Going down the road towards zero waste is easier said then done for sure. I think that we all take advantage of the awesome and easy plastic containers, cups, cling wrap, veggies that have been pre portioned and packaged for us. We forget that we throw out so much of this afterwards and don’t realise where it ends up, and what and who it’s hurting.

I think we have always been “trying” to go zero waste. Much as we have “tried” to go vegan, but because of convenience its little by little, and to be honest, I like the easy things you can just chuck out sometimes you know? I’m just being real haha

But you know what! Once I use up all my 600 metres of cling wrap that I got on special from Aldi I’m never buying it again! See, even a small thing like that can go a long way. Like I have this challenge for myself that every time I go to woolies and need to buy something that requires a plastic packaging, I try and cut it out and go an alternative route. Like for instance. I need a bag of red kidney beans, but it comes in a plastic bag and obviously I’m not going to cut the bag open and chuck them in my glass jar. Because I may as well take the bag anyway. Instead, I jot down the dry foods that I need and I go to a bulk health food store where they have containers filled with nuts and lentils and spices, oh my! And if you forget a jar or a container then they sell them there. (I go to the one at rouse hill town centre called “source”)

Another thing I’m in the middle of doing and just finished in my pantry is getting rid of all my plastic Tupperware and changing it to glass jars and glass Tupperware. It was a long process but it was nice to ease into throwing my stuff out and then buying little by little knowing that each time is helping.

You may think doing little things aren’t a lot but it really is

Tip: I have multiple keep cups, and I always make sure I have one in the car and if I stop somewhere and feel like a coffee then I don’t need to have the cafes take away cup. Just another small thing that makes a big difference 🙂

Ta ta

Nic xo