Want a cleaner, healthier Shire?
So does the team at SO Shire. SO Shire – Sustainable Organisations of the Sutherland Shire – is working to protect our natural environment, including the beautiful waterways that surround our Shire. The overall aim is to protect and enhance the natural environment by educating the public, mobilising volunteers, advising and promoting environmentally sustainable businesses within the Sutherland Shire. SO Shire is working to build a sustainable community that doesn’t cost the Earth, supporting the local economy – and protecting the ocean and environment. Their first main focus is Plastic Free Sutherland Shire , a project focusing on stopping the source of single use plastic packaging. This involves advising and working with local groups, schools, consumers and businesses to turn the tide on single use plastic and reduce waste, to protect the ocean, local environment, human health, economy and shire lifestyle. The team is working with local businesses to reduce single-use plastic packaging and landfill waste (coffee cups, cutlery, straws, plastic bags, take-away containers) to minimise its impact on the environment. Investing in sustainable alternatives limits the local plastic pollution and landfill waste created, and saves businesses money in the long term.
Shire Shred
SO SHIRE also conduct regular private and public beach clean-ups, in which they collect and document the large quantities of plastic rubbish that pollute our beaches and waterways. They host film screenings, sustainability supplier forums and presentations that also include school visits and excursions/incursions. They audit, consult and advise sustainable practices for businesses – putting them in contact with preferably local suppliers and services. To find out about their sustainable business certification program, sustainability forum and to keep update to date with everything happening at SO Shire contact Sarah-Jo Lobwein: [email protected] Facebook @SOSShire and website SO Shire: http://www.soshire.org/
Plastic Free Sutherland Shire
So Shire’s Plastic Free Sutherland Shire Project aims to eliminate, by the end of 2020, the use of the six common plastic sources that contribute to the majority of plastic litter and ocean debris. They are:
◦ plastic straws
◦ plastic shopping bags
◦ plastic cutlery
◦ plastic cups, including take away coffee cups
◦ plastic take away containers
◦ Single use PET bottles (especially water)
Project organisers and sponsors will provide as much support as possible to make the transition to plastic-free practices as easy and cost-effective as possible. The Plastic Free Sutherland Shire project is also supported by a Sustainability Award, sponsored by Sutherland Shire Environment Centre in the Local Business Awards. For more information please contact Sarah-Jo Lobwein at [email protected] Facebook @SOSShire and SO Shire: http://www.soshire.org/
Recent posts:
◦ Yarra Bay Beach Clean Community Day
◦ Second Annual Plastic Free July Clean up with Sea Shepherd
◦ Join SO Shire at SHIRE SHRED to CLEAN UP WANDA Beach this Sunday 19th May 10am
◦ CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY TOWRA POINT
◦ Rubber Jellyfish Cronulla Fundraiser Screening