On Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30pm-7.00pm join us for a fun night to celebrate these business champs, add your own plastic-free pledge to our tree and be part of the movement to turn Plastic Free July into plastic-free forever.

But... we need your help finding identifying them. From now until midnight Sunday 26 July we want you to point out your local plastic-free superheroes.

So…
🥡 if your local takeout swapped out plastic containers for home compostable ones, we want to hear about it!

☕ if you know of an awesome cafe refusing to use single-use cups, we want to hear about it!

🥬 if your online orders (food, drink and otherwise) arrive free of plastic - we want to hear about it!

🍱 Even if your local food joint provides incentives for you to BYO containers, you know it - we want to hear about it!

The idea is simple…

To share how your favourite local (in Wellington, Kapiti, Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Wairarapa) is fighting plastic pollution with a plastic-free solution, all you need to do is:

🗣️ Tell us a bit about them (mainly, name and location) as well as a brief outline of what they have done to reduce plastic waste in the last 12 months + 📷 Submit a photo/video of the business OR a photo of you outside the business on this page by 🌚 midnight on Sunday 26 July 🌚

You can also email your nomination through to advice@sustaintrust.org.nz - with ‘Love Welly, Ditch Plastic’ in the subject heading.

This is your opportunity to help spread their awesomeness🏆. We will reward them with a feature piece on our website, across our social media channels and in our upcoming newsletter.

🎉 LOVE WELLY, DITCH PLASTIC CELEBRATION🎉

On Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30pm-7.00pm join us for a fun night to celebrate these business champs, add your own plastic-free pledge to our tree and be part of the movement to turn Plastic Free July into plastic free forever.

Speaker line up:
🌊 Amanda from NIWA New Zealand on plastics work in Kaiwharawhara stream
🥡 Hannah from The Rubbish Trip & Takeaway Throwaways on their shopping guides and Takeaway Throwaways
🏭 Liam from Rubbish Trip and APPA - Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance on the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance
💚 Aaron from Love Local - Wellington on what sustainability means to WellingtonNZ

We've also got some extra special guests from Pukeko Gallery / Alexander Pharmacy, Hopper - Refill, Shop & Café & Reusabowl.

🎤 And your MC for the eve, is the one and only Councillor Laurie Foon Paekawakawa Southern Ward

When: Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30 pm to 7 pm
Where: Sust Trust HQ - 2 Forresters Lane, Wellington

Cost: $5-10 per person. Nibbles and a complimentary drink included in the ticket price 🍷🧀