EnviroMatters-Spring-Summer-2020_

Rethink your waste

AVOID A REFUSE what you don’t need: add a No Junk Mail sign to your letterbox select items with less packaging and that are not single-use create meal plans and shopping lists to cut down double-up purchases divert food scraps to a compost bin, worm farm or a council green waste bin. REDUCE A REUSE anything you can: borrow or hire tools (check out Brisbane Tool Library or Share Shed) donate, swap or sell quality, unwanted items choose to repair instead of upgrading (maybe take a class or watch an online video)

As a nation, we’re creating more waste than ever. We need your help to reduce both the rubbish that enters our environment, and the waste we send to landfill. Reducing the level of household waste is an easy exercise in rethinking old habits and watching what

goes into our wheelie bins.

reduce manufacturing impact by buying items made from recyclable materials.

Australia's BIGGEST weekend of garage sales comes to Ipswich this November. Make money. Save money. Online or in your neighbourhood.

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