Australia is currently facing a recycling crisis, indicating that we produce more waste than we recover and recycle. Annually, the country generates an estimated total of 67 million tonnes of rubbish and only 58% of that amount is recovered. That’s only about 37 million tonnes of recycled products. Luckily, household owners, businesses, and governments are…
Waste generation in the country amounts to 67 million tonnes of rubbish per annum. We recycle about 37 million tonnes of rubbish while we recover energy from the other 2 million tonnes. That means that we’re only recovering about 58% of the total waste we generate while the remaining 42% goes directly to sanitary landfills. …
It is uncommon for schools to be dirty and cluttered. That’s because schools employ cleanup crews who regularly clean and maintain the premises. Aside from that, such institutions have policies on littering and waste disposal that allows students to take part in keeping the school a conducive place to learn and study. Related: Littering in…
Landfills are amongst the common endpoints of most of our household and commercial rubbish. Although there are council’s rubbish collections roaming within your place, these might take days or even weeks to get your heaps of rubbish eliminated. Could burying be the best way to end all the hassles and financial burden of dumping all…
Chemicals become an integral part of our lifestyle. Although they are a common sight in your home, many of these chemicals are hazardous to you and your loved ones. Children are the most vulnerable from all these dangerous chemicals lurking within your house and properties. Almost all hazardous chemicals in your home come with warning…
Plastic wastes are like toxic tsunamis invading every corner of our lands and oceans— threatening marine life and humans alike. You probably might be wondering how the Australian government can address our overuse of plastics. Or do we even stand a chance to manage effectively and reduce our surging rubbish on plastics? In 2017-2018 alone,…
While the craze for recycling goes on, you might think it’s the best way to reduce all our waste. But it is not the real score, though. The waste hierarchy can guide you to a series of preferences— from the most favourable to the least preferred actions— in reducing all your waste. Every year, each…
The zero-waste campaign keeps picking up the pace, particularly with millennials and families getting increasingly prominent. The change now goes well beyond remembering to switch our lifestyle and separate our rubbish into a recycling container, to reduce waste contamination and probably reverse the effect on the environment. Maintaining a zero-waste household can be difficult when…
Some people consider that zero-waste method is merely for restricting the use of products that can create waste. However, this method can also be beneficial in disposing of unwanted furniture or large items without sending it to landfills. Furniture is bulky, heavy, and difficult to transport, which makes it hard to remove the large item…
We never aim to submit any waste to landfills. We decrease what we need, reuse as much as we can, send little for recycling, and compost what we can’t. All of that, it establishes a no waste strategy at home with the idea of challenging ourselves to commit to zero waste lifestyle. This simply means…
