How to leave only footprints on our local beaches? Join Responsible Runners Bondi.

In November 2020, Responsible Runners Bondi came back with a new monthly event to keep the local beaches free of littering and educate people about the health and environmental risks of single-use waste and plastic. Two local volunteers at Transition Bondi, Mylene and Kerry,  took over from a previous Leader, Mei Li. The group was…

Looped Festival, a Circular Economy Event in Sydney.

By Anna Jane Linke and Mylene Turban November 2020 Australia’s first-ever circular economy festival, Looped Festival, hit the shores of Little Bay, Sydney at the Prince Henry Centre, on Sunday, 29th November 2020. Clare Press, founder of The Wardrobe Crisis, hosted the festival and facilitated robust discussions on using the circular economy to shift our…

A Return and Earn reverse vending machine is coming Bondi Beach!

A Return and Earn reverse vending machine is coming Bondi Beach!

At long last, Bondi Beach will be getting a reverse vending machine for empty drink containers. Litter is a massive problem in Bondi. The NSW EPA’s Return and Earn program incentivises the recycling of empty drink bottles, making it more likely they will be recycled instead of littered. The machine will be located behind the Bondi Pavilion in…

How Blue Bondi Green is engaging with local businesses to ban single-use plastic bags

How Blue Bondi Green is engaging with local businesses to ban single-use plastic bags

by Anne McArthur Let’s ban single-use plastic grocery bags in Bondi. Blue Bondi Green is a community group working in the Bondi Beach area with the aim to eliminate plastic bags from entering the environment. It’s not all plastic bags that we are focused on. Blue Bondi Green is not tackling the thicker, stronger plastic bags often…