Zero Waste Victoria (Australia)
Empowering community to reduce waste
Borrow the appliances you want to try, but don’t want to buy! This is the excellent kitchen appliance and gadget waste-reducing aim of kitchen libraries, which help curtail the buying of kitchen appliances that are only used a few times Read More
Jeanie Adams shares her story of making reusable produce bags and turning tie samples into jewellery and small practical bags, advice for saving a resource that would otherwise be wasted, her ideas for making reuse more prevalent in society and Read More
When you need a tool to help you tackle that project, need a gadget to get the garden looking great, want to try out something new in the kitchen, or want to take something on holiday for a bit of Read More
This month’s Zero Waste Champion is Kirsteen MacLeod, the co-founder and project manager of The Compost Depot. This start-up was awarded a Pick My Project grant to run community compost hubs that reduce food waste going into landfill and turn Read More
This month our Zero Waste Champion is Irene Chen, founder of Unpackaged Eco. Her goal is to make waste-free shopping accessible to every household in Australia! We interviewed her about setting up refill stations in supermarkets and offering online groceries in zero-waste, Read More
We talk to Hiruni Peiris, the owner of Northcote Bakeshop, who has been working hard to reduce the bakery’s footprint and is trying to make it completely waste free, about making a business less wasteful, encouraging customers to be less wasteful, Read More
Melbourne Farmers Markets (MFM) has gone a few steps beyond no plastic bags and no single-use coffee cups, implementing numerous zero waste initiatives with the aim of being completely waste free. The first time I visited one of its markets, Read More