At the Chapel we support the campaign for a 10c refund on bottles and cans (like the one they have been running successfully in South Australia for over 30 years) because we know it will make a huge difference in cleaning up the litter we see everyday.
This Sunday, more than 7,000 Clean Up Australia events will take place across the country, and supporters are turning out in huge numbers to be part of it. But what if we could double – or even triple – rates of recycling nationwide? It would be like Clean Up Australia Day, every day.
That’s why Cash For Containers is launching #TrashySelfie – a fun new ad campaign starring you, that’ll take on one of the trashiest forces in Australia today: the beverage industry behemoths at Coca-Cola.
Your picture could feature alongside other supporters in a new public ad campaign showing people standing up to Coke.
Here's how:
1. Take your best trashy self-portrait holding a used drink container.
2. Tweet the selfie to a politician (list below) with the hashtag #trashyselfie
3. Submit your photo online at www.stoptrashingaustralia.org
4. Share on Facebook and Instagram - Use #trashyselfie
5. Share with your local newspaper
Coca-Cola has been busy fighting ‘Cash for Containers’ – a recycling program that allows consumers to claim a 10 cent refund simply for recycling our used bottles and cans. The program’s been a big success in South Australia for 30 years: recycling rates there are more than double the national average. But Coke doesn’t want the scheme spreading any further for fear of missing a few cents from its bottom line. Coke executives have been rolling out some pretty trashy tactics including lawsuits, misleading PR campaigns, dodgy reports, and allegedly even buying up environmental groups to push their message in Parliament.
Despite all this bullying, we've received some very encouraging news. Victorian Liberal Premier Denis Napthine is considering taking on Coke by announcing Cash for Containers in Victoria ahead of the next state election. If he follows through it could kick start a domino effect spreading across Australia, which even the likes of Coca-Cola would be powerless to stop. Send us your ‘trashy selfie’ today and help give courage to Premier Napthine to bring in Cash for Containers.
Coca-Cola will probably continue to pull more underhanded tricks. So let’s counter this by showing support for the very program Coke’s trying to bury, and encourage the Victorian Premier to help make every day Clean Up Australia Day. Even if you’re not able to attend a Clean Up Australia event on Sunday, please join our fun and powerful new action now.
Together we can help demonstrate that Australians have the Premier’s back if he does the right thing.
Happy snapping!
Australian politicians' Twitter handles.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell @barryofarrell
VIC Premier Denis Napthine @Vic_Premier
QLD Premier Campbell Newman @theqldpremier
TAS Premier Lara Giddings @laragiddings
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher @KatyGLMA
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles @AdamGiles
SA Premier Jay Wetherill @JayWetherill
Please tell your friends and networks!
10c can change Australia!
This Sunday, more than 7,000 Clean Up Australia events will take place across the country, and supporters are turning out in huge numbers to be part of it. But what if we could double – or even triple – rates of recycling nationwide? It would be like Clean Up Australia Day, every day.
That’s why Cash For Containers is launching #TrashySelfie – a fun new ad campaign starring you, that’ll take on one of the trashiest forces in Australia today: the beverage industry behemoths at Coca-Cola.
Your picture could feature alongside other supporters in a new public ad campaign showing people standing up to Coke.
Here's how:
1. Take your best trashy self-portrait holding a used drink container.
2. Tweet the selfie to a politician (list below) with the hashtag #trashyselfie
3. Submit your photo online at www.stoptrashingaustralia.org
4. Share on Facebook and Instagram - Use #trashyselfie
5. Share with your local newspaper
Coca-Cola has been busy fighting ‘Cash for Containers’ – a recycling program that allows consumers to claim a 10 cent refund simply for recycling our used bottles and cans. The program’s been a big success in South Australia for 30 years: recycling rates there are more than double the national average. But Coke doesn’t want the scheme spreading any further for fear of missing a few cents from its bottom line. Coke executives have been rolling out some pretty trashy tactics including lawsuits, misleading PR campaigns, dodgy reports, and allegedly even buying up environmental groups to push their message in Parliament.
Despite all this bullying, we've received some very encouraging news. Victorian Liberal Premier Denis Napthine is considering taking on Coke by announcing Cash for Containers in Victoria ahead of the next state election. If he follows through it could kick start a domino effect spreading across Australia, which even the likes of Coca-Cola would be powerless to stop. Send us your ‘trashy selfie’ today and help give courage to Premier Napthine to bring in Cash for Containers.
Coca-Cola will probably continue to pull more underhanded tricks. So let’s counter this by showing support for the very program Coke’s trying to bury, and encourage the Victorian Premier to help make every day Clean Up Australia Day. Even if you’re not able to attend a Clean Up Australia event on Sunday, please join our fun and powerful new action now.
Together we can help demonstrate that Australians have the Premier’s back if he does the right thing.
Happy snapping!
Australian politicians' Twitter handles.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell @barryofarrell
VIC Premier Denis Napthine @Vic_Premier
QLD Premier Campbell Newman @theqldpremier
TAS Premier Lara Giddings @laragiddings
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher @KatyGLMA
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles @AdamGiles
SA Premier Jay Wetherill @JayWetherill
Please tell your friends and networks!
10c can change Australia!