Community Information & Services

Plastic Free Tips for Residents

This page contains tips for residents showing how you can reduce your single use plastic ‘footprint’.

Make small, smart choices every day
Carry a refillable bottle – they keep things hot or cold.
Use a reusable coffee cup – many cafés offer a refill discount.
Buy plastic free bathroom, sanitary and makeup products.
Avoid plastic wrapped fruit and veg.
Reuse shopping bags or ‘bags for life’.
Reuse plastic food containers wherever possible.
Freeze food in reusable hard plastic containers, not plastic bags.
Reduce, Reuse or Recycle your clothing.
Use biodegradable poop bags for dog waste.
Choose gift-wrap and greetings cards that can be recycled (not foil, no glitter, no ribbons and bows and remove sticky tape).
Consider an alternative to balloons. This explains why
Use reusable drinking straws.
Use an alternative to wet wipes.
Support local businesses who are Plastic Free Champions.
Join community clean up events.
Ask for packaging free alternatives when you shop.