Reduce your impact on the environment by shopping smarter.
Paper products are essential to our lifestyle; toilet paper, packaging and printer paper are all examples of paper products that we used daily.
Planning your meals is one of the most effective ways you can cut waste and food bills.
Every day all over New Zealand, families throw out food that could have been eaten. Bread that has gone stale, bananas that have gone black, and mince that we didn’t cook by the use by date all end up in the rubbish. A good part of the family grocery bill simply gets thrown away.
Independently audited and awarded “ecolabels” have been created to help consumers make choices that will genuinely benefit the environment.
You can cut down the waste that ends up in our landfills by buying second hand goods, taking good quality items you no longer want to second hand shops or selling them yourself. You can also save or make some money in the process.
You can make a difference when purchasing a new computer by choosing one that will have less environmental impacts, or by buying second-hand to give used products a new life.
Some shopping tips that may even save you money!
“Greenwashing” is the act of making false or misleading claims about the environmental credentials of a product or a service.
Clothing was once highly valued, handed down, and recycled. But now clothing is becoming a cheap throw away commodity with new collections offered every month.
Information on the amount of clothing sent to New Zealand landfills is not currently available but a United Kingdom study found that an average of 30 kilograms of clothing and textiles per person is wasted by being sent to landfills each year.
Sometimes it can be hard to let go of clothing. No-one likes to make a mistake with their clothing purchases.
There is currently a lot of debate around the use of disposable versus reusable nappies.
