Erin Rhoads - Waste Not

Is it possible to live a modern life with less waste?

Shrink-wrapped veggies, disposable coffee cups, clothes and electronics designed to be upgraded every year: we are surrounded by stuff that we often use once and then throw away.

Each year Australian households produce enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom home, including thousands of dollars worth of food and an ever-increasing amount of plastic, which can take hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in our oceans or our food chain.

But what to do about such a huge problem! That’s where Erin Roads, aka The Rouge Ginger, comes in. Erin went from eating plastic-packaged takeaway while shopping online for fast fashion, to becoming one of Australia’s most popular eco-bloggers. Erin knows that small changes can have a big impact. In Waste Not she shares everything she’s learnt from her own funny, inspiring- and far-from-perfect - journey to living with less waste.