The second step in reducing waste is reuse.

 

Have you had take away lately?  Well those plastic containers can often be NOT RECYCLABLE. But they can be reused!

So instead of buying new plastic storage containers, why not try to reuse those that you already have?

Of course some may not clean well and they will have to be discarded appropriately, but others wash well and look just like the ones you would go to buy..

Large yoghurt pots, rice take away containers [tend not to be greasy], glass jars for leftover sauces or drinks - the screw on tops are great! You may be a maker of jam in Autumn, so start your jar collection now?

 

Other things I reuse include bread bags [no need to buy sandwich bags], fruit bags, if I forgot my own - those ones at the supermarket don't have to be single use, do they?

 

Whatever we do to reduce plastic use, will reduce demand and help us change thinking of the big oil barons that make this stuff. [Plastic is a product made from petroleum oil].

 

If you have more ideas, please let me know - by email or a personal chat. Always happy to learn.

Elsewhere in the bulletin is a link to a sustainability event in Geelong on Saturday 25th October.  Sadly, I cannot get there, but I hope any of you interested may get to go and let us know how it goes.

Here is the link again: https://www.geelongsustainability.org.au/product/sustainability-in-your-home/

 

We are still working on getting our club back on to the charities listed in the Container Deposit Scheme. Bureaucracy!  In the meantime, keep bringing your eligible cans and glass and other items along, for me to collect.

And bottle caps - you will be surprised how many you use, when you start to collect.

 

That's it this week.