Recycling and waste reduction blog


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  • Waste reduction
  • Reuse
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12 ways to reduce waste this Christmas

Posted on: Dec 17, 2025

Forget the 12 days of Christmas, we’ve put together a guide featuring 12 ways to save waste at Christmas. Small actions matter even more over the festive season so now’s the time to school-up and remind yourself of the different ways you can own your impact in the lead up to and during Christmas.

  • Waste reduction

I ghosted waste this Halloween

Posted on: Oct 25, 2024

As the spooky season approaches, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of costumes, decorations and treats. Here are five ghoulishly good tips to avoid the bin fright next bin night.

  • 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.

  • 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.