Plastic Free Noosa | Non-profit organisation
Plastic Free Noosa
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25.01.2022 Noosa's Adventure Noosa operators are hosting community clean-up events to help clean up our shorelines and protect our precious ecosystem. READ ALL ABOUT IT here, thanks to In Noosa Magazine... Backpack Noosa #AdventureNoosa #TourismNoosa
24.01.2022 We love a good party... especially when there are koalas invited!! As part of Save the Koala Month, you can come down and get your photo taken with a koala at Mantra French Quarter Resort on 30 September, 11am-12pm at the Hastings Street entrance. You can also meet author of Karla the Koala (Fizzi), from 10am-12pm and a portion of all her book sales from the day will be donated to Queensland Koala Crusaders.
23.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME PLASTIC FREE JULY (Week 5) GIVE BACK TO THE PLANET AND YOU COULD WIN A NOOSA WATER 3 BOTTLE!... It’s a collaborative community effort for us to change the status quo, so this is where we challenge our Noosa locals and visitors to take action and win this beautiful bottle thanks to Visit Noosa For your chance to get your hot hands on one of these bottles (3 colours available) enter the comp below. TO ENTER: 1. Post an action that you are going to take for Plastic Free July on this post on Instagram/Facebook 2. Tag two friends who will keep you accountable 3. Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @visitnoosa 4. For an extra entry into the competition, share photos of your favourite local plastic free businesses using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa - Because actions speak louder than words! Whether it’s supporting a #plasticfreechampion, remembering to bring your keep cup, @take4fromtheshore every time you go to the beach, or simply talking about the issue to family and friends and encouraging them...it all adds up. We all know the problem now...and ACTIONS speak louder than words.
22.01.2022 Takeaway breaky sorted, and with no plastic in sight Our plastic free champions at VanillaFood have not only eliminated single-use plastic, they also compost and minimise waste where possible. This Plastic Free July, support a local champion and thank them for their commitment to the environment
21.01.2022 We have found an amazing solution to single-use plastic water bottles Today with Tourism Noosa, we officially launched our new water bottle strategy to local media, members and industry. In partnership with Blue Spring Water, we have delivered an Australian First with this NOOSA collection of single-use aluminium water bottles, that create a stunning representation of Noosa, both in and out of the fridge.... Feedback from our members (particularly in the tourism/ accommodation sector) has shown that this is a desired and highly attractive alternative to plastic bottles. These bottles are non toxic, contain less than 1ml of ink and are INFINITELY recyclable. The response from community has been overwhelming, with 22 businesses having already pre-ordered both the ‘Still’ and ‘Lightly Sparkling’ Noosa Bottled water for their restaurants, resorts and cafes. Day 1 and we’ve already eliminated 1,344 single-use plastic water bottles from the Noosa Shire : Panga Productions
21.01.2022 This morning we were thrilled to #EnterTheBiosphere with The TODAY Show in Noosa's National Park! We were there with Jarrah, our Plastic Free Noosa Ambassador and Visit Noosa for the live broadcast weather crosses. It was amazing to see some of our amazing Plastic Free members like the Noosa Farmers Market showcased on National TV and hear all about Tourism Noosa’s exciting new marketing campaign to promote this beautiful UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
20.01.2022 Next Tuesday is World Biosphere Day!!!! To celebrate, the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation in partnership with In Noosa Magazine, Tourism Noosa and Plastic Free Noosa, is hosting a Black & Glossy Gala Luncheon. This event will raise funds for our threatened Glossy Black-Cockatoos and shine a light on the incredible work being done by our Noosa community to protect this rare and beautiful bird. LAST CHANCE TICKETS: https://bit.ly/33HWVeX
19.01.2022 Do you want to help us keep our Noosa Biosphere beautiful? Our community is amazing and we’re living proof that living harmoniously with nature is a part of our DNA... that’s why a bunch of our legendary Backpack Noosa tour operators are hosting regular #plasticfreenoosa clean-ups around our villages. The first one is this Wednesday on the Noosa River from 3:30pm-4:30pm!! Everyone is invited along to join in the clean-up fun and if you’re old enough, our amazing sponsors from... Heads of Noosa Brewing Co. will even shout you a coldie!! Meet at the Noosa Boathouse... bring a hat, water bottle (hopefully not single-use plastic) and a sense of adventure!! We will provide gloves and bags thanks to our partners at @noosa_council and Noosa River Catchment COVID SAFETY: - Stay at home if you’re feeling unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath - Maintaining physical distancing requirements is the individuals responsibility #plasticfreenoosa
18.01.2022 That’s a wrap for Plastic Free July! We were so thrilled to see so many of you posting your actions of how you planned to avoid single-use plastics this month! How did you go? Whether it was refusing to use single-use keep cups, straws, bringing your own water bottle or composting at home it all adds up and actions most definitely speak louder than words! We’d love to give a HUGE shoutout to our friends and Plastic Free Noosa Champions, Pottery For The Planet for donating 4 ...x Planet Combo Packs valued at $98 each and also Visit Noosa for their Noosa 3 Water Bottle and amazing support. Who else thinks we should have Plastic Free August and then every other month of the year?
