From egg cartons to hard rubbish, everyday consumables can be repurposed into valuable gardening resources
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It’s time for “waste” to get a better publicist: many items we constantly discard can find new life and purpose right in our back yard.
Australia generated 75.6m tonnes of waste in 2023, according to government data, and landfills are not keeping up. With recent reports that Sydney’s landfill capacity is projected to run out of space by 2030, there’s renewed urgency to rethink our approach to waste and find resourceful ways to see its value.