We moved into our own place at the start of the year and for the first time every, we have a separate collection for recycling and compostables, which is great!
The first thing I've learned is that we generate quite a bit of compostables waste, though, thankfully, not as much food waste, meaning there could be fruit or veg peels/stones/etc in there as opposed to throwing out food. I think being at home more has helped to plan our meals better and ensure we're using what we have.
The second thing I've learned is that, while I'm glad we now have a separate bin for recycling, there's a lot of plastic that goes into that bin. I'm way more conscious now about my plastic use and notice that there are so many products that you can only buy in plastic, which means there's more I can do to avoid buying those products and speak up more as well.
We currently have about plastic shopping bag size of "other" waste each week. This is mainly plastic film from e.g. fruits/vegetables as well as wrapping plastic from items we have bought.

We moved into our own place at the start of the year and for the first time every, we have a separate collection for recycling and compostables, which is great!
The first thing I've learned is that we generate quite a bit of compostables waste, though, thankfully, not as much food waste, meaning there could be fruit or veg peels/stones/etc in there as opposed to throwing out food. I think being at home more has helped to plan our meals better and ensure we're using what we have.
The second thing I've learned is that, while I'm glad we now have a separate bin for recycling, there's a lot of plastic that goes into that bin. I'm way more conscious now about my plastic use and notice that there are so many products that you can only buy in plastic, which means there's more I can do to avoid buying those products and speak up more as well.
We currently have about plastic shopping bag size of "other" waste each week. This is mainly plastic film from e.g. fruits/vegetables as well as wrapping plastic from items we have bought.

I used loads of boxes for refrigerating food or store them in the cupboard if they're made of plastic. As an alternative, I used loads of glass storage. Switching to alternatives like glass or bamboo storage is also helping me clean up the kitchen cupboard, get a better overview what I have and food won't be wasted.

It has been a long time that I am using deodorants without aluminum, but I just recently discovered that deodorant bars or jars are super useful.