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Rethink Waste Team at the 2025 Bellingen Show

Rethink Waste Team at the 2025 Bellingen Show

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We extend our love and respect to the Traditional Owners of the Country on which we walk, the Gumbaynggirr people of the Gumbaynggirr Nation, and we acknowledge that their land was never ceded. We recognise continuing connection to land, waters and culture and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We extend this respect and reverence to all Indigenous Elders across all nations throughout the world.

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We have been working with Crossmaglen Public & Boambee Public schools over the past two terms as part of the Rethink Schools program, and we are so proud of the work we have been doing with these determined students!

As part of their student-le

Do you put those greasy cardboard takeaway boxes in the recycling bin? Think again!

Cardboard can only be put in the yellow bin if it is dry and clean.

BUT.. We can recycle in another way… It can be COMPOSTED!

As part of the Rethink Sch

When we put food waste in the red bin, it heads straight to landfill, where it decomposes without oxygen. This process produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is over 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

But..There is a better way!

When we CO

Putting the right thing in the right bin might seem small - but it is one of the best ways for us to support the environment and take action against climate change!

We have been working closely with both Boambee & Crossmaglen Public Schools as p

Landfill is the end of the road for our waste; but it doesn’t have to be.

We have been working with Boambee and Crossmaglen Public Schools as part
of the Rethink Waste Schools program - where we have been inspiring young changemakers to see wa

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