18.01.2022 *BYO Shoutout* Noosa businesses and community members, this one is for you... We know there are still some businesses in the Noosa Region accepting clean reusable cups and we want to know where you all are! ~ Please tag or DM us to let us know which cafes in the Noosa Region are still accepting BYO cups and other containers. ... Join Belmondos Organic Market, Clandestino Coffee AU to be part of the shift towards a cleaner, healthier future and start using reusables again!! Cafes, if you aren’t accepting reusables for whatever reason during these uncertain times, that’s ok too... but please talk with us about taking steps towards better alternatives to the single-use takeaway cups, lids and packaging that you may currently be using. For the latest #covid19 information that may be of assistance, please see Tourism Noosa’s toolkit ~ www.toolkit.tourismnoosa.com.au
15.01.2022 MORE CHAMPIONS THAT ARE KILN IT . Join us in congratulating Pottery For The Planet in becoming Plastic Free Noosa Champions Renton, Clare and the team are passionate eco-warriors and are a great example of what creating a supportive and proactive team can do for the community and the environment. They create beautiful, quality products that make it easy and desirable for anyone and everyone to step away from single-use culture.... Pottery For The Planet have also implemented local initiatives to share, re-use and repurpose packing, and they use only recycled and post consumer waste packing materials for packing their wares. They are always searching for new packing materials from local businesses, so if you have any clean pottery packing goodies, please get in contact with them. Pay a visit to their beautiful new showroom in Noosaville where you’ll be inspired by their commitment to sustainable practice and no doubt leave with a few of their high-quality, handcrafted products. Tell them we sent you #plasticfreenoosa
15.01.2022 Curious how you can implement plastic free practices into your business in fun (and even profitable) ways? Plastic Free Noosa are working together with Tourism Noosa and their members to create an environmentally conscious future, whilst driving bottom line savings and of course having fun along the way in our beautiful backyard : @indiaamoon (via IG)
15.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME Plastic Free July Week 1 WINNER - @jaimeejaim (via IG) Over recent months the single-use coffee cup (in particular) has entered back into our lives and normalised single-use plastics in our community again... not cool!!... To engage and promote action within the community to eliminate single-use plastics, Plastic Free Noosa is teaming up with Pottery For The Planet for Plastic Free July. It will be a collaborative community effort for us to change the status quo, so this is where we will challenge you to take action... Help us spread the word that single-use is ‘so yesterday’ and you could win yourself one of four Planet Combo packs valued at $98 each thanks to Pottery for the Planet. Week 5 winner will receive a NOOSA re-usable Water 3 bottle. TO ENTER: 1. Post an action that you are going to take for Plastic Free July on one of our weekly competition posts on Instagram/Facebook 2. Tag two friends who will keep you accountable 3. Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @potteryfortheplanet 4. For an extra entry into the competition, share a photo of a local plastic free business using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa - Because actions speak louder than words!
14.01.2022 Congratulations In Noosa Magazine on the launch of your brand new Spring Edition and thanks for always being our #1 supporters Make sure you pick up your free copy of INNoosa around town to read all about how we’re on a mission with Tourism Noosa to replace all single-use plastic water bottles that are sold in the Noosa Shire. Did you know? It is estimated two-to-three million single-use plastic water bottles are sold in the Noosa Shire each year! Now read that sentence ...again. We’re calling on locals and visitors to drive demand and request a better alternative to plastic... like this one We’re making it easy for businesses to go plastic free. Ask us how to get involved and help keep our Biosphere beautiful
14.01.2022 Another good news story. Something we all could use right now. Take care everyone and remember to support your local businesses out there. Everyone in our community is doing it tough.
