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8 items to reuse before recycling
Tuesday, 12 February 2013Put any accidental packaging to good use with these tips.
General Manager, The Bower
Tuesday, 22 May 2012This part time role at the Bower Reuse & Repair Centre Cooperative would manage all financial, operational, administrative and legal aspects to assist local individuals, communities and businesses to divert waste from landfill through a shop and reuse referral service.
Location: Sydney, NSW.
Salary: $43,316.27 inc. 9% super (part time)
Applications close: Friday 1 June.
Click here for more info.
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.
Education · Family · Garden · Health · House · How to ... · Society · greywater · rainwater · rainwater tank · Reuse · save water · stormwater runoff · Tap water · Water · Water shortages
Greywater 101
Tuesday, 4 October 2011Learn how to safely reuse your household's wastewater and take water efficiency to the next level.
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.
More tips for choosing eco-friendly cosmetics
Sunday, 14 August 2011As we work on our petroleum-based cosmetics challenge, it’s good to see if there’s any useful tips we can get from our previous challenges. Let's look at packaging, buying in bulk, and multi-purpose products.
8 ways to recycle paper yourself
Tuesday, 21 June 2011If you’re willing to experiment, you can do a bit of DIY recycling. Grab a stack of paper that you were going to put in the recycling bin and do something crafty instead.
Step 1: ditching the disposable paper
Sunday, 22 May 2011Paper doesn’t cost much money, so we forget that it’s wasteful to throw so much of it out. But when you think of deforestation and the chemicals that get used in paper production, it seems like it’d be worthwhile to see what we can do to fix that.
Swap your old clothes for something new to you
Sunday, 23 January 2011Swapping your unused clothes with friends saves you money and reduces waste. If you plan right you can turn it into a little party - read more to find out how.
Five tips for getting the most out of your local op-shop
Friday, 14 January 2011I love to spend a day browsing the op-shops near me. There’s so much variety, I’m always surprised by what I find. But there’s a bit of a knack to finding what you want in among the racks of things that aren’t your style at all.
