Clean Up Australia started with one man’s discovery of the rubbished state of the world’s oceans. Returning from an around-the-world sailing journey in 1987, Ian Kiernan AO reflected upon the appalling amount of rubbish he had sighted in oceans far and wide, including the legendary Sargasso Sea. It saddened him that humans across the world were treating the ocean as a vessel to hold human waste.
When Lismore man Paul Jessup sees a piece of rubbish lying in the gutter, he can’t himself: he has to pick it up. The unusual thing about Paul is what he does with the junk he finds. Instead of popping it in the nearest bin, he stashes it in his pocket and takes it home to his workshop, where he pulls it apart and separates into its individual parts before placing it in storage.
Clean Up Australia Chairman and Founder, Ian Kiernan AO, joined Auburn and Parramatta City Councils for the launch of Streamline, a new sustainable business program designed to reduce water and energy use and minimise waste production in Sydney’s industrial heartland.
The Water Wise Awards program is about two things; recognition and shared learning. Moreover, 2010 will be the inaugural year for a new and pre-eminent award: the Prime Minister’s Water Wise Award – for water efficiency excellence by commercial and industrial water users.
In Australia alone, approximately 800 million single-use nappies are delivered to landfill sites every year, and they may take up to 500 years to degrade. That’s over 2 million every day! Amounting to 110,000 tonnes of solid waste yearly, or nearly 60 Olympic-size pools full!
Australians consume an amazing 4.4 million tonnes of paper and paper products each year – that’s 200kg each! “Given the seriousness of the climate change issue and the limited supply of our natural resources, it is not sustainable for us to continue as a paper-heavy and paper-reliant society,” said Sean Barrett, of Planet Ark.
The Bluesfest is coming soon to shake and rattle Byron Bay with great music, fantastic performances and a green footprint!
Clean Up Australia started with one man’s discovery of the rubbished state of the world’s oceans. Returning from an around-the-world sailing journey in 1987, Ian Kiernan AO reflected upon the appalling amount of rubbish he had sighted in oceans far and wide, including the legendary Sargasso Sea. It saddened him that humans across the world were treating the ocean as a vessel to hold human waste.
When Lismore man Paul Jessup sees a piece of rubbish lying in the gutter, he can’t himself: he has to pick it up.
Clean Up Australia Chairman and Founder, Ian Kiernan AO, joined Auburn and Parramatta City Councils for the launch of Streamline, a new sustainable business program designed to reduce water and energy use and minimise waste production in Sydney’s industrial heartland. 
In Australia alone, approximately 800 million single-use nappies are delivered to landfill sites every year, and they may take up to 500 years to degrade. That’s over 2 million every day! Amounting to 110,000 tonnes of solid waste yearly, or nearly 60 Olympic-size pools full! 
