What does Eco Friendly mean?

Eco-friendly literally means earth-friendly or not harmful to the environment. It describes something that is ecologically beneficial or at the least not harmful. Eco-friendly Reusable Karma Kups prevent the accelerated accumulation of air, water and land pollution. You can play a part in reducing emission by using Reusable Karma Kups every day.

Some Waste Statistics (source: coolaustralia.org)

1. Every year the average Australian family produces enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom house, producing about 2.25 kg of waste each per day
2. Worldwide, nearly 3 millions tones of plastic are used to bottle water every year
3. Australia is one of the highest producers of waste per head of population in the world. In 1999, Australia ranked second, behind the USA, in terms of domestic waste generation.
4. It is estimated that 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used each year in China
5. Australians produce an estimated 140,000 tones of e-waste each year but only about 4% is recycled
6. Overall Australians threw away $2.9 billion of fresh food, $630 million of uneaten take-away food, $876 million of leftovers, $596 million of unfinished drinks and $241 million of frozen food, a total of $5.3 billion on all forms of food in 2004. This represents more than 13 times the $386 million donated by Australian households to overseas aid agencies in 2003

To inspire you what to do with left over...

Below is a brief video presentation on recipes using left over food.

Leftover chicken...who has this at home?

Rather than wasting left over food, it is actually easy to commit a little time to do something about it. The most common left over in any household, restaurant, cafe and eatery places is unfinished drinks and unfinished food, which you can place them in the compost bin.

If you happen to have leftover chicken from family dinner last night, don't be too quick with throwing away this food. There are easy ways out to solve your chicken left over challenge. Watch this video presentation on the right to give you ideas what to do next. These recipes are easy to do.

Remember, you can always turn left over chicken to a healthy meal for your family. If preparation time is a challenge, you can try to train your young ones to help you with this special kitchen skill of what to do with leftover.

What Can We Do to Recycle

• Recycle empty glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, and steel cans
• If you are on an outing or a holiday where there is no recycling bin, take your bottles and cans home for recycling
• Give old clothes, toys, furniture and appliances to charity
• Save your corks from wine and champagne bottles. Girl Guides National Cork Recycling Program - a range of businesses collect corks on behalf of the Guides (www.guidesaus.org.au ) including The Body Shop stores
• Mobile Phones: Take them to any major mobile phone retailer (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman, Virgin Mobile etc). For more information, visit: www.mobilemuster.com
• Printer cartridges: Look for the “Cartridges 4 Planet Ark” boxes at your local Australia Post, Harvey Norman store, Officeworks, Dick Smith or Tandy or visit Planet Ark: www.planetark.com
• Computers and printers: There are numerous companies and charities that resell or recycle computers

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