Like Christmas, Easter can be a time of over-indulgence. Follow our simple tips to avoid the excess and have an an ‘egg-cellent’ Easter without the waste!
Prioritise experiences
Create new traditions that are more about spending time together and less about buying gifts, and make memories not waste this Easter.
- Decorate Easter eggs – if using real eggs, empty them first and use the contents in baking, or go for wooden eggs that you can keep as decorations for years to come.
- Use your decorated eggs for an Easter egg hunt! Kids can collect the reusable eggs and trade them for chocolate purchased at the bulk food store without packaging.
- Bake low-waste treats together like hot cross buns, cookies and cupcakes.
Avoid waste
Minimise waste by opting for packaging that is recyclable or avoiding it altogether.
- There are lots of packaging-free chocolate treats available at your local bulk food store. Gift them to friends and family in reusable tins and baskets or in a decorated egg carton
- Short on time? Opt for eggs wrapped in foil instead of plastic, as foil can be recycled in your yellow-lidded recycling bin.
- Check your local op shop for secondhand decorations, use flowers, leaves, and other natural materials, or look online for decorations you can make yourself. Or best of all – reuse what you already have!
- Bring a reusable container to the bakery and fill it up with hot cross buns instead of buying the ones that come pre-packaged in a plastic bag.
Recycle
If you do have packaging to throw away, be sure to put it in the right place.
Easter packaging |
Which bin does it go in? |
Aluminium foil | Scrunch into a ball the size of your fist before recycling in your yellow-lidded recycling bin |
Lolly wrappers, ‘fake foil’ | If the foil doesn’t scrunch, it’s plastic and needs to be thrown in your red-lidded general waste bin |
Hard plastic moulded inserts | Keep as moulds to make your own Easter eggs, or recycle in your yellow-lidded bin |
Cardboard box | Remove any plastic film and recycle the box in your yellow-lidded bin. |