14.01.2022 The Queensland Tourism Industry Council ladies were feeling ‘refreshed by Noosa’ today, after receiving the bespoke NOOSA Collection of Bluesky Beverages aluminium water bottles from our Tourism Noosa friends
14.01.2022 Very interesting article from Australian researchers leading the way. You may have heard of the 'floating garbage patch' but less than 1% of plastics in our oceans are on the surface. Find out more!
13.01.2022 Noosa’s passionate adventure operators are on a mission to align themselves with Tourism Noosa's green initiative, Plastic Free Noosa. They hosted their first community clean-up event on Noosa Foresfore this week which is proudly sponsored by Heads of Noosa Brewing Co.. There was an incredible turn out from other local community members, with about 45 clean-up participants in total and collected approx 15kg total weight of rubbish. The clean-up followed their regular meeting... where the Adventure Noosa Group, which is made up of 60 passionate tour and accommodation providers, hospitality venues, breweries, adrenaline junkies and tourism promoters meet to discuss ideas to boost tourism and entice youth travellers to the Noosa Region. Local eco warrior, Alison Foley from Ten Little Pieces presented to the group to empower them as they continue on their eco journey and provide opportunities to educate their customers on how they too can make a difference when in region. A few of the Adventure Noosa members who participated: Noosa Learn To Surf, Skydive Noosa, JUCY, Bike On, KB's Noosa, Bookme, HERO Travel, Ecotekk Noosa Electric Bikes, Trikes and Scooters, Noosa Beach Surf Hire, Noosa Oceanrider, Nomads Fraser Island Tours, Noosa Thriller, Backpackers World Travel, Flashpackers Noosa, Nomads Noosa, Mooloolaba Backpackers, Ingenia Holidays Rivershore, Noosa River Holiday Park.
12.01.2022 The countdown is on to Plastic Free July!! To engage and promote action within our community, and to help celebrate Plastic Free July’s 10th anniversary, we are planning an online challenge to ditch disposables in collaboration with the legends from Pottery For The Planet. Pottery For The Planet create beautiful, quality products that make it easy and desirable for anyone and everyone to step away from single-use culture.... We hope you can join us and together work towards a world without single-use plastic. Competition will launch on July 1... Stay tuned! #plasticfreejuly #plasticfreenoosa
12.01.2022 It’s true... Pottery For The Planet is actually local to Noosa They have a brand new studio on Action Street in Noosaville (behind Belmondos Organic Market) that you simply must visit!! To celebrate Plastic Free July, Tourism Noosa will be stocking some of their incredible items in the Noosa Visitor Inspiration Centre on Hastings Street for the whole month of July #plasticfreenoosa #potteryfortheplanet #plasticfreejuly
11.01.2022 Thanks Noosa Today!! Have you entered our #plasticfreejuly competition in collaboration with Pottery For The Planet yet? Whether it’s supporting a #plasticfreechampion, remembering to bring your keep cup, picking up rubbish every time you go to the beach, or simply talking about the issue to family and friends and encouraging them...it all adds up.... We also have some beautiful artisan pieces on display at the Visit Noosa Visitor Inspiration Centre, so pop in and say hi to our beautiful Volunteers and check them out
11.01.2022 15 easy ways to go plastic free in Noosa this Plastic Free July, thanks to Pottery For The Planet...
11.01.2022 The results are in from today’s beach clean up.... 25 amazing local Adventure Noosa operators, Sunshine Beach Traders, Tourism Noosa and Noosa Council staff and Noosa members of the local community, collected a whopping 75kg(approx) of rubbish from Sunshine Beach this afternoon Thanks to everyone who participated and to our amazing sponsors of the day Heads of Noosa Brewing Co. Off The Hook Takeaway Sunshine Beach Surf Club and Sunshine Beach Real Estate #plasticfreenoosa
10.01.2022 We love a good party... especially when there are koalas invited!! As part of Save the Koala Month, you can come down and get your photo taken with a koala at Mantra French Quarter Resort on 30 September, 11am-12pm at the Hastings Street entrance. You can also meet author of Karla the Koala (Fizzi), from 10am-12pm and a portion of all her book sales from the day will be donated to Queensland Koala Crusaders.
