Waste

Making stock is a great way to use up vegetables before they go off. Making stock also allows you to get extra nutrients out of your vegetable scraps and to add extra flavour to your cooking. Stock...

Freezing food is a useful and easy way to cut down on food waste. If you buy a large amount of vegetables on special, or have a surplus growing in your garden, freezing them is a good way to save...

Preserving is another good way to reduce food waste. It allows you to use up excess fruit and vegetables for consumption later and is especially good for things that are getting overripe. It's...

Cooking large quantities of food is great when you're time poor. Unfortunately it is all too easy to forget about the leftovers and leave them languishing in the back of the fridge. A big problem...

The easiest way to avoid wasting food is to be organised. It may sound obvious but unfortunately it's one of those things that tends to be easier said than done. Making a habit of organising your...

Food waste is an important issue for many households. For people on a low income wasted food can have a significant impact on the household budget. The Australia Institute estimates that Australians...

We've talked many times in the past about composting with worms, the commercial options and the DIY options, previous articles can be found here. Frankly, worms are great but not suited to...

I would hazard a guess that a lot renters are like us and don't have access to a car, this often makes getting rid of (or should I say passing on or recycling) unwanted goods quite difficult...

People are incredibly sentimental about gift giving and card sending at Christmas. Even as they grow older, many people are miffed, disturbed or shocked by the idea of buying people gifts. Many are...

In this day and age phonebooks are surely one of the biggest wastes of resources around... A huge wad of paper full of contacts you could find on the Internet, ferried around in cars and trucks...