they can, by collecting and distributing food that would normally go to waste to those in need. Read more
