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DIY broken umbrella tote bag
Tuesday, 7 February 2012Broken umbrellas are all over the place. Blame it on the rain? Planned obsolescence is more like it - meaning stuff is made to break. Umbra from Grist visits the Fixers Collective in Brooklyn, a "social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending". You can get your fix here, with step-by-step instructions to make a tote bag out of a broken umbrella.
Food · Society · Travel · Versus · Bottled Drinks · Disposable · Reduce waste · Waste · Wasteful packaging
Disposable drink bottles: Plastic vs glass vs aluminium
Tuesday, 31 January 2012Buying a drink on the run has worked its way seamlessly into our hectic lifestyles, and despite best intentions is sometimes unavoidable. But does one of the packaging options come out trumps environmentally?
Tips for a successful garage sale
Tuesday, 24 January 2012The perfect way to farewell your unwanted goods, a garage sale will help you avoid landfill and make some cash on the side.
Recycle revision
Monday, 16 January 2012Australians have proven to be great household recyclers since the council dropped the extra bin off at our homes, but often confusion can prevail on exactly what to recycle and what has to be trashed. Time to sort the trash.
Education · Family · House · Society · Junk · Landfill · Landfill reduction · Recycling · reduce consumption · Reduce waste · Reuse · Waste
We love... Recycling centres
Wednesday, 28 December 2011Save some (non) trash from landfill and hit up some of these great recycling centres.
Family · Food · Health · House · Society · Energy · Food waste · Love food hate waste · Reduce waste · Resources · Waste · Waste not · Water
What a waste of food
Friday, 4 November 2011Aussies routinely throw out vast quantities of food without a second thought. Here’s why food waste matters and how you can make a change for the better.
Multi-purpose beauty products
Friday, 21 October 2011Don’t fall for the old ‘rinse and repeat’ consumables, opt for multipurpose, all-in-one beauty products and cut down on packaging waste.
E-waste busters!
Monday, 1 November 2010Is your computer on the way out? You might be surprised at the options for upgrading, refurbishing and recycling.
Coles bag drop reduces waste
Tuesday, 28 September 2010In an innovative approach to reduce waste and landfill, Coles is collecting old reusable bags to turn into furniture for 100 Australian primary schools.
Food · Style · Travel · Packaging · Reduce waste · Reuse · Takeaway cups · Waste · Wasteful packaging
Teeny Weeny KeepCup
Tuesday, 25 October 2011Moving toward a sustainable solution to fit every coffee quandary, KeepCup have introduced the quaint 4oz KeepCup especially for espresso, piccolo, ristretto and macchiato drinkers.
