Bag Smart - Help Rid Australia of PLastic Bags  
Bagsmart Winners May 2006

BAG SMART is pleased to provide a range of services to assist with community consultation and engagement in reducing plastic bags in your community.

BAG SMART HELP LINE

Bag Smart offers individuals and organisations an email enquiry service and help line
info@bagsmart.com.au

The types of service we can offer in this way are

  • Sources of information
  • Connections to other communities
  • Offering feedback on community plans
  • Help you get started

Simply send your enquiry to info@bagsmart.com.au and we will either respond to your enquiry direct; or provide you with introduction to other people who may be able to help

BAG SMART CONSULTATION SERVICES

By simply registering with Bag Smart, we are pleased to offer the following types of services 
Click here to register

GETTING STARTED

We are pleased to offer free support to individuals, schools and organisations who want to get started on reducing plastic shopping bags, which could include:

  • Cross pollinating ideas and strategies which have been effective for other communities schools and retailers
  • Community Education and Social Marketing Planning
  • Community Consultation Planning
  • School and classroom strategies

WE are very used to offering this type of support by a combination of telephone and email communications, which has proved to be very effective for those in the planning phase

COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

Bag Smart offers the following “on the ground” services to communities

  • Group facilitation and consultation meetings
  • Information sessions for retailers, community groups and/or schools
  • Retail staff training
  • Community action planning
  • Mentoring Local coordinators and initiators

This service is made available on a user pay basis, and for communities outside of Perth, any cost of Travel and Accommodation would need to be paid by the community. See special offer for West Australian Communities

SCHOOL SERVICES

  • Professional Development of teachers
  • Educational sessions with students

 Click here for examples of school workshops

For further information click here to download our Services outline PDF document, or contact info@bagsmart.com.au

Special Offer to Western Australian Communities

In 2004 and 2005 thanks to funding we receive from Waste Management Board of Western Australia we were able to offer free “on the ground” support and facilitation of approximately 3 days to 25 communities

In March 2006 Bag Smart received some funding from Natural Heritage Trust to distribute to retailers a range of merchandise and a training CD. These resource have been provided to assist retailer to train staff around the issue of reducing plastic bags in their stores.

Interested retailers and community groups please register your interest online and Bag Smart will send you a retail Kit.

Please contact us on info@bagsmart.com.au if we can assist you in any way.