What’s the secret to showing up with a single-use-free picnic basket? How can you pull off a zero waste picnic? We share some inspo, tips and easy shared nibbles recipes for keeping picnics as plastic free as possible.
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Growing your own produce and flowers saves plastic packaging and other waste, but gardening can create heaps of plastic waste in the form of pots, plastic bags and bottled pest control. Here’s how to go plastic free when cultivating flowers for the bees and farming your own food.
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Dreaming of a zero waste kitchen? Investing in these appliances will help you reach this goal by allowing you to make, bake, dehydrate, and aerate your own at home instead of buying plastic packaged goods coming from afar, as well as ensuring no food goes to waste.
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Things are a bit different this Plastic Free July (pandemic), and you may not be able to refuse plastic in ways you previously did, but there are still ways in which you can reduce your plastic usage this month. We list 10 of them.
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Supporting Black business helps fight racism because it ups BIPOC visibility while reducing challenges they face, like getting credit. We list Black-owned eco-minded businesses to support, as well as BIPOC zero wasters to follow to increase their representation in the space.
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Support local small businesses and farmers and reduce waste by getting a box of local plastic-free groceries and refills of pantry and cleaning essentials delivered in returnable reused packaging to your door! See who delivers low-waste groceries to you…
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When we remove plastic and preservatives from our lives, we need to be more careful about food storage as these are no longer protecting our food from spoiling. How do you store bulk-bought dry goods and other packaging-free pantry items so that they don’t spoil and your pantry doesn’t become moth ridden?
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Making up 40% of bins, food waste is a huge waste of resources, is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, and could be costing your household $3,800 a year! There are many reasons for reducing the amount of food ending up in landfill and the best way to do it is to simply do what it was made for - eat it! So, here’s 14 food waste recipes…
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Party and event catering often results in landfill bins full of food and disposable, single-use plastic. This is however easily avoidable. We share 9 ways you can make your party plastic free, ensure there is no single use at your sustainable soiree, and put on an eco-friendly event.
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A lot of waste in the kitchen can be prevented by making homemade versions of store-bought items like vanilla essence and milk. We share our top 5 simple DIY recipes that we use to keep our fridge and diet plastic free.
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You’ve collected a whole lot of glass jars to reuse, but you’re having a whole lot of trouble getting the labels off. We share 9 ways to get sticky labels and glue residue off glass jars, as well as how to get lingering smells out.
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You’ve bought your food without plastic; now how do you store it in your fridge and freezer waste free? We cover what produce should go in the fridge and what shouldn't, which fruit and veg to keep apart, freezing meat plastic free, and clever ways to keep your produce fresh for ages without plastic.
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Looking to remove plastic from your dishwashing routine? It's easy with these alternatives for zero waste dish soap for hand-washing and dish powder for your dishwasher, as well as these natural compostable sponges, scrubbers, and cloths.
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You might not want to or might not be able to compost your food scraps at home. We share how to keep your organic waste out of landfill by having others compost it for you, a neighbour, community garden or your council, as well as where you can drop it off in Melbourne.
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Is it more expensive to shop zero waste using your own jars, containers and produce bags? It can be, but it can also be comparative, if not cheaper. We share why and how waste-free grocery shopping and reducing your waste can cut costs.
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I ate as much food waste as possible for a month to help me unearth all the ways in which food can be saved from going to waste in my city and others. Here’s how I managed to eat 90 meals mostly made up of food waste for a month…
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Best-before date and use-by date - what do these actually mean and who decides when food is no longer fit for consumption? How is this decided and how accurate are these dates? Do they just cause unnecessary food waste? We investigate!
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Keeping food in clear, unlabelled glass jars can get confusing and it is important to know the expiry date. So, how can you create DIY labels for your jars that are zero waste and reusable?
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Do you know really know what you can and can’t compost? Are you guilty of believing any composting myths? We break down the common composting myths so your compost breaks down.
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What are the laws that govern whether you can BYO and use your own reusable container at supermarkets, delis, butchers, and other food stores? Is it against health regulations? Is it up to the individual vendor? We investigate!
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