sustainability

product stewardship award winner

Product Stewardship award winners announced

Janet Leslie, Manager Sustainability, Canon Oceania and Alex Young, Director, Container Deposit Scheme, NSW EPA, are joint winners of the Product Stewardship Champion of the Year Award for 2021.
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single use plastic cups

Next step for SA’s single-use plastic ban

Single-use plastic cups, plates and bowls could be next on the list of banned items under the South Australian government’s historic single-use plastic ban, with the release of a new discussion paper.
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recycling campaign

National campaign to encourage recycling

The Australian Government has launched ReMade in Australia – a national campaign urging Australians to recycle more, and show how they can help create jobs and protect our environment.
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conscious consumers

Conscious consumers are eager to go green 

Australians are increasingly conscious about their environmental impact with more than half (57 per cent) concerned about sending their shoes and clothes to landfill and bothered by products that can’t be recycled easily (54 per cent) – according to the latest survey by TreadLightly.
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BYO container

Woolworths BYO container trial rolled out

Customers at Woolworths stores in Tasmania can now help cut plastic in their regular shop by bringing their own reusable containers from home to fill up at the deli, meat and seafood counters, as part of a trial set to expand in the coming months.
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reuse

Tip shop diverts 70kg a day from landfill

Almost 70 kilograms of waste materials on Magnetic Island found a new life each day last month, with locals and visitors making the most of the Magnetic Island Tip Shop.
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Coles tops for sustainability

Coles has officially been ranked number one food retailer in Australia for sustainability – and second across the globe – in the World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark.
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