We’re a couple passionate about reducing waste individually and society-wide through reducing, refusing, and reusing! We’re Vicky and David, we live in Melbourne, Australia, and we have gone from creating the same amount of waste as most people to hardly ever sending anything to landfill.

Our blog documents how we made this massive lifestyle change and explores ways in which most people can swap to more sustainable products and habits. We hope it will inspire others to make some changes around their homes and in their communities!

We have always been conscious of our impact on the environment and have always done the minimum, turning the tap off while brushing our teeth and soaping ourselves up in the shower, recycling religiously, and switching off lights when leaving a room.

One fateful night we watched the documentary A Plastic Ocean and we realised this wasn’t enough and that we needed to go plastic free. It clicked into place that recycling our waste isn’t enough, we shouldn’t be contributing to the generation of waste in the first place. It is so easy to chuck your garbage into a recycling bin and forget about it, feeling like you have done the right thing.

But, that waste doesn’t disappear, especially plastic.

This began our journey of figuring out how we could live waste free and how we could help others reduce their waste.

We are by no means perfect, but we want to share our wins, no matter how small, and be inspired by new ideas and achievements.

Because, yes, every little bit makes a difference!

Because, together, we can make a big difference.

Because, sometimes, we all need a little encouragement and a big pat on the back for caring among the indifference and trying despite discouragement.

I hope you’ll join us in doing what we can to minimise our waste and our impact on the environment and become part of the reusable nation. We’d love to have you along for the ride to a better world!

thank you to these events
for having us & our stall:

• Moon Rabbit Bulk-Buy Launch, Preston

• Bridge Darebin Zero Waste Market 2020, Thornbury

• HOT Zero Waste Market 2022, Thornbury

Thank you to these wonderful blogs
and companies for mentioning us
or letting us write a guest post:

• We made it into Sustainable Jungle’s 10 Inspiring Zero Waste Blogs That Will Change Your Life

• We wrote a guest article for Bring Me Home that shares 5 Tips for Getting Takeaway in Your Own Container

• We've joined the ranks of The Adelaide Life’s interviewees!: Reusable Nation: Melbourne couple's journey towards being zero waste

• We contributed to this Lonely Planet article on sustainable travel: Sustainable travel: 6 ways to make a positive impact on your next trip

• We shared tips for going waste free with WWF-Australia for its 24+ Tips For Going Plastic Free From Zero Waste Bloggers blog post

• We’re humbled to be one of Shamans Market’s 30 Best Sustainable Living Blogs in 2021

• Twinkl featured our Plastic Free July: Just Switch 3 blog post in its Plastic Free July campaign and Reusable Nation was featured again in another of Twinkl’s Plastic Free July Campaigns

• We share our two cents along with other sustainable bloggers in Milk Glass Home’s blog post full of great tips, 20+ Sustainable Bloggers Share The Baby Steps That Made the Biggest Difference