recycling Archives
do you drink bottled water?
Whether it’s money saving blogs or environmental blogs, I read it time and time again: save money and the planet by not drinking bottled water. I’ve mostly ignored these articles. We don’t drink bottled water, I didn’t think it was that common. After all, you’re paying through the nose for something that you can get [...]
creative recycling with baby formula tins
A solution to two problems – growing in our sunless garden and reusing formula tins.
household recycling 101
According to the Australian Bureau of Stats, only about 7% of households recycle all recyclable materials, despite 95% of those survey agreeing that recycling is important. One of the reasons given for not recycling is confusion over what is recyclable and how to go about recycling. I was one of the confused. Below is a general guideline to explain what and how to recycle in the household.
an alternative to the usual plastic sandwich bags
Recycle old plastic bags into sandwich wraps that replace disposable sandwich bags.
creative recycling: repurposing junk
They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And at the rate we fill landfill each year, that means there’s a whole heap of treasure just waiting to be discovered by treasure hunters with a keen eye and an innovative mind. When we repurpose ‘stuff’ we keep it out of landfill and avoid [...]
A Novel Alternative To Plastic Shopping Bags As Bin Liners
The push to reduce plastic shopping bags leaves the question in many people’s mind, “what do you do for bin liners?” This is our alternative to using shopping bags for bin liners.
Waste And Recycling – Beyond The Bin
Taking on the responsibility of our own waste, one bin at a time.
24 Creative Ways to Recycle Cardboard Milk Cartons
Save money and the enviromnent with these creative ways to recycle cardboard milk cartons.
don’t be a drip when it comes to saving water
I recently read a post on Bargain Babe about recycling shower water to use in the toilet and it reminded me about how saving water is not just about saving a few dollars, it’s about conserving our precious, life-giving resource. Conserving water has been a hot topic in Australia for quite some time (12 years [...]
tip tuesday – wash your plastic bags
Rather than using once and throwing them away, wash you plastic zip lock bags and reuse over and over.
