Moving Towards a Zero Waste Lifestyle

It can seem like not a day passes by without more bad news concerning the environment. In the face of such huge reported problems, it’s easy to feel helpless and be discouraged. But there’s an effective approach that everyone can take to reduce their impact on the...

New resources to support your business during Plastic Free July!

Every July, over 120 million people take part in Plastic Free July, a global movement that helps people be part of the solution to plastic pollution - so we can have cleaner streets, oceans and communities. It is a campaign led by our friends at the Plastic Free...

Crows Nest Festival support Bye Bye Plastic transition

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Crows Nest Festival, with the help of Bye Bye Plastic, is transitioning to a more environmentally-friendly festival by replacing single-use packaging with reusable and biodegradable alternatives. There is increasing public...

War on Waste Social Impact

A small study conducted by the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Sustainable Futures aimed at assessing the overall impact of ABC’s War on Waste has found that, of 452 sustainable actions undertaken by 280 organisations in the study, 73% of these were...

Plastic-Free Travel

The Environmental Cost of Travelling Public attention has recently been drawn to the idea of sustainable travel and ‘eco-tourism’. Travel-goers are now given the option to offset the carbon emissions of their aeroplane flights or to reside and relax in eco-resorts....

Berkelo bakery introduces wheat straws….

Here at Bye Bye Plastic we are so pleased to announce that Berkelo has ramped up their eco game, and are now serving drinks with wheat straws! Almost 10 million plastic straws are used in Australia every year, many of which end up in our oceans and harm precious...