A few weeks ago I audited my compost, but I neglected to say why composting is so important. The food just compost's in landfill right? Unfortunately this is not quite true. What really happens is the food scraps are left to suffocate. They get trapped inside plastic bags, hidden under junk and then squished, taking... Continue Reading →

This week on the audit chopping block is soft plastics. Watch the video here.   This is about one weeks worth, which bundles up nicely into one supermarket shopping bag. I separated them into different piles: Fresh produce grapes spinach Groceries wraps x 2 pizza bases crackers x 4 (wow... that's a whole other issue)... Continue Reading →

When I did my bin audit, a few friends mentioned how little waste our house produced. I'll tell you my secret... compost! Approximately 30% of household waste that makes it to the tip is compostable and another 15% is garden waste. Not that I'm assuming you can't add, but that's almost HALF! You can minimise... Continue Reading →

Greenwashing - kind of like whitewashing, or if you ask me, brainwashing - makes us believe a product is "green" by using misleading claims and advertising. These companies and products allege to be environmentally friendly, eco, green or natural, when in fact they have somehow found a loop-hole or are just pulling the wool over... Continue Reading →

This week for the audit I'm getting down and dirty with my bin. For those of you depraved enough, you can watch the video here. In the real world, conducting an environmental audit on a business may require a full exploration of the rubbish to monitor what type of waste the business produces, what is... Continue Reading →

One thing I did learn during my study, is that most environmental problems are in fact wicked. Not like 90's kid slang wicked or Wicked Witch of the West. This wicked refers to an elusive, if not futile solution to a problem. Many economic, political and environmental problems are considered "wicked", attempts to solve one... Continue Reading →

I've made this post short and sweet in the hope that more people will make it to the end. As simple as it seems, recycling is confusing, misinformed and sometimes way 'too hard basket'. It's like trying to park here: As far as what we should put into our waste or recycling can be baffling... Continue Reading →

I thought I'd start the blogging as we did the new year in our home... talking about renovating. We bought an apartment in 2015 which had hardly been touched since being built in 1974. It came complete with wood laminate in the kitchen, orange splash back tiles with matching floral floor tiles and delightful blue... Continue Reading →