Recycling cosmetic bottles, tubes and jars are complicated and potentially largely inaccessible to many currently. It’s difficult to change our habits of using these products overnight without an alternative. … More My Take on Sustainable cosmetics, skin and body care.

For years I thought Tetra Paks were recyclable in the usual Kerbside Yellow Bin because they were made with predominantly cardboard or paper-based material. But as my journey continues to unravel commonly confused Australian household items, my suspicion increased – maybe I should just double-check it on the free Recycle Right App. … More Tetra Paks – recycle or not to recycle?

Disclaimers: This website contains affiliate links, I am compensated if you make a purchase through these links, click here for our full disclosure. Unlike food products, bathroom and cosmetic products frequently do not contain any recycling instructions on their packaging. Instead, they contain a series of seemingly mysterious symbols requiring its users to imply some induction and … More Recycling Cosmetic products

Australia’s largest soft plastics recycler and collector REDcycle has paused its operations in 9 November 2022. We talked a lot about REDcycle, the name is literally synonyms with soft plastics – see a soft plastic bag, bin it at the REDcycle drop-off point. … More Western Australia’s Soft Plastic Problem (2022) – Part 1

Disclaimers: This article contains affiliate links, I am compensated if you make a purchase through these links, click here for our full disclosure. All plastics undergo a process of breaking down, into smaller components; these are namely called Oxo-degradable and hydro-degradable plastics and are both derived from fossil fuel or petroleum-based materials. Non-biodegradable or simply degradable plastics … More Compostable Plastics in 2022- Are they all good?

This article contains affiliate links, click here for our full disclosure. Make no mistake, and do not be fooled by the word ‘biodegradable’, this soft plastic has nowhere to go but landfill. What we know.Soft plastics that are recyclable through the REDcycle scheme must either have the REDcycle label or the ARL label, read more on this … More Biodegradable plastics – the worst soft plastics of all

This article contains affiliate links, click here for our full disclosure. I have lost count on the number of times someone tells me that recycling is a hoax or it’s a government-lie to make the people feel that they are doing good. Interestingly, this myth has been heard and retold in many different countries! But is that … More Recycling Myth-busting

This article contains affiliate links, click here for our full disclosure. The road to sustainable recycling could not get harder. Despite being the recommended evidence-based recycling guide, the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) is not widely available nor listed in many supermarket products such as meat trays, cosmetic products and food items. According to the City of Monash, … More ARL and Products