Christmas is a time of celebrations and gift giving – of decorating Christmas trees, eating merrily and painstakingly wrapping gifts. It’s also a time of excessive consumption, with researchers determining that during this time we use and discard more single use and non-recyclable items. Then there’s food waste to consider, with Australians consuming a staggering 10 billion dollars’ worth of food, with over a third ending up in a landfill. With landfills nearing capacity and resources becoming scarcer, it’s up to all of us to produce less waste. Here are 7 ways to do so over the festive season.
It’s imperative that everyone tries to recycle as much as possible. According to the Australia National Waste Report in 2014-15, 60% of the total waste we produced was recycled. While this might seem like a high number, it isn’t enough. One of the main problems facing recycling efforts in Australia is an abundance of recycling contamination.
Renovating, moving house or even just spring cleaning will have you generating waste that can be too much for your regular household waste bins to handle. So, the best solution is to hire a skip! You can find skip bins online in a variety of different sizes that are suitable for your needs. The only thing you need to worry about is choosing the right size for you.
Many people have a love/hate relationship with spring cleaning. Getting rid of clutter can be a helpful and rewarding experience however it can be tedious and time-consuming. Regardless of how you feel about spring cleaning; it needs to be done.
So, you’ve finally decided that it’s time to get rid of that old couch. Although it is tempting to just throw it away, this contributes to the ever-growing waste problem in Australia. Instead, why not try one of these four options.
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