10.01.2022 We love Plastic Free events!!! Over the long weekend, the Great Noosa Country Trail Walk successfully delivered an almost 100% plastic free event! Some amazing volunteers and community groups came together to showcase the beautiful landscapes and towns of our beautiful Noosa Country region to visitors and locals alike and the small amount of rubbish at the end of the 3 days, was mostly what participants collected and picked up from the trails during the walk. The Great Noosa... Country Trail Walk is a 3-day journey through the wildly diverse natural and cultural landscape of the Noosa hinterland, also known as ‘Noosa Country’. The 2020 walk saw more than 150 participants walk 56kms over 3 days (Saturday 3 -Monday 5 October) through the country towns of Cooroy, Kin Kin, Pomona and Cooran, via a series of stunning walking trails through farmlands, forests and spectacular mountain lookouts. Below are the steps the event took to be plastic free: - Requested participants to bring their own reusable water bottles. The event provided the NOOSA collection aluminium bottled water to all participants on day 1 if they needed a bottle (These bottles of water are not just good looking, but they are infinitely recyclable and also reusable) - Requested all participants to bring their own keep cups - All utensils not brought by participants were Biopak compostables - All venues were asked to be plastic free and for takeaway options Biopak products were used
09.01.2022 Queensland is leading the way on banning single-use plastics in Australia!! The Queensland Government has tabled legislation to ban plastic takeaway straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls. Details:... - The bill proposes to ban plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates/bowls from sale or provided by businesses. - The ban will come into effect in July 2021 -There are exemptions for those with a disability so they can access products they need -Compostable products certified to the Australian standard are exempted - Other bans on polystyrene, coffee cups, other plastics and heavyweight plastic bags will follow after further consultation The bill should be passed into law in the next few months. See more
09.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME PLASTIC FREE JULY (Week 2) WINNER ANNOUNCED - Lucy Mills... While we generally focus on businesses to achieve our goals, it’s the collective individual efforts of the community that add up to a massive whole and change the status quo. That’s why for Plastic Free July we are encouraging individuals to take ACTION - and win some awesome reusables thanks to Pottery For The Planet For your chance to get your hot hands on one of four Planet Combo packs valued at $98 each - enter the competition by posting below. TO ENTER: 1. Post an action that you are going to take for Plastic Free July on the current weekly competition post on Instagram/Facebook 2. Tag two friends who will keep you accountable 3. Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @potteryfortheplanet on IG or FB 4. For an extra entry into the competition, share a photo of a local plastic free business using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa Whether it’s supporting a #plasticfreechampion, remembering to bring your keep cup, @take4fromtheshore every time you go to the beach, or simply talking about the issue to family and friends and encouraging them...it all adds up. We all know the problem now...and ACTIONS speak louder than words.
07.01.2022 Please support your local businesses and markets during this time. Stay positive and stay safe.
06.01.2022 Instead of Melbourne Cup day this year, why not bet on the Biosphere, frock up in your finest (Black & Glossy) and help us raise funds for our iconic and threatened Glossy Black-Cockatoo. We're so excited to announce that Plastic Free Noosa is proudly sponsoring the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation and In Noosa Magazine's event, the Black & Glossy Gala Luncheon that is happening on Tuesday 3 November at View Restaurant Noosa, Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas. This will be a fa...bulous luncheon you won't want to miss that includes a sumptuous two-course menu with amuse bouche and matching wines by chef Matt Golinski - Official, 3 hour drinks package, fashion parade curated by Carlie Wacker (Great prizes for Best Dressed) and a Glossy Raffle full of amazing prizes. All monies raised will go towards conserving the Glossy Black-Cockatoo in the Noosa Biosphere Reserve. We hope you can join us! Only 115 tickets available, so make sure you get in quick!
