CRVA/Mudcrabs Christmas Gathering

What a beautiful day for a Christmas Gathering by the River. About 50 Mudcrabs joined together to celebrate the end of a very productive and successful year of work on the River.

A big thank you to all of the Mudcrabs who have helped in so many ways over the year. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you all.

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Grass Parrot in the Saltmarsh

Grass Parrot

This beautiful grass parrot was photographed in the Gough Whitlam Reserve Saltmarsh by Russel Cail, having a feed of salt couch seed. More evidence of increasing biodiversity

Coke & the packaging industry make another last minute bid to block a Container Deposit Scheme!!!

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Napthine, Stand Up to Coke

 

Coke and its beverage industry buddies are at it again. 

Just days ago, the Coke-funded Beverage Council of Australia launched a massive, nationwide advertising campaign to try and stop our politicians adopting the popular and proven Cash for Containers scheme.

The highly misleading “Container Tax” campaign is based entirely on a report so inaccurate it was dismissed by an Australian Senate committee for its “poor methodology and weak data” [1]. In the report, Coke claims Cash for Containers would drive up each drink by 20 cents and cost consumers hundreds of dollars a year — despite evidence from The Boomerang Alliance showing a modern scheme can operate at zero cost [2]. 

It threatens to undermine all we’ve achieved this year to persuade our MPs to support this scheme. That’s why we need to urgently rise up together today against this latest threat before our politicians make their final decision this year.

Click here to email key decision maker Premier Denis Napthine, asking him not to give in to Coke’s bullying and support Cash for Containers.

TAKE ACTION

What we’re calling for is simple. You buy a drink, and you get 10 cents back when you return the empty bottle or can. It’s proven to work all over the world and has delivered huge environmental benefits, helping achieve recycling rates of up to a massive 97% in some parts of Europe [3]. 

Unlike Coke, our Cash for Containers campaign is based on evidence compiled from years of research. These are the facts that Coca-Cola doesn’t want you to know:

  • It already works in Australia. The successful scheme in South Australia has doubled the recycling rate compared to the rest of the country.
  • A modern scheme could operate at zero cost. Modern schemes can cover overheads using only unredeemed deposits. This means no extra costs to consumers.
  • It’s globally proven. In some parts of Germany with Cash for Containers, recycling rates are as high as 97%.
  • Local councils support it. In fact, savings could total $183 million per year — which could help fund other essential services.
  • It will generate more jobs. Recycling companies have promised to invest millions of dollars and create more than 3,000 new jobs to support the scheme.

We can’t afford to let Coke get away with trashing this. Join in now and send your email to Premier Denis Napthine asking him to stand up to Coke and support Cash for Containers.

Multi-billion dollar corporations like Coke think they can buy their way out of doing the right thing by the planet. But the truth is, no matter how much cash they throw at this, they can’t match what we have. Greenpeace is a global and interconnected community with millions of supporters who run and win campaigns every week. We know how to win. Let’s do it again now.

Thanks for standing up.

Reece Turner
Senior Campaigner
Greenpeace Australia Pacific

[1] Completed inquiries and reports, Australian Senate, Chapter 3, 3.32.

[2] Container Deposit Scheme, The Boomerang Alliance.

[3] INFOGRAPHIC: this will change the way you look at recycling. Guaranteed.

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Grant from Canterbury Council

A BIG thank you to Canterbury City Council for the recent funding grant of $1200. This will allow us to purchase more tools and equipment for the work done by the Mudcrabs.

Mudcrabs begin work at Wave Rock

The Mudcrabs began work on their new Wave Rock revegetation site today.

This is a join venture between the Mudcrabs, Marrickville Council & Marrickville Golf Course, to increase the native vegetation in the Golf Course, particularly near the River and to increase biodiversity & natural habitat.

A big thank you to Marrickville Council, who is providing the funding for this project.mgc 178 mgc 180

Pollution of Cooks River Raised in Parliament

The Hon Linda Burney,Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Member for Canterbury in the NSW Parliament, responding to the CRVA’s “Sewage In The Cooks River” petition, recently asked the State Government to explain the lack of action on this issue.

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Linda Burney with members of the CRVA Executive

Unfortunately the State Govt. choose to not answer the question and gave us a whole lot of weasel words about how much they value the Cooks River.

See attached document for our reaction & comments provided to Linda Burney to allow her to continue the fight in Parliament.  comments for Linda2