I could be wrong… but would it be safe to assume that more water would be required to produce an envelope with printing on the inside?
This one I need to investigate…stay tuned!

wm

So.
You’ve just finished another take away late, and you approach the bin(s). Can somebody please tell me which bin do I throw my take away late cup (and lid) into. Yellow (recyclable) or Green (general waste)?
over&over
wm

When you receive a new credit card (or just about any new plastic card for that matter) they’ll ask you to destroy the old one. Everybody does it. We’ve all been doing it for years. It got me thinking…
What type of plastic  are these cards made from and what volume of destoyed card plastic are we talking about? At a guess I’d say enough to make a small mountain, perhaps even a small range.
It often amazes me that we don’t actually get to see, nor feel, the consequences of so many of our everyday actions.

I wonder if the card I destroyed and threw away just the other day is ever going to come back to bite me on the bottom!

wm

The Sustainable Living festival is definitely worth checking out…just remember to take your own water bottle and fill it up as you go!
Instead of the wasteman trying to explain, here is a link to the sustainable living festival site.

sustainable living festival

What I do know is that it’s on in Melbourne right now Feb 6 - 21 2010!!

Packaging is a major contributor to waste generation. You don’t really want to know how much there is. The point is  we have an opportunity to educate the community about what to do with packaging  by printing  educational messages on the packaging itself. In the past the messages have been small print, and more often than not, relegated to the ‘bum side’ of the packet.

Here’s a bag I found recently from the 3 shop. The message is large enough to read, situated where it can be seen and most importantly, it takes the massage to the next level in that it attempts to educate the user as to what they are to do with the bag once they no longer need it ie  remove the handles! (and they said please!)

I encourage you to look for the ‘environmental’ messages on the packaging you come into contact with. Let me know what you think. Are the messages clear or confusing? Are they there because the companies are genuinely concerned or does it look more like a little after thought the printer came up with?
over&over
WM