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Compare the size of our rubbish bins to out parents & grand parents. Now we have a huge dedicated bin for recycling and another for general waste.
Why do we need so much more space for rubbish, well buying more stuff, especially packaged food will quickly put your garbage bin under pressure.
Sixty years ago we made everything, all our meals were cook at home or we prepared our lunches for work/office.
A modern supermarket may stock 20 000 to 30 000 different items.

Prior to the fifties, Supermarkets didn’t exist, we went to a number of speciality shops for our food supplies: the Grocer for packaged, dry or canned foods, Green Grocer for fruit & vegetables, Baker, Butcher, Milk Bar/confectionery shop.

Yet we managed fine making our own cookies and other treats, jams and break fast cereal was porridge, toast, fruit or the good old bacon & eggs (Ok if you;re doing manual labour), lunch was sandwiches, fruit and dinner made from scratch.
We had our milk home delivered with a trip to the local Milk Bar satisfying our basic requirements of flour, sugar, bread etc.

Somewhere along the way our basic range of products exploded, have a look at the pasta source aisle, how many products are there?
Making a great pasta source is pretty simple, why pay for a processed product with preservatives, chemicals & artificial flavors when there are simplier alternatives?

The main point is all these products have packaging and can be made at home but “I don’t have the time”.
Well maybe ask yourself what you are doing with the other 8 hours you are not working or sleeping.
Yes modern life is crazy yet we can make some decisions about how we manage all our activities.

Membership for the scheme will be daily, weekly of yearly, and the first half-hour of all trips will be free. Additional usage fees will apply after the first half hour.

Project benefits
The Public Bike Hire Scheme will provide a travel option that is faster than walking and more flexible than public transport, and encourage bike a healthy, green transport option.
It will also help relieve pressure on transport systems in the inner-city.

Bottled Water negative effects.ppt

With more and more people buying bottled water, the environmental impact is massive and spending the dollars on water when our tap water in Australian cities is more than acceptable. Even if the taste of tap water may not be to your liking there are numerous inline water filters or the jug varieties that can remove any unpleasant tastes.

While it is great that a natural alternative is availble to snack on, it is not environmentally sustainable. Think about the energy & resources to not only slice the apple and package it accordingly but the transportion & logistics involved.

Surely we can go for the real thing at the fruit section of the supermarket or local green grocer.
I liken it to paying for bottled water, do we really need to add to landfill?

The latest marketing drive by Coke Cola is to encourage people to drink 2 litres water per day with “Take the 2 litre a day challenge”.
While there is various debate surrounding what the ideal water consumption per day is, in times of global economic stress and global warming, consumers need to be careful when considering there water consumption.
While there is no direction to buy Coke Cola bottled water products, their website www.wellofpositivity.com is heaviy branded with their bottled water products.
I hope that people make an astute decision when determining sourcing drinking water.
In Melbourne we are fortunate to have fantastic water quality, why not open the tap instead of reaching for the wallet?
So is buying bottled water ok?
a.For the environment, consider the transportation of the water to the bottling plant, energy to filter, production of the PET bottle, raw materials required for the PET bottle, associated packaging & bottling processes energy requirements, extraction of raw materials for other packaging, transportation & distribution of the bottled water, disposing/recycling the discarded PET bottle once consumed.
b.The financial considerations of buying bottled water, more expensive per litre than petrol?