Earth Day 2026: The problem isn’t plastic. It’s waiting.
In business sustainability, there’s a quiet assumption that shapes more decisions than we like to admit: that the best solution hasn’t arrived yet. It appears in conversations about next-generation materials, in long-term circularity strategies, and in the belief that given enough time, systems will evolve into something more efficient and sustainable. On the surface, that […]
A diver, a village, and a tide that needed turning
Garri Bernel did not set out to become a community leader. He was a scuba diver. A lawyer. A Filipino living in North Bali, drawn to the quiet rhythm of coastal life in Les Village. A place where mornings begin with the sea, and where livelihoods are tied, intimately and irrevocably, to what lies beneath […]
Global Recycling Day 2026: What will we recycle if nothing is recovered?
We celebrate recycling like it’s a given. We talk about it as a system that simply exists. Something reliable and always there. But here’s the uncomfortable question no one asks: What exactly are we recycling… if nothing is being recovered in the first place? Because recycling doesn’t begin in the bin. It begins in the […]
When waste management systems fail, workers pay the price
There is a hard truth at the heart of the global waste management conversation that rarely gets the attention it deserves. When waste systems fail, the consequences are not abstract nor theoretical. They are borne by people by workers whose bodies absorb the risk long before the rest of society feels any disruption. The landfill […]
Surfing towards Sustainability: Diving into WAW’s Ocean Plastic Supply Chain
Dreaming Big: Australia’s first Ocean Plastic Supply Chain Before WAW became a household name in the Australian surf industry, Rikki Gilbey was just another person dreaming big. What was driving him? Giving a new generation of bodysurfers a way to get barreled, while leaving nothing but a cleaner ocean in their wake. This is the […]
Land Management and Resource Recovery in the Gulf of Carpentaria
Indigenous Rangers Caring for County Wetlands Not Wastelands – Southern Gulf Kickoff In April, 2021 Plastic Collective (PC) and Earthwatch Australia (EW) made their way to northern Queensland to meet with Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (CLCAC) in Normanton and Burketown, in the southern region of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Louise Hardman (founder/CEO- PC), Jock […]