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Each year in Tasmania, the Kingborough Council hosts a poster competition for schools based on an environmental theme. Bruny Island School, who were winners in 2011 and 2012, have a commitment to sustainable practices with their garden, farm, environment and infrastructure. The students agreed that any purchase with the competition prize money should follow this ethos, so they commissioned a special seat from Replas featuring a beautiful butterfly motif and plaques which recognise this special achievement.

What do athletes and recycled-plastic have in common? When subject to wet or muddy conditions, a quick shower has them both looking good as new.

Launceston Church Grammar in Tasmania commissioned ARTAS architects to design a new fit out for the change rooms of the school’s sports complex. Having previously worked with Replas products, they felt recycled plastic would be perfect to incorporate into the design.

Faulkner Building, who won the contract for the construction work, did an amazing job of bringing the building plans to reality. The curved benches - made from 90 x 40 mm and 65 x 40 mm profile – flow with the shape of the rooms and are a real highlight of the construction. The black profiles contrast nicely with the walls, which also feature Replas 70 x 20 mm profiles as a base for coat hooks and smaller wall-mounted benches were custom made for the shower blocks.

With our new range of sheeting colours the possibilities are endless.

ARTAS the architects who designed Queenstown’s Hub in Tasmania made clever use of recycled-plastic sheeting when designing the community centre. Not only creating a striking façade, but one that will last the distance.

‘We used Replas to produce some collection ‘bins’ for our local BagShare Program, which is run by the Lane Cove Sustainability Action Group. BagShare aims to reduce plastic bag use by encouraging sharing of reusable bags. We decided to make these collection ‘bins’ out of recycled plastic as this fits well with the aims and message of our program.’ Claire Budden.

The Launceston Indoor Sports Arena is home to the Launceston Tennis Centre. Boasting a massive array of sporting entertainment, the arena also features a range of recycled-plastic products, from benches to bins all made from waste plastic which has been collected in Australia and saved from landfill.

The centre says if you’re into sport you should be in the Launceston Indoor Sports Arena, we say if you are into a healthier planet you should think Replas.

The Wynyard Skate Park in Tasmania has been given a facelift following construction of a new perimeter fence by Waratah Wynyard Council. The council worked with Replas to produce a custom design which provides a stylish, long lasting, post and rail style fence. According to Richard Muir-Wilson, Community Development Officer, Waratah-Wynyard Council, the new fence has created ‘an aesthetically pleasing and functional improvement for the area’.

Rocky Cape Conservation Reserve is located on the picturesque North Coast of Tasmania. Popular for swimming and boating, the area is idyllic on a nice day, but it also experiences extreme conditions. As well as wild weather, tide fluctuations mean the boat ramp is submerged on a daily basis. Over five years ago Replas recycled-plastic fenders were installed. The large profiles have taken all that Bass Strait has thrown at them and survived to tell the tale in perfect condition.

Replas has been around for a long time, but so too have our products. According to Karen Loughborough, Asset Risk Supervisor at West Tamar Council in Tasmania, settings purchased over seven years ago, ‘look as good as they did when first installed. Apart from a slight modification to allow the use of umbrellas they are unchanged and have required no maintenance, unlike the usual steel and timber settings previously favoured by councils’.

The Launceston City Council in Tasmania, recently unveiled a new viewing deck on the Tamar River which features an Enduroplank™ recycled-plastic deck. Taking pride of place on the deck is a Beachcomber seat which was custom designed by Replas for the Lions Club of Riverside.

Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten said, ‘Council officers wanted something that would be long-lasting durable. As a council we try to encourage the use of recyclables wherever possible, so this seat and decking were a perfect choice’.

Replas would like to welcome Mathew Philpott to the Tasmanian office. He comes to us with a wealth of sales and marketing experience and is loving the idea of being involved with an environmentally responsible product. Mathew is married with two young daughters and says he is, ‘extremely impressed with the knowledge base and talented colleagues who are the Replas family’.