This free July plastic, Aussie Zero-Waste Start Up Zero Co. asked for business throughout the country to join their mission to eradicate disposable plastic (soup) from their workplace.
Zero Co launched a work waste challenge in July last year by asking business to make an appointment for disposable plastic in exchange for discounts, planetary and discount friendly office products in all staff to encourage employees to increase their sustainability efforts at home as well.
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With companies such as Anz, Bikes Trek, Normal Heaps, Australia Post, Gumtree and Koala jumped on boats, Zero Co once again asked for big and small businesses to join this free plastic movement in July, with the hope of inspiring more than 1,000 businesses to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make a promise to make an appointment to make an appointment to make a promise to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appoint Make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make a promise to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make a promise to make an appointment to make an appointment to make Jan Ji to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make a promise to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appointment to make an appoint Make an appointment to make an appointment to make this promise before the end of the month. And if the plastic problem is not quite encouraging, if Zero Co reaches this target, they will be committed to eliminating an additional 500,000 plastic bottles from our ocean before the end of the year.
Nearly 2.5 million businesses throughout Australia are currently using disposable plastic cleaning products such as hand liquids and dishwashing liquids around their offices. After use, these products will end up in a landfill and contribute to plastic pollution that continues to grow in our country.
Research shows that even with the correct office recycling system on the spot, 85% of the surprising plastic that we put in the recycled barrel will actually end up in a landfill. That 200 Olympic Swimming Pool worth the disposable plastic that will be detained every year from the Australian business.*
Maintenance and cleaning products of Zero Co’s body that can be refilled and cannot be refilled offer a simple solution for businesses that want to adopt sustainable initiatives and offer the benefits of their employees who are in harmony with company values.
Joining challenges means that business will not only reduce their office waste, they will also fund the cleaning of the local sea run by Zero Co. and use environmentally friendly products that eliminate disposable plastic from the kitchen of the office, bathroom, and the end of the service.
The founder, Mike Smith believes business can have a big influence on their employees and that the challenge of waste is an opportunity to raise staff towards the initiative of positive impacts for our planet.
Once the business makes an appointment, they will be placed on the Work Waste Challenge ranking board that tracks how many bottles of soup they transfer from landfills and how many of their staff registered to join our plastic removal mission throughout the month.” Smith said.
Gumtree spokesman, Eleni Gavalas, is the first to make an appointment on behalf of business. Gavalas said, “We are really happy to have promised our support and have joined the challenges of work waste. For more than 14 years, we have helped Australians trade in Gumtree and embrace sustainable life by giving many opportunities for new life. Our promise to support Zero Co marks further steps in our sustainable commitment to encourage Australians to share more and throw less. “
This is a type of direct action that we need from business throughout Australia,” Smith said. “If we can involve workplaces in overcoming plastic problems, it also gives a good example for employees to take similar actions in their homes too”.
With more than 250 businesses in it, Zero Co has stopped consuming 22,650 disposable plastic bottles, with the hope that to see this number quickly rising when free plastic continues.