Refuse – Top of the Waste Pyramid
REFUSE is at the top of the Waste Reducing Principles and, I’ve realised, for good reason. The more I look at ways to reduce our carbon footprint, the more I realise that the secret to eliminating many waste streams and…
Minimising Waste to Landfill
My major focus for 2019 was minimising waste to landfill from our household. Before moving on to new goals for 2020, I thought I’d recap our progress on this front and outline the steps we have taken. Emptying the Rubbish…
Recycling is not the answer
Recycling makes sense, doesn’t it? Reusing resources means Earth’s finite resources last longer, plus energy, fuel and water are saved in the harvesting of new resources. And making products from recycled materials uses less energy than making them from new…
Waste Reducing Principles
What are waste reducing principles? Well, they are the actions we can take to divert our household (or office or business or factory…) waste away from landfill. One of our family footprint goals for 2019 is to reduce as much…