We are creatures of habit, who have been using plastic bags to line our bins for years. Now with the looming and positive prospect of no more free shopping bags at supermarkets, will we be creating a new problem by buying plastic bin liners instead? 

Well this seems to be what has happened historically, both in Australia and overseas.

When Ireland placed a tax on plastic shopping bags in 2002 they had a 77% increase in sales of commercial plastic bin bags, with figures skyrocketing from roughly 91 million to 161 million.

And at home, when the ACT banned plastic bags in 2011 the government reported a 36% decrease in the number of single use plastic bags reaching landfill. However they also reported an increase in bin liner bags being purchased.

Will the rest of Australia tread the same path..? We won’t have to if we make one simple switch…

You can always skip lining your bin altogether and wash it out after emptying. Or, why not think outside the box and try lining your bins with something other than plastic…

One of our lovely stockists, Urban Revolution Australia has shared a clever Eco Max Hack with us – check out this innovative idea for an Origami Newspaper Bin Liner.

You see, we’ve learnt so much this Plastic Free July & although it may be over, the War on Waste certainly isn’t…
so we want to keep the conversation going by sharing our lovely stockists #EcoMaxHacks with you; tips on environmentally friendly ways we can avoid plastics and chemicals in the home.

Have you got any plastic free hacks..? Let us know, we’d love to hear them – Because being plastic free is a matter of ImportAnts…