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Environmental Initiatives for Businesses

Local businesses in the Newtown area are invited to participate in our free, community based environmental initiatives:

No Butts in Newtown

No Butts in Newtown

Cigarette butts form up to 50% of litter, are highly toxic and take many years to break down. They pose a major threat to marine life as they enter the stormwater system.

The Green Living Centre’s butt littering reduction program addresses this issue by providing smokers with free portable ashtrays to ‘bin your butts’.

Since 2004 over 70 local businesses along King Street and Enmore Road have partnered with the Green Living Centre to distribute these personal ashtrays to the community. The ashtrays are made from recycled film canisters and more than 45,000 have been given away to date. 

Bagbusters BagShare

Reduce the use of plastic bags! Many people have extra reusable shopping bags at home that can be donated to the Newtown Bagshare.

Businesses who join the program make available a supply of Bagshare bags inside the store. Customers who forget to bring their own shopping bag can use a Bagshare Bag, which can be returned to the Green Living Centre or to the retailer where they borrowed the bag.

As a business, the BagShare allows you to cut costs and help the environment by giving reusable bags to your customers for free.  The Green Living Centre will visit your business weekly to ensure you have a steady supply of clean BagShare bags. 

Get involved in BagShare

If your business would like to participate by collecting and/or distributing BagShare bags contact the Green Living Centre:

Call 9519 6366

Email watershedbiz@marrickville.nsw.gov.au.

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Reusable coffee cups initiative

For local cafes, the Green Living Centre can provide a limited number of free travel mugs to reward customers who bring a reusable mug for their daily coffee. 

How it works:

1. Display a poster and loyalty card provided by the Green Living Centre in your cafe encouraging customers to bring their own cup for takeaway coffee

2. Each time a customer brings their own cup, stamp their loyalty card

3. After 10 stamps, customers collect their free travel mug from the Green Living Centre (Participating cafes don’t even need to store the reward)

Participating cafes can save money by using fewer throw away cups while demonstrating commitment to the environment and promoting customer loyalty.

Real Estate Initiative

For real estate agents, the Green Living Centre can provide materials to help prevent illegal dumping. We can supply fliers and fridge magnets for you to include in your welcome and leaving packs to new and departing tenants. 

The ‘Welcome to the Neighbourhood’ fridge magnet provides waste disposal alternatives for new tenants.

The ‘Moving’ flier provides handy tips on how tenants can dispose of any unwanted material before they move out. 

These materials are free for local real estate agents, help keep our streets clean of rubbish, and build your reputation as an environmental leader.

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For more information about waste disposal and recycling services available in your local area contact your local council.

Marrickville Council
Tel: 02 9335 2222

City of Sydney
Tel: 02 9265 9333


Last Updated: Friday 30 March, 2012

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