In the UK, with a greater population and more competition, organic food was easily accessible and reasonably priced. We were able to have 90 % organic products in our cupboards while still maintaining the monthly budget. My ideal is to become at least 90% organic again however our budget is tight at the moment with saving for a house and the price of organic goods in NZ is high. I have decided then to focus on another plan - try and create a little less waste in our lives and at the same time a little more money.
Rubbish bags in our area are expensive and small. At the moment, even with recycling, composting and cloth nappies, we still manage to fill a bag a week. Most of this is packaging and other non-compostable food scraps. The foods scraps will have to wait till we get some chickens, the packaging on the other hand is in my line of fire. I have two steps in mind at the moment. My first step is to start making muesli bars for himself and ourselves, this will reduce between 6-12 plastic wrappers from the rubbish. The second is to buy some more cloth nappies so that I have enough for the week, currently we are 5 days on and 2 off due to shortages and drying times.
I'm hoping that these two steps will make a big difference both to the amount of waste we create and to the amount of money we are forking out for bags every 5 weeks. Every little bit helps in the end.
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