• What choices have value?
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We’ve all stood in a grocery aisle for a little too long: comparing which choice is the right one, reflecting our needs and desires. The paradox is that endless choice can fool us into thinking every decision has the same effect. Yet even our small actions can accumulate into large-scale impact.

Welcome to The Convenient Store. Look beyond the slogans and don’t be fooled by the packaging. Grab a shopping list and discover the hidden costs of everyday products. With the help of your friends at 100% ZERO, explore how even a small amount of new information can shift your habits and approach to decision-making.

Remember shoppers: our decisions are intentionally and unintentionally informed by the environment and the systems we belong to. Being conscious of these influences empowers us to be better consumers, activists and advocates in our everyday lives. You make choices and those choices matter.

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Comparing apples to oranges only gets us so far. While items sold at The Convenient Store focus on individual issues, in real life every consumer item we purchase comes with a complex web of trade-offs on costs, ethics, and impact. Read what researchers have to say about some of today’s most important issues.

  • Rechargeable Batteries - Now 10% Offshore!

    supply chains

    “There are significant challenges associated with battery recycling. Just 10 per cent of lithium-ion batteries in Australia are collected and sent offshore for processing, with the rest either stockpiled or put in landfill. Our research aims to shift this system to establish a profitable and self-sustaining onshore industry chain.”

    Professor Shizhang Qiao, Adelaide University

  • Free Reusable Bag with Every Purchase!

    consumer behaviour

    ‘’Reusable bags are only sustainable if you reuse them enough for them to have a lesser environmental impact than the number of single-use plastic bags that they replace. Many shoppers accumulate dozens of these bags, forgetting them at home or in the car and buying new ones at checkout, which can create a worse environmental impact than single-use plastic bags.”

    Dr Anne Souvertjis, Adelaide University

  • Beef Burgers With a Side of… Seaweed?

    sustainability

    ”Direct livestock emissions account for around 15 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, so any reduction in that would make a substantial difference for generations to come. Our research looks at how this can be accomplished with different types of livestock feed such as seaweed.”

    Dr Mariana Caetano, Adelaide University

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