EnviroCom Australia provides education, training and research services to the public and private sectors. Their Environmental Consultant, Toni Hew, is a regular visitor at the Replas Environmental Centre (REC), leading community groups on tours of the facility. Toni says it is a great opportunity for residents, ‘to find out for themselves the products that can be made,’ from recycled plastic.

Toni brought colleague Louise Donoghue on the latest tour to see what all the fuss is about. Louise who also leads community and school groups was just as impressed saying a tour would be, ‘very good, especially for school groups’.

Louise Donoghue & Toni Hew , Environmental Consultants, EnviroCom.

During a visit to the Replas Environmental Centre, Geoff Hardy, resident of Chirnside Park in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, said he remembered when some of the first recycled-plastic bollards were installed around the Lilydale Lake approximately 25 years ago. According to Geoff, ‘I noticed they are as good today as they were when they were first installed’.

A group of community members, led by staff from the Yarra Ranges Shire Council in Victoria visited the Replas Environmental Centre to learn more about the value of recycling. Graham Brew said, ‘my role is to supervise the waste management services for council and that also includes the education of waste management to the community…and getting them to come to facilities like this to see what happens to the products in the end is great’.

Bundaberg Council, in Queensland, developed a unique vehicle barrier fence at Woodgate Beach. The area is home to hundreds of kangaroos that during the day and night wander through the town and parks.

Using 125 mm black bollards and white plastic wire, they have created a unique fence that prevents vehicle access into the parks and surrounding sensitive ecological areas while allowing easy access for the kangaroos.

Replas is proud to be the standard choice for picnic settings for the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, in South Australia. As old settings become tired and need changing, the council are choosing to 'Replace it with Replas'. The latest installation was at Crookshank Reserve, Maylands.

Commuters in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters in South Australia can now rest easy. The addition of a new recycled-plastic Kimberly Seat at a bus stop on Coorara Avenue, in Payneham, means waiting for a bus is much less tiresome and it also means less plastic waste collected in the community is going to landfill.

A new boardwalk at Kennedy Drive in Tweed Heads, Queensland, has improved safety for both pedestrians and cyclists travelling between the river and the main road.

Replas recycled-plastic decking provides a non-slip surface for the shared pathway and offers safe refuge points to cross the road. The elegant hand rail was constructed using Replas 125 mm square bollards combined with stainless steel wire through the posts.

Construction will soon commence on a $1.1 million extension to the pathway from the Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp to Kennedy Plaza, providing pedestrians and cyclists with a scenic, but safe road corridor.

Prospect Council in South Australia is slowly getting rid of all of their ugly looking treated pine barriers and are replacing them with Replas 150 mm round bollards with railing.

This inexpensive and easy-to-install option works well with the council's current sustainability policy and budgetary restraints.

Holdfast Bay Council in South Australia used 125 mm recycled-plastic bollards to define the perimeter of Da Costa Park in Glenelg. The bollards deter people from driving onto this beautiful oval and the locals are also very happy to hear they are made from plastic waste collected within their own community.

Cheryl and Geraldine, two proactive and lively ambassadors from the Bayside Climate Change Action Group, recently visited the Replas Environmental Centre (REC). A plethora of activity has arisen from this one visit that has excited all parties into action. Replas will give a presentation to the Climate Change Group on 25 May. The group is organising another tour to the REC for their members, schools and interested community members.

Great steps are being taken toward reducing the amount of plastic ending up in landfill or in our precious oceans. One initiative is enlisting the Alfred Health Group to get involved in the recycling of their clean plastic waste.