05.01.2022 MORE CHAMPIONS THAT ARE KILN IT . Join us in congratulating Pottery For The Planet in becoming Plastic Free Noosa Champions Renton, Clare and the team are passionate eco-warriors and are a great example of what creating a supportive and proactive team can do for the community and the environment. They create beautiful, quality products that make it easy and desirable for anyone and everyone to step away from single-use culture.... Pottery For The Planet have also implemented local initiatives to share, re-use and repurpose packing, and they use only recycled and post consumer waste packing materials for packing their wares. They are always searching for new packing materials from local businesses, so if you have any clean pottery packing goodies, please get in contact with them. Pay a visit to their beautiful new showroom in Noosaville where you’ll be inspired by their commitment to sustainable practice and no doubt leave with a few of their high-quality, handcrafted products. Tell them we sent you #plasticfreenoosa
04.01.2022 Are you taking part in the Plastic Free July challenge by choosing to refuse single-use plastics? You can start out small by focusing on one item to avoid or one reusable to remember, and for this month we can start to change our habits and make a difference. We have so many member cafes in Noosa who are there to help, who will take your reusable cup or container, and who are also reducing their plastic Jungle & Co... Find them on our website (link in bio), in our member directory and choose to support them (and tell them they’re awesome ) Remember that your actions do make a difference! To take the challenge today, head to Plastic Free July
03.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME PLASTIC FREE JULY (Week 4) GIVE BACK TO THE PLANET AND YOU COULD WIN ARTISAN PIECES OF NOOSA POTTERY!... It will be a collaborative community effort for us to change the status quo, so this is where we challenge our Noosa locals and visitors to take action and win some awesome reusables thanks to Pottery For The Planet For your chance to get your hot hands on one of four Planet Combo packs valued at $98 each - enter the competition by posting below. TO ENTER: 1. Post an action that you are going to take for Plastic Free July on the current weekly competition post on Instagram/Facebook 2. Tag two friends who will keep you accountable 3. Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @potteryfortheplanet 4. For an extra entry into the competition, share photos of your favourite local plastic free businesses using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa - Because actions speak louder than words! Whether it’s supporting a #plasticfreechampion, remembering to bring your keep cup, @take4fromtheshore every time you go to the beach, or simply talking about the issue to family and friends and encouraging them...it all adds up. We all know the problem now...and ACTIONS speak louder than words. * Winners are announced weekly with the Week 5 winner receiving a NOOSA re-usable Water 3 bottle. Must be able to pick up from the Pottery For The Planet Showroom. No delivery available
03.01.2022 The most enjoyable kind of single-use packaging Going plastic free doesn’t mean to have to miss out on the sweeter things... simply switch out the tub and spoon for a cone. : Cooloola Berries via Visit Noosa
02.01.2022 Looking for a way to support our members during COVID? How about relaxing to some weekend beats coming through to a screen near you! Thanks Miss Moneypenny's Noosa and all involved in keeping Noosa happy and clean!
02.01.2022 Here are some good tips on how to support your local businesses. We are all getting hard hit. Please practice self-isolation and we will all get through this together. Take care and do what you can to help your family, friends, community...and your mental health.
02.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME PLASTIC FREE JULY (Week 3) This Plastic Free July we are encouraging community to take ACTION - and win some awesome reusables thanks to @potteryfortheplanet... For your chance to get your hot hands on one of four Planet Combo packs valued at $98 each - enter the competition by posting below. TO ENTER: 1. Post an action that you are going to take for Plastic Free July on the current weekly competition post on Instagram/Facebook 2. Tag two friends who will keep you accountable 3. Follow @Plasticfreenoosa and @potteryfortheplanet on IG or FB 4. For an extra entry into the competition, share a photo of a local plastic free business using the hashtag #plasticfreenoosa Whether it’s supporting a #plasticfreechampion, remembering to bring your keep cup, @take4fromtheshore every time you go to the beach, or simply talking about the issue to family and friends and encouraging them...it all adds up. We all know the problem now...and ACTIONS speak louder than words. @ Pottery For The Planet
02.01.2022 We interrupt your newsfeed with this video of some of our local mates... They sometimes drop in on us to say g’day, when we’re out at Tea Tree Bay... #enterthebiosphere
01.01.2022 Stage 1 of COVIDSAFE is starting today. If you are a member and are opening, please give us a shout out here!
01.01.2022 Wake up with TODAY in Noosa, tomorrow... If you missed joining in the fun this morning on Noosa Main Beach, don’t fret! The Today Show will be back tomorrow morning, broadcasting live weather crosses from the Noosa river foreshore (opposite Thomas Street) and on Thursday from the Noosa Hinterland. Visit Noosa will be showcasing the beautiful Noosa Biosphere Reserve, fresh local produce, adventure activities and more. Be there or tune in from 6-9am each day ... : @kattte_ (via IG)
01.01.2022 Is your business ready to go Plastic Free? Making the switch away from plastic packaging is easier and more cost effective than most hospitality businesses realise. Plastic Free Noosa will do the hard work for you by researching what products are available. There can be many ‘hidden ingredients’ in packaging, but there’s no green washing here and we are always working on strengthening relationships with all of our sustainable suppliers and manufacturers to get you the best ...deals and information. Jungle & Co
