Rethink Waste at Macksville Laneway Festival

March 2023 | Macksville, NSW, Australia

A local community festival with a creative focus, the Macksville Laneway Festival saw a packed and diverse audience. With a commitment to monitor bins throughout the evening the Rethink Team engaged with 399 people assisting with sorting waste and providing information about waste streams. A Rethink Plastic stall provided event goers information about switching away from plastics with many items on display and some free giveaways. Patrons were encouraged to make PLASTIC-FREE pledges to reduce their impact on the environment.

250 litres of compostable materials and 240L of co-mingled recycling were diverted from landfill throughout the event.

250 litres

compostable items diverted from landfill

240 litres

of recyclable items diverted from landfill

"Thank you for your commitment to bettering our earth, it will eventually make for a better world for my children and grandchildren!!"

- Attendee
“Yellow bins are often contaminated at events. Waste companies are no longer providing this service for event holders - meaning a lot of recyclable items are heading to landfill.”

- Event Holder