No tea bags or coffee pods in the green bin!

No tea bags or coffee pods in the green bin!

No tea bags or coffee pods in the green bin! We have now covered 3 items in the last 2 newsletters that don’t go in the FOGO* green bin in Banyule, Darebin and Manningham Councils. These are: stickers on fruit and vegetables bin liners including compostable ones...
How NOT to contaminate the FOGO bin!

How NOT to contaminate the FOGO bin!

New waste series It’s amazing how much we are all into recycling but how little care is taken NOT to contaminate waste whether it be the yellow bin or the green bin. For the next few months our ‘Waste’ article in this newsletter will focus on easy...
Polystyrene Waste

Polystyrene Waste

Polystyrene Waste From bean bags to waterways – why polystyrene has to be eradicated from our lives. In the early 1970s, my family had two orange bean bags. They were very fashionable items at the time, and besides the allure of lounging in them, I loved unzipping the...