Category: Plastic

ReUse: $4 Refill Tablet for household cleaning spray containers, at the CEC.

Plastic production reduction – don’t buy a new plastic spray bottle of cleaner each time, instead use an empty plastic spray bottle or get a glass spray bottle from us, then add the refill tablet, and then add water.

The refill tablets are available at the Caldera Environment Centre, $4 each.

“The tablets are 100% natural. Made with essential oils and plant-based ingredients.”

“Easy to use, Lovely Scents, Effective Cleaning, Safe for sensitive kids”

Not dwelling on the subject here, but plastic spray bottle production and disposal is a literal ecological nightmare for the very near future. You want it all to change, but it won’t.

However, for your own mental health, refill your empty spray bottle with a refill tablet and add water. read more

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Dear Tweed Shire Councillor, et al.

We reproduce below a recent CEC correspondence to the Tweed Shire Councillors regarding an upcoming agenda item to do with in our opinion not only issues of disposal, but also with our ingestion of micro and nano plastic molecules emitting from plastic in the environment.

Dear Councillor <name>.

Wednesday’s public access Council Meeting has an item on the agenda to do with plastic in the environment, namely the plastic lawn of a leisure facility and the Council’s Strategic Plan for Holiday Parks.

We would like to draw your attention to our webpage about the agenda item, and to some of the other posts to do with plastic in the environment.

As well as the more obvious issue of disposal, We Are All Ingesting Plastic.  read more

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Tweed Shire Council > Strategic Plan for Holiday Parks > Concerns about Plastics In The Environment.

Note that the Tweed Council 15th May Monthly Meeting Agenda Items includes: “Synthetic Grass in Tweed Holiday Parks”, submitted to the meeting by the Director of Sustainable Communities and Environment.

The agenda item reads:

“At the Ordinary Meeting held 18 July 2024, Council resolved to endorse the Tweed Holiday Parks 2023 -2034 Strategic Plan. Within this resolution, Council required the General Manager to finalise and bring back a report on potential risks associated with the use of synthetic grass in Holiday Parks, alternatives to its use and a detailed asset management plan to best manage the use of synthetic grass in the Holiday Parks to mitigate the risk of microplastic and Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution and to ensure recycling at the end of life of the product. read more

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CEC Movie Club – ‘ALBATROSS, A Love Story’

A highlight of the movie is the slow motion footage of the albatross mating ritual, turning a chaotic cacophonous flurry into an elegant and choreographed mating dance.

Also, the National Parks guide pushes away the grass growing through the nests, revealing the skeletal remains of the chick in the nest, the small pile of plastic in its stomach reveals the cause of death, nest after nest.

The movie ALBATROSS, a film by Chris Jordan.

“… a poetic guided tour into the depths of your own spirit.

… a message of life and love for nature.

… a visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy.

The Midway Atoll is home to the largest albatross colony in the world. More than 1.5 million of these birds make their home there, thousands of kilometers away from any continent. A protected wildlife refuge since 1988, Midway ought to be an incredibly pristine, beautiful, natural sanctuary for these birds. Yet, like all creatures, they have to navigate today’s world. read more

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The Literal End of the Shearwater Ocean Birds because Plastic

This the end of the Shearwater ocean bird species, et al, in our lifetimes, because plastic.

ABC News have reported on the Shearwater birds nesting on Lord Howe Island feeding their chicks in their nests with plastic which they mistake for food, so much so that 20% of the chick’s bodyweight is plastic, and one can feel the plastic in their stomachs. Such is the killing effect of plastic in the environment.

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“If this, …



“If this ocean bird of this species, … then every ocean bird of this species.”

“If this ocean bird species, … then every ocean bird species.”

A one minute duration information unit about the Collapse of the Ocean Ecology because plastic in the environment.

“If this, … ” is an awardee of The Caldera Environment Centre ‘Ecological Arts For Information’ Merit Award.

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Tweed Shire Council to report on possible adoption of Single Use Plastics and Materials Policy

Motion to TS Council Meeting, Dec 24, by Councillor Nola Firth (Greens):

“That Council bring back a report on issues involved in adopting a Single Use Plastics and Materials Policy similar to the one that was recently implemented by Byron Shire Council.”

“The (neighbouring) Byron Shire has recently implemented a strong Single Use Plastics and Materials Policy that addresses single -use items on Council owned land or buildings. The policy includes single use items such as plates, food containers, cutlery, bottled water, drink ware (including coffee cups and lids), masks (excluding P2, P3), individually wrapped food items such as soy sauce, tea bags, coffee pods and chocolates. A ban on these single use products applies to all council-run activities and in 6 months time it will apply to all activities held on council land including leases and sponsored events.  read more

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The CEC ‘Ecological Arts Merit Award’ and “If this, …”

The inaugural Caldera Environment Centre ‘Ecological Arts Merit Award’ has been awarded to the 1 minute duration video information unit: “If this, ….”.

“If this, … ” is an awardee of The Caldera Environment Centre ‘Ecological Arts Merit Award’.

The Caldera Environment Centre.

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‘A Plastic Ocean’ screening in M’bah 29 April

Don’t miss this award-winning film that Sir David Attenborough calls ‘The most important film of our time’, which focuses on the impact of plastic in our oceans, marine life and our own health.

To reserve your tickets, please visit the Demand Film Event Page here: https://tickets.demand.film/event/1601. Unlike a traditional movie showing, my Demand Film screening requires that 50 more tickets be reserved in the next 39 days for the screening to go ahead.

We have a full evening of entertainment in store, including ocean-inspired art installations, music and luscious locally made morsels courtesy of JuJus and New Leaf. Drinks, including Stone & Wood ales, will also be available for purchase and we have some amazing sponsor-donated prizes to win.

The film will be followed by a Q&A discussion with Tarra Martel, Environmental Education Officer, Tweed Shire Council; Jeanie McKillop, Coordinator North East Waste, Tania Potts Co-founder Boomerang Bags. This is your opportunity to find out about exciting waste initiatives like the introduction of compost bins in July, the Container Deposit Scheme, due in December and to find out more about Boomerang Bags and learn about what can and can’t be recycled in Tweed Shire.

We need your support to make sure this event happens and to make sure this important film is seen. We’d love to see you in the audience, and we’d really appreciate your help in spreading the word among your friends and networks. Thanks for all your support!

Date:  Saturday April 29th
Where:  The Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah
Time:  Drinks and nibbles 6-6.45pm
Film screening:  6.45- 8.30pm
Q&A panel:  8.45-9.45PM

Huge thanks to The Regent Cinema, our speakers, artists, volunteers, Marg Walker, Maya Sapir, Michele Bevis for their contributions. This event would not be possible without the amazing support of our sponsors:

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