Plastic Free July Workshops

Learning how to live without single-use plastic means changing behaviours and habits, which can sometimes be difficult. There are lots of resources available to help you avoid or reduce the use of plastics in your life.  

We are fortunate to have some inspiring residents who are achieving great things when it comes to reducing their reliance on plastic.

Read Claire's story, "My zero waste journey in the Southern Highlands(PDF, 105KB)" and discover how she overcame some of the challenges of reducing plastic in her life.

Council has purchased a number of plastic free themed books that you can borrow from our libraries.

There are so many resources out there on how to reduce our dependence on plastics, both single use and other types of plastics. The Plastic Free July team have done a great job in collating many of these resources under one website. So, visit Plastic Free July to discover how you can go beyond the month of July and live a life free of plastics.

• There is an estimated 500 million plastic straws used every day*

• In 2015, Australians consumed 726 million litres of bottled water*

• It takes 250ml of oil and three litres of water to make one litre of bottled water*

• Australia only recycled 36% of PET plastic drink bottles, meaning 373 million plastic water bottles end up as waste each year*

• Bottled water requires up to 2000 times more energy to produce than tap water*

• Australians consume an estimated 1 billion takeaway hot drink cups each year!*

References

• Plastic Free July 

• Cool Australia

• Clean Up Australia Day Bottled Water Fact Sheet 2015

• University of Wollongong

• University of Queensland

• Sustainability Victoria