Each year Australians waste around 7.3 million tonnes of food equivalent to about 300kg per person or one in five bags of groceries, at a cost of about $20 billion! Source:
Australian Government
If we get better at buying only what we actually need to use, and avoid single-use and non-recyclable materials, we can limit the amount of energy needed in their production
Explore the checklist to find out more.
Waste Checklist
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We know that some of these actions may be difficult with the current COVID-19 restrictions, see * for impacted actions
- Pick up & bin litter when you see it (but wear gloves & wash your hands aftee)
- Say “no” to single-use plastics like straws. Instead use re-useable bags, bottles, cups, etc
- Take a re-useable water bottle with you whenever you go out
- Limit the new clothes that you buy and recycle old things at an Op Shop
- Recycle old clothes rather than send them to landfill Learn more
- Buy the odd-shaped fruit and vegetables
- Switch from disposable batteries to re-chargeable
- Re-use wrapping paper or use alternatives to disposable paper (eg Furoshiki)
- Choose gifts that have minimal/no plastic packaging
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