Reduce, reuse and recycle is an easy guide to cut down on household rubbish. Using the “Three Rs” saves you money, reduces the amount of rubbish being sent to landfill, while also lowering carbon emissions.
Planning your meals is one of the most effective ways you can cut waste and food bills.
Every day all over New Zealand, families throw out food that could have been eaten. Bread that has gone stale, bananas that have gone black, and mince that we didn’t cook by the use by date all end up in the rubbish. A good part of the family grocery bill simply gets thrown away.
When you’re renting it’s harder to make changes to your home – but it doesn’t mean you have to lower your sustainable living standards.
You can cut down the waste that ends up in our landfills by buying second hand goods, taking good quality items you no longer want to second hand shops or selling them yourself. You can also save or make some money in the process.
Don’t know what to do with your unwanted computer equipment? It’s too good to waste. Rather than leave it sitting at home taking up space, why not try finding it a new use, or having it recycled?
Clothing was once highly valued, handed down, and recycled. But now clothing is becoming a cheap throw away commodity with new collections offered every month.
Information on the amount of clothing sent to New Zealand landfills is not currently available but a United Kingdom study found that an average of 30 kilograms of clothing and textiles per person is wasted by being sent to landfills each year.
Sometimes it can be hard to let go of clothing. No-one likes to make a mistake with their clothing purchases.
Many local councils in New Zealand collect household recycling in kerbside collections, but what happens to it next? Here’s a brief run-down of the recycling process and the finished products your recycling is likely to turn into.
Every step makes a difference… and you’ll find 25 of them in this booklet! Together we can really help the environment — the more of us that step up, the bigger the difference we’ll all make.
A rubbish audit is a good way of showing you what you’re throwing out and helps you identify how to reduce your rubbish.
Reducing rubbish is the easiest way to minimise your rubbish.
Reusing products is a great way of minimising your rubbish. It saves the energy and resources needed to make new products and can save you money.
Recycling is an effective way of minimising your rubbish.
A guide to identifying the plastics codes that you can recycle.
There is currently a lot of debate around the use of disposable versus reusable nappies.
Some businesses have made a formal commitment to take responsibility for their products, from start to finish, in an environmentally safe way.
The best option for getting rid of your food waste depends on the options available to you locally. There are arguments for and against the use of sink waste disposal units (sometimes referred to by the common brand name "InSinkErator").
