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Re: Reusable Bag Campaigns?
2008-03-13 19:06:47 UTC
Planet Ark has been running a successful plastic bag reduction campaign since 2003, which has seen plastic checkout bag use in Australia fall by more than 1/3. http://www.planetark.com/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/7/story.htm
Rebecca Gilling
A/V Projects Manager
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation
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RE: Communicating and educating sustainability
2007-04-09 18:08:14 UTC
Hi Miguel,
I suggest you check out the Planet Ark website. We are in the business of communicating and marketing sustainability, through our various campaigns and licensing of environmentally preferred products. http://www.planetark.com/
Good luck.
Rebecca Gilling
A/V Projects Manager
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation -
Re: Re-usable shopping bags
2007-02-09 14:50:57 UTC
Hi Barbara,
Planet Ark sell high quality reusable bags in Australia, that you can have your own logo printed on. Check out http://www.planetark.com/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/59/newsDate/7/story.htm#2 Im not sure if they send overseas, but you could enquire by email. [email protected]
Rebecca Gilling
A/V Projects Manager
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation
20 Vale St
Leura NSW 2780 Australia
Ph: 02 4784 3155
Fax: 02 4757 4699
Mob: 0414 922376 -
Re: Appropriate disposal and recycling an issue
2006-06-21 22:22:06 UTC
The recycling of electronic or e-waste is becoming a hot issue in Australia.. Planet Ark has been working with the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) which is the overarching body for the computer hardware industry. Together we have produced an e-waste report, which we have presented to the federal government, and were currently in discussions with them about implementing our recommendations. The essential problems as we see them are: * The fragmented nature of the industry large numbers of retailers (about 50%) are small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) who are not members of the industry association, so any industry sponsored recycling program is exposed to a potential free-rider problem * The unknown (and we believe very large) quantity of existing e-waste and obsolete material stored in garages and warehouses around the country what we call historic e-waste * The high cost of recycling such complex products (comingling of different types of plastics, metals etc) * The very small profit margins for retailers of computers and other electronics a number of attempts at setting up industry-sponsored recycling programs have failed due to the prohibitive cost We have made these recommendations: * Setting up a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) to tackle the problem we have a similar arrangement with the manufacturers of printer cartridges in Australia, with whom we have set up Cartridges 4 Planet Ark (www.planetark.com/cartridges). Our recycling partner Close the Loop ( www.closetheloop.com.au) has developed world-first technology with zero-waste-to-landfill for these similarly complex products. * Dealing with historic e-waste (for which no-one wants to take responsibility for the reasons stated above) as a separate issue from future e-waste * Providing every new product (sold from an agreed set date) with a recycling certificate or guarantee, the cost of which recycling is built into the cost of the product. * Once the recycling systems have achieved economies of scale, deal with the problem of historic e-waste (probably with government and industry sponsorship) Essentially, therefore, we are proposing a user-pays system with industry and government promotion and support. This could also help, in part at least, address the problem of the reducing cost of these goods encouraging their over-consumption. And once a successful program is in place for computers and peripherals, it could be extended to cover all electronic devices. Finally, industry is increasingly focussing on design for the environment, which will make these products easier and cheaper to recycle. The issues of built-in obsolescence sustaining markets, and consumers love of the new are, needless to say, harder to tackle.
Regards,
Rebecca Gilling.
Project Manager
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation
PO Box 4 Wentworth Falls NSW 2782
Ph: 02 4757 8989
Mob: 0414 922376
Email: [email protected] -
Re: Plastic Shopping Bags
2006-06-08 20:21:17 UTC
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation launched its Plastic Bag Reduction Campaign in 2003. It started with a liaison between us and a tourist town called Coles Bay on Tasmania's east coast. The small scale of this community allowed for a cooperative effort among all shopkeepers to 'go plastic bag free'. They provided branded paper and calico alternatives. Planet Ark then took the story of Australia's first plastic bag free town to the media, and at the same time, called on the Australian government to consider imposing a plastic bag levy, following the Irish government's phenomenal success. Their imposition of a 25c levy reduced plastic shopping bags in Ireland by 90% in a couple of years. Central to the success of their campaign and ours (which has seen plastic bag use in Australia reduce by one third) has been the Green Bag, another invention of the Irish. This is a strong woven plastic bag with a flat bottom, which stands up at the checkout, allowing for much easier filling than the calico ones. You now see them everywhere; they're sold at the checkout by the two major supermarket chains, for $1. For more information go to: planetark.com Click on the Plastic Bags icon underneath the banner: Planet Ark's Campaigns Rebecca Gilling.
Project Manager Planet Ark
PO Box 4 Wentworth Falls NSW 2782
Ph: 02 4757 8989
Mob: 0414 922376
Email: [email protected] -
Re: Plastic Shopping Bags
2006-06-08 20:21:00 UTC
Further to my previous post: Green Bags can be ordered from www.greenbag.info/
Rebecca Gilling.
Project Manager Planet Ark
PO Box 4 Wentworth Falls NSW 2782
Ph: 02 4757 8989
Mob: 0414 922376
Email: [email protected]
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