Week without waste, day 7

I opened up the bin, and took out the contents to photograph. Besides some rather unsavory fruit peelings that didn't fit in the worm farm/Bokashi bin, here's what we ended up with from the kitchen. All food packets! The obvious answer is to shop at a whole foods service where we can use paper bags, this is definitely something I'd like to do when we are in a better financial position. I realise we could also make our own bread, but financially it isn't viable as we simply don't eat enough bread to cover the cost of a bread maker! We could also look at making our own yogurt and yogurt based cheese in the future though I'd need some time to put these into practice.Some other things I have learnt:

Reduce craft waste
I forgot to photograph my craft bin but it was definitely full. More care in cutting materials will hopefully reduce my waste in this area.

Make own pastry and crackers
I've found this recipe which sounds like a good basic one, so I'm going to give it a go.

Cheese
Find a deli retailer who accepts own plastic containers for cheese, dips etc.

Make own gingerbeer

Continuing using Bokashi bin and worm farm

All in all, the week wasn't very difficult but shopping took a bit longer than normal. I like cooking and I think I could spend some time making a few things from scratch rather than buying them ready made. We like having people over for meals and barbecues and the like and it means they tend to bring packaged goods with them. I'm not sure I want to be telling people they can't pick up something quick at the supermarket on the way over  but I could certainly start a dialogue with others about how they reduce their waste in the home, particularly when it comes to food packaging.

P.s. The Age arrived today (we have a weekend subscription) in plastic wrap which is annoying. I'm going to rinse it out and see if I can think what to do with it…