Have you considered making the switch from disposable plastic nappies to their cloth counterparts? It’s something that a lot of eco-friendly mums consider, but many are put off by the perceived effort (and yuck factor). Luckily, Woollahra Council is running a totally free mythbusting workshop on the subject later this month as part of Plastic Free July. “A lot of parents think using cloth nappies is too hard, that they leak and that they’re too expensive,” says facilitator Alice Henchion of Nappy Lane. But the key thing to know, she says, is that these aren’t your grandparents’ cloth nappies. The…

Residents in the City of Randwick have taken recycling to new heights with the help of an on-demand home collection service for problem waste.  Randwick City Council partnered with Sydney-based startup RecycleSmart in September 2019 to offer free recycling subscriptions to local residents.  The service known as a ‘Power Pickup’ offers all residential addresses in the Randwick LGA on-demand collection of tricky-to-recycle items: items that are recyclable, but cannot be recycled when disposed of in any of the household bins (i.e. soft plastics, e-waste, clothing, and misfits such as batteries and bulbs). In the month of May, residents surpassed the…