Downloadable Guides
The Plastic Recycling Guide
Get to Know Your Curbside Recycling
External Resources
Party Kit Network
Make your parties a litte bit greener by hiring a reusable party kit in your local area. You can borrow everything in one go, save money, and help save thousands of single-use items from landfills.
Repair Cafe
Repair Cafés offer free spaces where individuals bring broken items to see if they can be repaired. With expert volunteers and a focus on learning, they promote sustainable practices, boasting over 2,500 locations globally.
Buy Nothing
Buy Nothing Groups are hyper-local community initiatives where members share and gift items, fostering a sense of neighborly connection and reducing consumption. These groups operate on social media platforms, allowing neighbors to easily connect and contribute to the circular economy at a grassroots level.
Find your local Buy Nothing Group
Others
- Good On You: Ethical Fashion, See through the greenwashing
Sustainable Floristry Network
The Sustainable Floristry Register lists Florists who have committed to a new way of doing business.
Find a Sustainable Florist Near You
Sustainable Salons
Sustainable salons are establishments within the beauty industry that prioritize environmentally friendly practices, incorporating measures such as recycling, reducing energy consumption, and utilizing eco-friendly products to minimize their ecological impact.
Find your nearest Sustainable Salon
AusPen Refillable Markers
AusPen has been manufacturing and selling refillable whiteboard markers for over 15 years. AusPen markers are top quality, convenient, economical and environmentally sustainable. Because we offer the ability to purchase refill Ink and replacement nibs our markers have been know to last for years.
Others
- Good On You: Ethical Fashion, See through the greenwashing
My Recommendations
People to Follow
- Plastic Fisherman: Fishing out plastic pollution a few pieces at a time. Join us, let’s go #plasticfishing!
- Rubbish Walks: Confessions of a serial litter picker. Jason Alexander – Curator of the Vintage Litter Museum and author of The Litter Picker’s Bible.
- First Mile Impact: Turning plastic waste from Haiti, Honduras, and Taiwan into jobs and useful stuff.
- Take 3 for the sea: Take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach, waterway or…anywhere and you have made a difference.Â
- The Ocean Cleanup: Developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic.
What to Listen to
- Sustainable Packaging Podcast: Industry Experts discuss new materials and ways that packaging can be more sustainable and how we can do our parts to help recycle and reuse.Â
Where to go
- People, Planet, Pint – pop down to a local venue and meet like-minded people to learn what is happening in your local area.Â
What to Read
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation: We work with business, government & academia to build a framework for a #circulareconomy that is regenerative by design
- Bee Healthy Stories: Children’s stories and resources educating children about healthy bodies, healthy minds and a healthy planet.
