With warm weather upon us, and outdoor gatherings still the safest option, picnics have never been more popular! They can, however, result in a lot of excess rubbish if we’re not careful. Today I thought I would share some tips for a low waste picnic, and I’d love to hear your ideas too!
With all the talk about issues with recycling here in Australia at the moment, I thought it was a good time to talk about better recycling. This is a update of a post I shared a few years ago, with some new tips and advice included. I’d love to hear your tips too!
Plastic Free July is almost over and even if you didn’t meet your initial aims you can’t actually fail at reducing waste. Even if you only lasted a few days, or found yourself with a takeaway cup or five along the way, there are so many reasons why you didn’t fail.
Whilst it might seem like a useful multi-purpose product, today I want to talk about the problem with polystyrene for our planet. For such an innocuous looking, lightweight product polystyrene sure does pack an environmental punch! Thankfully there are some good alternatives these days!
Today I want to explore the problem with helium balloons and what we can choose in their place. They might be pretty (and I spent a few years working in a party shop so I know them well!) but they are unfortunately having a huge impact on our environment.