A Proudly Plastic Free Yarra


Sign our petition to help make Yarra Proudly Plastic Free. This petition is now closed. Plastic is an environmental nightmare. Manufacture of plastics produces greenhouse gas; about six kilos of CO2 per kilo of plastic. In Australia, about 20,700 tonnes of plastic bags alone end up in landfill each year. Plastic waste leaches toxins that […]
Make Yarra Proudly Plastic Free

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Sign our petition to help make Yarra Proudly Plastic Free. This petition is now closed.

Plastic is an environmental nightmare. Manufacture of plastics produces greenhouse gas; about six kilos of CO2 per kilo of plastic. In Australia, about 20,700 tonnes of plastic bags alone end up in landfill each year. Plastic waste leaches toxins that can end up in our waterways. Plastic in our oceans kills marine life by choking andpoisoning. Toxins from plastics can end up in our food chain. Recycling reduces the problem, but the best strategy is to not use plastic in the first place. We are calling on Yarra City Council to initiate a Proudly Plastic Free Yarra Campaign, beginning with an initiative to encourage food outlets in Yarra to stop distributing disposable plastic items, such as bags, bottles, cutlery and packaging. Sign our petition below and pledge to preference businesses that display a Proudly Plastic Free Yarra sign.

YCAN will include your name, suburb and email to our aggregated Help Make Yarra Proudly Plastic Free petition and present it to the City of Yarra Council in 2018.
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– This petition is now closed.
– End date: Apr 06, 2018
– Signatures collected: 99
– 99 signatures

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Campaign Details

Group Leading this Campaign: Yarra Climate Action Now

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Who this Campaign is Targeting: City of Yarra

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Campaign Ran From: 2017 to 2024

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Outcome Evidence: According to YCAN: “In 2017, YCAN started a petition to reduce the amount of single-use plastic used in Yarra’s takeaway food outlets. We called on Yarra Council to initiate a Proudly Plastic Free Yarra Campaign, to encourage food outlets in Yarra to stop distributing disposable plastic items, such as bags, bottles, cutlery, straws and packaging… When Yarra Council released their 2018-19 budget last year, we were very pleased to see that there was funding for a Proudly Plastic Free Yarra program. On 30 June 2019, City of Yarra launched a trial in North Fitzroy.” YCAN continue to advocate for plastic reduction in Yarra Council area. (Ascertained May 2024.)

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A Proudly Plastic Free Yarra