To name a few such organisations, check out:Ĭommon Unity Project Aotearoa ( . With Singapore having declared 2019 as the Year Towards Zero Waste, TODAY’s new four-part Trash Talk. There are some awesome organisations working on these issues in your community and around Aotearoa. One last thing: Carry reusable bags with you at all times. Often, taking an old-school approach helps to avoid plastic and other disposable items. Hand soap instead of plastic dispensers that have plastic refills. Freeze your vege scraps and meat bones to make stock.īonus tip.Grow your own produce, or buy local and seasonal. This shelf talker highlights the key need-to-know information for staff and customers about the South Australian state government’s legislation: the date the legislation starts the items prohibited and where to get more information. What has led to the collapse of the market for recyclable materials in this country began when China stopped accepting U.S.Use public transport, car share, cycle, walk, buy fuel-efficient vehicles.Think about the lifespan of anything you purchase. My top five tips for living more sustainably: It can take a bit more time and effort, but it feels so damn satisfying. Living more sustainably can actually save us money. It can be overwhelming it can feel like there is nothing we can do that makes any difference, but we can all play our part. On a personal level, we have to change some of our daily habits. We need responsive and bold policy from our governments, councils and the private sector. We need to drastically reduce our carbon dioxide emissions or we face catastrophic and irreversible climate change. It’s 2018 and we know the facts: There is no Planet B. I am a 70/30 split on that, but we have to get this environmental party started. I’m nearly there when it comes to plastic bags, but we need to do a lot more than that.įormer US Vice-President Al Gore, who has campaigned for environmental issues since the 1980s, says if you care about the environment, you go between hope and despair. I support a ban on single-use plastic bags. A paper bag takes 1–2 months to break down in soil. When I got home, I used that bag to line my kitchen bin, but for a day’s worth of use (at the most!) that bag will take 100+ years to break down. I had taken a backpack, but I bought too many things. I got a single use plastic bag at the supermarket today. Well, I kind of am, but I’m also a member of this disposable culture. However, instead of shipping our trash overseas to be recycled and become someone else’s problem, we need to deal with our own waste, and that starts by minimising how much we create. This waste is now stockpiling around the country, as councils try to figure out what to do with it.Ī small amount of trash is going to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. New Zealand used to send 15 million kgs of waste plastic alone to China every year. Practice was banned due to the Chinese government addressing the country’s increasing pollution-related health issues. I’m talking about the kind of trash we used to export to China to be recycled. Viewpoint: Trash Talk Katie Monteith Board Member Published June 2018
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