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BYOC Meets RC

BYOC Meets RC

Hello keen beans - we are BYO Containers, here to help people all across Australia make the shift from single-use to reuse. We strive to normalise, promote and help both customers and businesses to say yes to reusing, refilling and BYO containers and to make it easier...

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Leaching Microplastics in Your Coffee

Leaching Microplastics in Your Coffee

Our biggest fears have been confirmed. The data is in. When hot water is poured into a plastic lined cup… what do you think happens to the contents of your super smooth and delicious latte? In a recent study by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur researchers set...

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WA on the single-use ban wagon!

WA on the single-use ban wagon!

What is that we hear? Is the tide turning on single-use plastic and are governments finally listening to that changes that we all want and need? It would seem so. The Western Australian state government conducted over a 13 week period in 3 of Perth's metropolitan...

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Stay in the loop with the Responsible Cafes movement and the team behind it, including Cafes across Australia and the world, are receiving some attention and notoriety from the press.
The “Why?” Behind our New Portal

The “Why?” Behind our New Portal

At Responsible Cafes we want the human race around a long time and for that very, very, very long time, we want the Homo sapiens that are adopting sustainable practices to be celebrated for their efforts. Sure, things don't always go as planned "cough cough" but there...

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Perfectly Imperfect

Perfectly Imperfect

By Bruce Klaic It’s been a month since World Oceans Day which gave us 24 hours to reflect on the impact humans like yourself (I’m assuming) are having on the Oceans. The week before that we had World Environment Day encouraging awareness and action for the protection...

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Losing The War On Waste. Single Use Fights Back

Losing The War On Waste. Single Use Fights Back

By Andy Marks  Three years ago almost to the day, the lid was lifted off coffee cups and the Australian public understood what was really inside. Shock and dismay followed, as the 1 billion or so single use cups used annually were revealed to be lined with plastic and...

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War on Waste Vs Covid-19

War on Waste Vs Covid-19

Since Responsible Cafes was flung into Australian homes via TV’s during The War on Waste, we estimate that we have saved an approximate 174 million* cups from landfill. For the last few years we have been chipping away at the reusable message and starting to gain some...

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Green Globe Awards – Results

Green Globe Awards – Results

In September, Responsible Cafes was short-listed as a finalist in the Green Globe Awards. These awards showcase projects around New South Wales that are leading initiatives to conserve resources and reduce waste across the state…

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Campaigns

Sustainable takeaway and delivery packaging

Sustainable takeaway and delivery packaging

Sustainable takeaway/delivery packaging (and tips to reduce costs) We understand that cafes have bigger issues to navigate now than choosing sustainable packaging but we have found this hand guide to help you with the overload of information out there about...

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Trash 4 Treasure

Trash 4 Treasure

Trash for Treasure was a campaign we ran to accompany Plastic Free July. The idea was simple. Ask people to pick up a bucket of trash in exchange for a free coffee.

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War on Waste Screening

War on Waste Screening

To celebrate the second amazing War on Waste series, we hosted a last minute get together at Bondi’s Bucket List bar where we screened the last episode of War on Waste and held a panel discussion…

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Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Community engagement is a large part of Responsible Cafes work. One of our brilliant volunteers and his son created a large life size cup for us to use at community events to highlight the issue (thanks Sjirk!) and it has toured all around NSW…

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Cafes That Are Killing It!

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