Reducing waste

• Bathroom, toilet & laundry
  The bathroom, toilet and laundry are in daily use in every home, so what we do counts. With a little extra thought and planning we can reduce our impact on the environment, promote our own wellbeing, and save money.
• Building materials
  Building projects use a lot of resources and can generate much waste. By planning to reduce materials and considering recycled materials, you can reduce waste.
• Clothing
  Clothing from man-made fibres such as polyester are energy intensive to produce. You can reduce the environmental impact of your wardrobe while still dressing well. Clothes swaps or swishing is one of the fun new ways to shop.
• Furniture
  Furniture made using durable, recycled and recyclable materials and energy efficient manufacturing, is a great way to reduce the environmental impact in your household.
• Garage and toxic waste
  In many garages and backyard sheds across Australia are chemicals that can cause serious health hazards to you and the environment. Many of these products cannot be disposed of in your regular garbage collection.
• Home entertainment and e-waste
  Australians are dedicated followers of new technology. Technology we no longer need or want is called e-waste, and includes computers, monitors, televisions, DVD players, printers, fax machines and telephones.
• Kitchen and food waste
  The kitchen is where you cook, eat and socialise, and it’s the place where much of your weekly budget is spent. You may be surprised to know it’s also the place where a significant proportion of your household waste comes from.
• Recycling
  Recycling means your waste products go on to become useful for someone else. A wide range of waste products can now be recycled into new products.
• Reducing waste
  Australians throw away around 20 million tonnes of waste per year. We can waste less by remembering to rethink, refuse, reduce, re-use and recycle.

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