Practical strategies for minimizing household and business waste, including recycling guides, composting tips, and zero-waste lifestyle solutions.
Renovating or demolishing a house to build a new one generates up to 200 tonnes of ‘waste’, but around 80 per cent of this material
There is no waste in nature – everything is cycled and recycled through the system. Humans, however, too often use natural resources with a ‘cradle to grave’ rather than a ‘cradle to cradle’ mentality. We create enough waste to fill a football stadium every few months! The waste we create ends up in our landfill or, worse, litters our open spaces and waterways. It’s unattractive, smelly and leaches chemicals in to our soils and waterways. If we use natural resources in a more efficient manner and focus on the total life cycle of products, we can minimise all these impacts and more.
Toxic beaches and rivers, litter and smog are all examples of waste impacting on our wellbeing. Actively trying to reduce the amount of waste we produce is part of the personal journey we need to make in order to live sustainable lives and pass a healthy, vibrant and livable planet onto our children.