by Laura | Nov 28, 2020 | Zero Waste Home
This year I was invited to join the judging panel for the Australian Non Toxic Awards, a role that involved testing and critiquing a large range of zero waste products for the home. I love testing new eco products at the best of times and enjoyed this task of choosing...
by Laura | Jul 9, 2020 | Zero Waste Home
Many households who are making an effort to reduce the volume of single-use plastics they consume have trouble replacing one item…..finding a suitable sustainable alternative for their rubbish bin liner. In fact, it was only a few short years ago when the Eastern...
by Laura | Jul 4, 2018 | Zero Waste Home
What’s the difference between compostable bags and biodegradable plastic bags, and which option is better for the environment? With the spotlight continually being shone on the impact of plastics on the environment worldwide and with Australia’s Eastern States...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2018 | Conscious Business, Zero Waste Home
In this post we uncover the REDcycle story and share how you can easily recycle soft plastics at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. Despite your best attempts to reduce your plastic consumption, it can be difficult to avoid plastics entirely in the modern world and...
Laura Trotta is one of Australia’s leading home sustainability experts. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, a Masters of Science (in Environmental Chemistry) and spent 11 years working as an environmental professional before creating her first online eco business, Sustainababy, in 2009. She has won numerous regional and national awards for her fresh and inspiring take on living an ‘ecoceptional’ life (including most recently winning the Brand South Australia Flinders University Education Award (2015) for the north-west region in SA and silver in the Eco-friendly category of the 2015 Ausmumpreneur Awards). With a regular segment on ABC Radio and with her work featured in publications like Nurture Parenting and My Child Magazine, Laura is an eco thought leader who’s not afraid to challenge the status quo. A passionate believer in addressing the small things to achieve big change, and protecting the planet in practical ways, Laura lives with her husband and two sons in outback South Australia. 
