Produce Bags & Bulk Bags
The easiest switch to avoid unnecessary plastic is to use reusable mesh produce bags. These bags are great for buying fruit, veges and bulk bin items in. Bags: Rethink small, homemade, Rethink large,...
View ArticleGuest Post: ReMaterialise- Plastic Bags into Fantastic Bags
ReMaterialise shopping bags (photos: Fi Leaning). I discovered ReMaterialise at the beginning of this year. I can’t recall exactly how I stumbled upon their website, I was probably looking for a...
View ArticleA Guide to Waste Free Gift Giving
With the holiday season coming up now is the time that we are constantly reminded we should be out shopping. There are a numerous issues with buying presents from the mall, they are expensive,...
View ArticleParnell Farmers Market & La Cigale French Market
Parnell Farmer’s Market Today is Black Friday in the USA. It is a day that I just cannot comprehend, people opt to spend the day pushing through crowds to buy things they don’t necessarily need...
View ArticleGrey Lynn Farmers’ Market (and other Waste Free Adventures)
‘Bring it Back Depot’ at Grey Lynn Farmers Market Grey Lynn is officially fruit fly free! I celebrated by going to the Grey Lynn Farmers Market for the first time. It is a quaint little market in the...
View ArticleWaste Free Camping- Whananaki, Northland
Firstly, happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and sustainable Christmas and New Year. As I mentioned in my last post the BF & I were planning on camping for a week after Christmas and over...
View ArticleFresh Produce Out Of Our Own Backyards
If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen my snap the other week of a box full of fresh fruit and veggies, exclaiming I had received my first Ooooby. You may have wondered what on earth is an...
View ArticleWaste Free Cheese
Package free cheese bought from The Dairy in Ponsonby Central Upon making the switch to plastic free/ zero waste I quickly learned that cheese can be rather difficult to source without the pesky...
View ArticleAuckland Bulk Stores
A typical Bin Inn shop At the beginning of the year I started writing a list of the bulk stores I’ve found so far, and then this post sat as a draft among many other draft blog posts… So I figured I’d...
View ArticlePlastic Free Chocolate (+ zero waste perfectionism)
I’m a major chocolate lover. Since starting my waste-free journey in 2015, chocolate has gone from being a guilty pleasure to a guilty pleasure on a whole new level; environmental guilt! I just want a...
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