Sustainable Events

Mullum Cares works with event organisers, local businesses, not for profit organisations, the Byron Shire Council and the wider community to identify and implement actions that result in the conservation of resources made for human consumption.  Sometimes we design our own events but usually we help others to reduce the waste created by their business or activity.

A wide variety of projects and campaigns have been undertaken by Mullum Cares since our inception in Oct 2015.  Here are some of the businesses, festivals and organisations we’ve worked with – some with links to more information about our collaborations:

Plastic Free July – our big break

Mullum Cares founder, Sasha Mainsbridge, won the 2017 NSW Local Woman of the Year award for her design and implementation of the town wide Plastic Free July campaign that lead to the IGA permanently removing their plastic carry bags and a successful crowdfunding campaign for a filtered drinking and water bottle refill station – that is now installed outside Santos in Burringbar St.

In 2020 the founder of Plastic Free July, Rebecca Prins Ruiz, co authored a book, Plastic Free – The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters.  Mullum Cares is mentiontion in the book and Rebecca asked Sasha to stand and be recognised at a Plastic Pollution Conference in Sydney in 2018 for the real impact one organisation can make if it harnesses the will of its community.

Return & Earn – a game changer for the licensed event sector

In 2018, Splendour in the Grass allowed Mullum Cares to harness the new opportunity presented by the introduction of the NSW Container Deposit Scheme.  We collected and transported over 130 000 cans to the Lismore Return & Earn depot.  This put over $10 000 in our Library of Stuff fundraising account as that project was on the brink of launching.  We were awarded a Highly Commended certification at the 2018 Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainability Awards in the Return and Earn Litter Prevention category as a result of the collaboration.

We design and deliver custom resource conservation programes depending on the needs of the event.  If you’re an event organiser that wants to reduce the predictable waste at your event get in touch today.  Waste can be designed out of your event.  The earlier in the planning phase we speak, the better the results we can help you achieve.

Sasha Mainsbridge    projects@mullumcares.com.au    0422 641 474