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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...
Plastic Collective Joins UN Sea of Solutions 2021 Plastic Collective’s Steve Hardman recently joined the United Nations Environment Programme’s Sea of Solutions annual plastic waste conference organized in conjunction with COBSEA, to talk about Sustainable Financing...
Coffs Coast’s Louise Hardman nominated as NSW ‘Local Hero’ Australian of the Year Fig 1. Louise starting out in her garage, shredding plastic milk bottles from the Shruder. A number of years ago, Louise Hardman, a 22 year old passionate zoologist, was working as the...
Media & News Articles The Plastic Collective is proud to be working with CLCAC Land & Environment Rangers from the isolated northern communities of Burketown and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria to help develop a marine pollution management plan and a...
Visiting iAccelerate Expert-In-Residence, Aly Khalifa joins forces with Plastic Collective to fight ocean waste iAccelerate Expert-in-Residence takes leadership role for $2.5m grant with Coffs Harbour pioneers to recycle plastic in remote and vulnerable communities....
National Plastic Summit & PC mention at Parliament House 03/03/2020: Cowper Member of Parliament Pat Conaghan, talks about Louise Hardman, Founder of Plastic Collective and the CRC-P government funding, in the House of Representatives, Canberra. View Summary of...
Media & News Articles With the earth slowly choking on our discarded rubbish, a joint project to tackle plastic pollution has received a $2.49 million dollar grant from the Australian Government to help solve the problem… VIEW FULL...
Green turtle’s death led to a $2.5 million grant to help rid the ocean of plastic – ABC Coffs Coast News More than 25 years ago, Louise Hardman made a vow to do everything she could to rid the ocean of plastic. VIEW FULL...
Project Updates A Coffs Harbour recycling company is set to expand its operation Australia-wide thanks to a $2.5 million federal government grant. The Plastic Collective will work in partnership with Southern Cross University and a local engineering company. VIEW NEWS...
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