Healthy Living Guide - Eco Friendly Articles
We have been a voice for eco living since 2009 when our online store was established. We sold $50,000 worth of stainless steel water bottles in January 2010 and it has been interesting to watch the trends evolve over the last decade. Back then, we were one of the first stores to sell reusable produce bags for your fruit & veg at the supermarket. We would sell a few each month. Once the War On Waste aired on the ABC in 2017, we were selling thousands of them and couldn’t get our hands on enough stock. Now you can buy them at the supermarket and Harris Farm.
We have watched natural deodorants migrate from roll-ons to pastes in tins to sticks in cardboard tubes that fully compost at the end of life. We have seen companies who make stainless steel straws in plastic hang sell packaging change their packaging because you, the consumer, spoke up and said it wasn’t acceptable and we passed every single message on, and they changed.
I was interviewed for the book Quitting Plastic in 2018 when the mainstream was ready to help embrace the change, and it has truly exploded since then. Our main message is simple, make small changes where you can. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not perfect. I am always reminded of the quote by zero waste chef Anne Marie Bonneau:-
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
Latest Articles
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Fixes for a loose lid on a stainless steel lunch box
If you own a stainless steel lunch box, chances are, it's 100% stainless steel and nothing else. They are the ultimate in eco-friendly and they can be recycled if you ever decide you don't want it anymore or -
Recycling the filter cartridges in the Waters Co filters
For some of our customers, the health aspect of the products we sell is the reason they shop with us, for others, being eco-friendly is top of mind. Our popular water filter jug from Waters Co Australia has -
How to wrap a muffin in a beeswax food wrap
When you're packing a lunch bag, there isn't always room for large pieces of fruit or a muffin inside your lunch box, especially if it's a stainless steel lunch box as most of them aren't very tall. Not -
What Fits Inside the Lunchbots Insulated Lunch Bag
Lunchbots are one of the most popular lunch box choices in our store. If you have one, chances are you're not buying a new lunch box this year, but you might need a new insulated lunch bag. These -
What Fits Inside the Fridge To Go Medium Insulated Lunch Bag
Getting a visual of what your kids lunch box and their lunch bag looks like together, how much extra you can fit in and whether they'll be able to close the lid isn't always easy when you just -
What fits inside my Insulated Lunch Bag - the master list
It's not always easy working out which lunch box or bento box goes inside which insulated lunch bag . We have taken the guess work out of all of that are in the final stages of compiling our comprehensive list of what -
Keeping water ice cold all day in glass and plastic bottles too
On a day when the temperature is in the high 30's and it's going to be followed by another one, I started my day early at the beach for a quick stroll and to feel that cool sea -
VS - 2 tier bento boxes
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts where we take 2 products and compare them to each other to see which one suits your needs better. If you want to see up close photos and -
Caring for your Southern Cross Pottery water filter
Those who have been following us for a while will know that we don't sell high ticket items without me test driving them first. When I did a test drive of the water filter from Southern Cross Pottery -
Your most versatile water bottle for winter
I was asked by a customer this week about carting in some food, drinks and smoothies to a family member in hospital and my best recommendations for doing this safely. You would be surprised to know that you -
Best water bottle for your car. The #1 choice for best tasting water.
What the best water bottle for your car? In November 2015 when this post was first written, it was over 40°C which didn't let up until around 8pm at night. For the first time that year, all the -
Thermos vs Camelbak stainless steel drinking straw bottles
UPDATE - we no longer stock the Thermos brand. The information below was correct as of October 2015 when we ran our comparison. I am not aware if there have been any design changes to the Thermos Funtainer
