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The problem with beauty packaging Beauty packaging has a significant waste problem. A single makeup product can combine glass, aluminium, plastic, pumps, caps, mirrors, magnets, wands, and labels. These materials are often too small or complex for standard kerbside recycling systems to process. This is not a niche issue; the beauty industry produces an estimated 120 billion units of packaging every year. Much of it is designed for single use rather than circular recovery. For

A busy intersection in Whanganui. A 100-year-old villa. And a patch of dirt that, for two months, had passers-by quietly wondering what on earth was going on. Then the wildflowers came up. The garden has its fans. Thanks to NP for sharing this one - as Black Pine put it, the wildflowers have been attracting visitors of all kinds. The problem with a perfectly ordinary lawn Most suburban front yards do almost nothing for the neighbourhood, let alone the planet. They’re mown, wa