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Reducing waste

Abby - Creating a nature play space with recycled materials
Alabama - Designing great bins to reduce litter in the creek
Alisha - Fruit and veg bags reduce single-use plastics
Amber, Alice & Michaela - Bottle top art to fight pollution
Bethany-Kate - Nude food Wednesdays reduce waste
Caitlin & Grace - Moving from fast to sustainable fashion
Clara - Helping people understand recycling
Colby - Large-scale upcycling of plastic bottle tops
​Connor - Learning re-use skills for life
Connor - Peer teaching about waste decomposition
Declan - Keep cups to reduce landfill
Elliott - Little buddies help new compost system succeed
Emily - Reducing litter with alternatives to glad wrap
Erin, Sivneang & Irfan - Golden bin award motivates clean up
Guthrow - Involving staff in litter reduction planning
Guthrow - Inspiration to improve 10c container collection
Hayley - Research into 10c containers
Inika - Bin audit and beeswax wrap success at school
Isabelle - Transforming beach and ocean waste perceptions
Jackson - Casual approach to nude food days
Jack - Upcycling bottle tops into jewellery and guitar picks
Jasmine - Spreading the love of composting
Kenza - Battery collection boxes
Lilli - Beeswax origami
Lily - Crushing it with a solid 10c container bin
​Lydia - Waste sorting systems
Megan, Zara & Alicia - School rubbish one-cup challenge
Mia - Two year project to improve school bin systems
Rai - Expanding the bin options for better results
Rushton - Changing bin behaviours to reduce landfill
Yasmin - Why save paper?

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