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Environmental Initiatives at Camp Creative

Bellingen is an amazingly beautiful and unique place!

We love our town and the team at Camp Creative is dedicated to implementing waste reduction initiatives wherever we can.

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HELP US PREVENT THIS…

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BY BRINGING YOUR OWN REUSABLE CUPS, BOTTLES AND UTENSILS… EASY!

We need you to help us achieve this too, this is how you can help:

  • Please use the correct rubbish and recycling bins

  • Bring your own reusable coffee cup

  • Bring your own refillable drink bottle

  • Bring your own reusable utensils for lunches

  • Keep classroom doors and windows closed while air-conditioning is on

 It is these little things that add up to a lot if everyone pitches in!

Waste reduction with OzGreen

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Rubbish Sorting Done Right!

At Camp Creative 2024, we teamed up with legends at OzGreen for the first time and it was a huge success!

They managed waste at our Party in the Park event, check out these stats:

80% waste redirected from landfill

120L 10c recycle items collected

440L compostable items (straight to Northbank Community Gardens!)

300L co-mingled recycling collected

240L landfill waste collected

1100L total waste counted

You can read the full report about their impact on our event here.

Their Rethink Waste program has seen great success at several other local events such as the Thrive Festival and the Bellingen Agricultural Show.

You can find out more about OzGreen and the amazing work they do here.

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Coffee for Climate

In Bellingen, there’s a movement that’s phasing out single-use coffee cups.

Think it’s a good idea? Get involved!

When you’re in the village looking for a takeaway coffee, keep an eye out for our town-wide Mug Library.

Choose a cup off the shelf, order your favourite coffee, then wander up the street or even jump in your car.

Empty cups can be dropped off at the Camp Creative office, or at any participating cafe, where they’ll be commercially cleaned and returned to the Mug Library. 

You can check out Coffee for Climate in the news here, and here.

See how the Bellingen Council is onboard and local events are loving the initiative too!

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