Case studies

Go Organic Festival
This page provides a snapshot of a festival where if food packaging wasn’t biodegradable or recyclable… it had to Go….Organic!
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Campbelltown Proud Day
Imagine an event with no rubbish bins, no balloons or plastic bags. Read about how the Campbelltown Proud Day led the way!
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St Peters Harvest Fair
Held in Stepney this annual event attracted more than 1,500 people who separated their biodegradable waste and bottles and cans with easy to use, brightly coloured bin stations located throughout the grounds. 
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WOMADelaide 2005
See how seven tonnes of food scraps, plates, beer cups and other paper collected in biodegradable bins at WOMADelaide in March 2005 has been transformed into 24 tonnes of valuable compost now enriching the soil in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.
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Christmas in the City 2005
See how Christmas in the City 2005 began dreaming of a Green Christmas.
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Adelaide Fringe 2006
Read about how Zero Waste became mainstream at the Fringe! The Adelaide Fringe is Australia’s largest arts festival and the second largest Fringe festival in the world. In 2006, the Adelaide Fringe ran from 24 February to 19 March at a variety of venues and locations including managed venues where waste minimisation initiatives were implemented as well as the Opening Night Parade and Party and Fringe Family Day.
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