Tips to reduce trash in your life

First, reduce the amount of possible waste coming into your home.

Ask yourself four questions;

1. What is this product made of?

2. What is it packaged in?

3. What will the end life be of the product when it is no longer useful?

4. Do I need this product?

Empower your thought pattern with these four questions every time you buy an object.

Next

The household review

It's time to look in your cupboards

How much of it is processed food?

What is in plastic?

What is in there that next shop you could do without?

Do your own cupboard review using the four magic questions

1. What is this product made of?

2. What is it packaged in?

3. What will the end life be of the product when it is no longer useful?

4. Do I need this product?

From your household review use what you have learnt on your next shopping trip

Take your own containers, use shops in town that promote refilling.

ORGANIC Hair Products

Rebel and the Gypsy (of course) for your hair product refills.

Salon quality, organic refills.

• Shampoo

• Conditioner

• Dry Shampoo

• Curl styling product

• Hair Colour (In salon service only, 100% organic colour - just crushed up plants and H20.

• Davines shampoo bar that actually works and leaves no heavy reside on your hair. - Via special order.

Pantry Staples

• Percy's Fruit Shop

• REKO Warwick (Direct from the farmer to you, super fresh and delicious)

• GoVita.

• The Scoop Health Foods Warwick.

• Nutritional Health & Wealth.

• Ask your Supermarket about refills.

• Take your own reusable fruit/veg bags.

• Buy in bulk and share with friends.

• Grow your own veggie/herb patch, share with friends.

• Buy un-packaged goods as much as you can.

• If it is in packaging, can it be composted, re-used or recycled.

EATING OUT

• Rather than getting a take away, enjoy the cafe/restaurant experience and forgo the take away packaging.

• If you are taking away food, ask if you can use your own containers.

• Use a reusable water bottle. instead of a plastic disposable bottle, it taste better.

Junk unnecessarily coming into your home

• Say no to junk mail.

• Unless you need it for tax purposes, say no to a receipt.

• Set up automated payments for bills rather than receiving a paper bill.

Clothing

• Do you really need that new top??

• Get to know where your clothes are made and by who?

• Don't be sucked in by fast fashion, look for ethnically made items that will last the test of time.

• Check out the op shops, if you cant afford haute couture, its the next best thing, you will be amazed what you can find.

• If you prefer designer clothes check out https://www.vestiairecollective.com/ buy and sell second hand fashion.

• Repair your old clothes, up-cycle items, get creative.

Kitchen and cooking

• Get a veggie garden growing , small or large you would be surprised what you can grow.

• We are super blessed out here to have space to be able to grow your own food, make it your next weekend project.

• If you don't know where to start, check out Gardening Australia for some tips, you will soon be hooked.

• Get a compost bin, or two, one for the kitchen scraps, one for the garden.

• Use reusable cloths in your home.

Remember don't get stressed out, if we can all take active steps towards reducing the junk coming into our homes, the less that will end up in landfill, our oceans and rivers and that is a big win for nature.

Remember the four magic questions

1. What is this product made of?

2. What is it packaged in?

3. What will the end life be of the product when it is no longer useful?

4. Do I need this product?