The recently passes legislation bans the supply and distribution of single-use plastic products such as straws, cutlery and beverage stirrers in South Australia.
Sturt Football Club has become the first football club in Australia to commit to going plastic free.
The Marshall Liberal Government’s laws to ban single use plastics, passed the House of Assembly.
St Vinnies are urging the public to help those in need by donating as little as a few empty cans of coke or juice bottles.
House of Health, known for its health foods, whole foods, and bulk foods, has gained accreditation as a 'Plastic Free Champion'.
WFF has produced a scorecard to rate the performance of Australia's states and territories in managing single-use plastics.
In a post on Steven Marshall's Facebook page, four precincts have been named as initial partners with the South Australian government in instilling the new legislation.
There's an exciting new location for this plastic-free, organic produce store.
This morning Premier Steven Marshall has announced an upcoming ban on single-use plastics in South Australia.
The book is designed to be a guide, a workbook for the reader to use over a month. It offers tips and ideas to assess your current lifestyle and find ways to work towards decreasing the level of waste you produce.
Subway, the largest fast food chain in Australia, will be eliminating plastic bags nationwide resulting in an estimated reduction of over 76 tonnes of plastic from the company’s waste stream each year.
With the decline of manufacturing in Australia, product stewardship programs like ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’, through which the manufacturers pay to recycle the materials, can play an increasingly valuable role in the emerging circular economy.
The InterContinental Adelaide has achieved a remarkable “Zero Landfill” status a year ahead of schedule with figures released demonstrating the hotel has recycled 100% of its waste in the past three months with absolutely no waste going into landfill.
The Adelaide University Union and The University of Adelaide have partnered to install the first reverse vending machine on a campus in South Australia and the first in Adelaide’s CBD. The Envirobank machine will form part of the University’s approach to manage its recyclable waste.
South Australia’s most successful Container Deposit return system is going high tech with the launch of Australia’s first “hole in the wall” reverse vending payment machine (RVM).