Recycling and waste reduction blog
- Reuse
- E-waste and batteries
Our old tech – bringing the community together
Posted on: Oct 14, 2025
In today’s fast-paced tech world, as new devices are released and replaced, older electronics that still have plenty of life often end up forgotten in drawers, or worse, the bin!
- Household
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
WA’s ultimate repair lab and repair cafe guide
Posted on: Sep 30, 2024
GREAT Sorts in your neighbourhood put less in their landfill bin by finding their local repair lab or repair cafe.
- Plastic-alternatives
- Reuse
- Avoid
Update: WA’s Plan for Plastics
Posted on: Jun 4, 2024
Western Australia’s nation-leading Plan for Plastics is now in its third year.
- Household
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
Update: WA’s e-waste ban
Posted on: Jun 4, 2024
The State Government’s ban on e-waste being disposed to landfill will come in to force next month.
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
- Second hand
- Avoid
Stepping off the fast fashion treadmill
Posted on: Apr 12, 2024
Fast fashion – mass-produced clothing sold at throwaway prices – has become one of Australia’s biggest environmental problems.
- Recycling
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
Sam’s Spares - 2023 Waste Champion
Posted on: Feb 9, 2024
Samuel Thomas is the founder of Sam's Spares, a not-for-profit organisation that accepts old computers, laptops, and phones for reuse.
- Plastic-alternatives
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
Get a taste for low waste - the Wasteless Pantry story
Posted on: Feb 6, 2024
Join the GREAT Sorts in your neighbourhood who embrace low waste living by shopping at their local bulk food store.
- Plastic-alternatives
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
WA's ultimate guide to bulk food shops
Posted on: Feb 6, 2024
As more GREAT Sorts embrace low waste living, bulk food stores are growing in popularity. A bulk food store is a type of grocery shop that specialises in selling a wide variety of food products in bulk bins or dispensers.
- Waste reduction
- Reuse
- Second hand
Join the repair economy
Posted on: Dec 21, 2023
GREAT Sorts in your neighbourhood put less in their landfill bin by visiting their local repair lab or repair cafe.