Emily Paddon-Brown & Do What You Can, Melbourne, VIC Videos

Aerosol Cans! Remove the plastic lid and they can be recycled in Merri-Bek. Are they recycled where you live in Melbourne? 🌱

Time for my quarterly tinfoil scrunch! I did a tinfoil clear out (because I keep any tinfoil platters I get and it’s been a few years since I did a clear out!) and got those Easter egg wrappers, then added the foil containers my cats food comes in and now they are two giant tin foil pieces! How satisfying ☺️ If you roll tinfoil into the size of a golf ball or larger you can recycle tinfoil in most councils kerbside recycling bins.

Fill your own drink bottles!
Terra Madre Brunswick has new things since I last came here!! Oo! 🤩 And in case you’re wondering about the reference… https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRY2TMBx/?k=1 🌱

DO WHAT YOU CAN 37 🩸 Period Pads 🙋🏽‍♀️ This weeks action is to buy yourself or someone you love reusable period pads! ✅ PRO’S ➖We’re here for eco reasons so my first pro is less single use waste in landfill (both packaging and product). Disposable pads take around 500 years to decompose. ➖Less plastics in reusable pads ➖There are no chemicals in reusable pads as there are in disposable pads. ➖Less trips to purchase single use pads. ➖They are easier to change when used. ➖You can more clearly see and measure how much you are bleeding. ➖ These breathe much more than disposables and you are much less likely to get thrush. ➖In my opinion period undies don’t breathe that well, no matter their claims. With this in my mind, and depending on the brand, the pro here is that pads do. ➖I can imagine this is a more obvious step (?) for those trying reusable for the first time. ➖There are so many pretty patterns! ❌ CON’S ➖If you’ve had a pad unattach itself and travel south down your trousers then you know this is a con. ➖As it also is, when they go north… ➖You do have to deal with washing your own blood. When I start my shower I use the cold water (cold so blood doesn’t stick) to rinse them (till the water runs clear) before I chuck them in the washing basket. ➖If they are a higher absorbency I’d imagine they’d take longer to dry (I only use mine as liners and they dry super quick). ➖I would say pads would have more odour than the period underwear?? Definitely more than a cup/ tampon. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ON THE FENCE ➖Perhaps a similar cost to disposable based on the info from the previous post/ an article by Choice. An individual exclusively using disposable Tampons may spend from $55 to $125 a year. ➖If there are plastics in the pad (PUL) at the end of their life they (or that part of the pad) will have to go to landfill. 🧵 MAKE YOUR OWN This link here can guide you through making your own. If y

DO WHAT YOU CAN 📝 55 double sided

DO WHAT YOU CAN 50 🌲 Eco Christmas 🎄

DO WHAT YOU CAN 49 🪴 Potty

DO WHAT YOU CAN 47 🌊 Climate Act Now

WHAT YOU CAN 🌏💥 42 Earth Friendly Sexy times 1) Condoms

DO WHAT YOU CAN 38 👨‍👧‍👦 Lids4kids

DO WHAT YOU CAN 36 🩸 Period Pants

DO WHAT YOU CAN 🎀 34 Sew Something

DO WHAT YOU CAN 30 💌 Positive Post!