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Aussie brands using recycled resources
Here’s another round! Nimble Activewear: Their MoveLite fabric is made from used plastic bottles that are broken into flakes, melted into pellets, spun into yarn and knitted.
Borrow over buying!
Open every Saturday morning in Waverton, you can borrow things like tools, party gear, arts and crafts or gardening equipment for a small membership fee. You can also donate those working items you don’t use but are in too good condition to recycle with us yet!
Plastic Free July Bingo
Plastic Free July begins tomorrow! Going completely plastic free can be so overwhelming that you give up before you’ve even begun! But “zero waste” is a direction, not necessarily a destination.
That’s why we’ve made this Plastic Free Bingo to help you on your way.
Ocean Bound Plastic
Ocean bound plastic is waste that is at risk of ending up in the ocean. Specifically, plastic that is found within 50km of a coastline, or 200m of rivers or shorelines and fishing material that ends up in the ocean.
We asked Angus Ware, Co-Founder of Heliograf, a Sydney based design company about the importance of Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) in a circular economy.
Coral Reef and Marine Life Colouring in
Need some peace and quiet? Enjoy these colouring in pages of our beautiful coral reefs and marine life!
RED & PINK : the new power couple that makes donating your clothes easier than ever
Just when you thought we couldn’t make recycling any easier, we’ve partnered with Australian Red Cross to donate your old clothes from your doorstep.
Are you playing with waste?
Did you know that the toy industry is the most plastic intensive industry in the WORLD?
Yes it is! With 90% of toys being made from plastic in addition to their use of shiny plastic packaging toys have proven to be a not-so-playful waste.
IPCC report, carbon emissions, and soft plastics. Is there a connection?
On the 9th of August the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was published, providing daunting yet very important information on the current state of our climate.
The information provided in the 3,900-page report can seem a little overwhelming, so we are here to make everybody’s life easier, by summarizing the main takeaways, just for you!
The Lock DOWN Clean UP Challenge!
Sydney’s lockdown has cancelled all of our holiday plans and we are (once again) thinking about random hobbies we can pick up to keep ourselves occupied for the next two weeks.
Before you pull out your baking ingredients, take on our Lock Down Clean Up challenge to declutter your space and get rid of all those tricky waste items you’ve been hiding in your drawers!