Torres Strait Workshops- Transforming Trash to Treasure
The Hunter Gatherer Network team will visit the remote Torres Strait Islands in northern Australia (12-20th May), where these communities are seriously impacted by foreign coastal marine debris and ghost gear pollution. Louise Hardman (Plastic Collective) and Jeremy Sheehan (Bay School of Arts) will run a number of workshops in the Torres Strait Islands on how to transform […]
Plastic Collective registers its first African project under the Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard
Plastic Collective is proud to announce the registration of the ASASE Foundation’s community-based plastic collection and recycling project under the Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Standard. Plastic Collective is the advisory partner to this exemplar project which is leading the charge to address the plastic pollution crisis in Ghana. The ASASE project was also selected for […]
Ghostnet & Marine Debris Artwork Market Place App
New ghost net & marine debris artwork digital marketplace set up to support indigenous women of Cape York Wei’Num Aboriginal Art and Craft Corporation based in Northwest Cape York, have co-designed an Ocean Arts program called ‘Hunter Gatherers Mamas’ with Plastic Collective (PC) and Charles Sturt University (CSU), to transform marine litter into valuable artworks. […]
Lower Gulf Indigenous Recycling Centre Kicks Off
In August 2022, Plastic Collective delivered the final stage of an Indigenous Recycling Centre in the Gulf of Carpentaria. In response to the largest die-back of mangroves witnessed in the Lower Gulf region in 2016, a project focusing on mangrove health and plastic pollution was developed in a tripartite partnership of Plastic Collective (PC), Earthwatch […]
Coffs Coast’s Louise Hardman nominated as NSW ‘Local Hero’ Australian of the Year
A number of years ago, Louise Hardman, a 22 year old passionate zoologist, was working as the Project Officer for the newly established Solitary Islands Marine Park Reserve. While leading a research team to rescue, tag and rehabilitate turtles in the Coffs Harbour area, she discovered a small green turtle lying on the banks of Wooli […]
Plastic Collective wins prestigious Government CRC-P Grant
We are immensely proud to announce, Plastic Collective and our partners are the recipients of an Australian Government Collaborative Research Centre (CRC-P) grant to research and develop waste plastic solutions for remote, regional and Indigenous communities. This is a plastic recovery solution designed to operate profitably and sustainably, delivering significant positive environmental, economic and social outcomes. The […]
17 Sustainable Development Goals
Through our work we are supporting businesses and companies to achieve key Sustainable Development Goals. Target 4: Quality Education: (4.4) PC programs empower youth and adults with quality Plastic Resource Recovery education, skills, training and enterprise development. PC programs include ‘Know your plastics’, ‘Working with plastics’, ‘Waste to Resource’, ‘How to reduce your plastic […]
