Think Globally – Act Locally à RETHINK – REDUCE – RE-USE – RECYCLE

RETHINK

Let’s all rethink…rethink how we can live or lives more ecologically and how we can all find more ways to reduce, re-use and recycle.

If you come to Kimbriki, you’ll see the word Rethink displayed throughout the site. It represents our overarching philosophy and approach to the important practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – these are written into our state legislation and often referred to as the three R’s.

REDUCE

This simply means – USE LESS!

We need to SLOW DOWN and use less of everything, from electricity to plastic shopping bags.

In our throw-out society, we need to stop and think about HOW we can reduce our total use of resources. Think about REDUCING when you are shopping, working, holidaying, everywhere. We need to find ways to share more at every level in our society. See how much you can reduce the amount of things going into your rubbish bin, by REUSING more and RECYCLING more!

RE-USE

USE IT AGAIN!   It’s that simple. Be creative!

Every time we RE-USE something, we are slowing down the extraction of new materials from the earth. Using second hand, or pre-loved as some people call it, is an ecological principle to be proud of.

Our Eco House is made of 80-90% re-used materials.  Every project we begin here we try and see if there are Reused materials we can use. Look around! Timber, pavers, fences, seating, art displays etc. Sometimes things just need a bit of REPAIR before RE-USE.

There are many other examples of RE-USE mechanisms in our society, e.g. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Salvation Army, Lifeline, garage sales, school fetes, antique shops, second-hand shops, etc.

RECYCLE

Recycling is a useful thing to do but it uses a lot of energy and money.

You can make a difference by sorting all your waste at home and recycling everything you can.

Each year at Kimbriki we recycle:

• Approximately 90,000 tonnes of waste garden materials back into mulches and soil.
• Approximately 120,000 tonnes of construction and demolition materials back into different size gravels for use in road building and landscaping.

Our biggest request is for all of us to keep the recycling bins free from any items that could ruin the recycling process – contamination.

We also want you to try and RECYCLE ALL YOUR FOOD SCRAPS AT HOME BY COMPOSTING OR WORM FARMING. Food waste causes serious pollution if it is thrown out with other rubbish.

We would love you all to try and live your lives through the window of the 4 R’s:

RETHINK – everything we do.

REDUCE – use less of everything.

RE-USE – use it again! If you can’t re-use it, give it to someone who can re-use it.

RECYCLE– please recycle everything that can’t be re-used.

Let’s aim for ZERO WASTE to landfill!