Enough about wasting, so how much do you save?

You already know how much you can waste, you see it go down the incinerator or straight out the door in a garbage bag by the load....so how much can you save? or re-use?

There are so many household items that you can re-use, especially if you're a family or even a bunch of roudy housemates.

I had a look at the amount of water bottles I was putting in the recycling bin. I'm a massive fan of cheap bottled water... I love it. But I have thrown out countless bottles out into the recycling bins week after week.

I was sifting through the internet and I don't know why I hadn't have thought of this before however, this site is amazing, Zitta's creations from a PET bottle are simply incredible.

I have all the bits and bobs to make the purse, I just needs to acquire the 20cm zipper strip and I'm set.

I'm actually really excited to have a go at it - I'll post the success as soon as I do it!

So what other things around the house can you recycle? What about that old jar of un-wanted buttons? I mean, what would you do with them? You can't really sew them ALL on something.... or can you? Have a look at this incredible idea!

What other things can we re-use? I'm going to think of different ways to re-use, mend, save items around the house as much as I can. And for a useful purpose! It's just so depressing reading up on the amount of waste that Australians produce alone.

So what about you all? I want to hear what you save, re-use and recycle.

How much do you waste?

So... how much do you waste? How much crap goes out your door into the garbage bins?

Did you know that the average Aussie family bins about $600 worth of food a year? What a waste. And it is probably healthy food too.

As a nation, we waste up to 3 million tonnes of food each year and in my own state of Victoria, the statistics are sitting at an average of 700,000 tonnes of wasted food per year.

Disgusting? Where does it all go? Gross?

If that's Australia, I would hate to think hat some of the bigger population's statistics would be like in countries like China and in the USA.


Another quirky fact that you might be shocked with? Did you know that the average Australian accidently throws out $180 worth of 5 and 10 cent pieces when cleaning or emptying out the contents on their bags?

So it all comes down to, "How much do YOU waste?" and "How much can you save?". I thought about being frugal with my lifestyle. I have read articles on the internet about living "frugal" to try and stop myself from wasting so much crap.

Many would disagree with my views of "frugality".

Frugal
1.
economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2.
entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.

If you were frugal in your life right now? What could you cut down on? How much money could you save for yourself? How much space could you create for yourself? How much more simpler would your life be right now?