PLASTIC FREE JULY: DAY 1

Day One:

How about not using plastic bin liners?

These awesome bins come with a recycle and non-recycle compartment with separate bin bucket which can be lifted out of the bin and carried to the outside garbage bin, emptied and put back each time.
Recycling right means minimising what goes into your garbage bin. If food waste is kept separately in a small bench-top food scraps bin then your waste bin should stay relatively clean (and relatively empty), eliminating the need for a plastic bin bag.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT...FOR A CHANGE...

Our Plastic Environment Needs to Change

It is no news that the human race is steadily creating a large, negative impact on our environment. Roughly 275million Metric Tons of plastic waste is produced every year, 8million Metric Tons of this lands up in the ocean, killing precious marine life.

So, more recently I have found myself becoming a bit of an Eco-Warrior and have spent the past few weeks researching and learning simple and effective ways to reduce my own personal impact on the environment. I used to think that simple recycling and re-using plastic bags was enough but after looking into it more thoroughly I realised that I was not even recycling 100% correctly and that re-using plastic bags still creates more plastic waste.

My mission now is to try and share some of what I have learned and also to try and encourage others to implement steps towards doing the same.

No matter how small you choose your efforts to be, it will make a difference. During the month of July there is a worldwide initiative, Plastic Free July, to bring awareness to the amount of plastic we consume in our daily lives and how we can reduce the impact of this. It started in Perth as a local community initiative and has spread worldwide since. More info on this initiative can be found here. The FAQ page has some handy answers and tips. You don't have to register if you don't want to, making small changes on your own will still have a huge impact.

I plan to share a useful tip each day of July on our facebook page to help you integrate some easy and effective ways to reduce the use of plastic, particularly single-use plastic, in your life.

So make sure you have liked our page on facebook and hovered over the like button to tick notifications as "on".