The WA Branch of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) invites all members and non-members to join them for drinks on Wednesday, 9 December 2020. This is a great opportunity to reconnect, network and celebrate the end of a challenging year, while enjoying a few refreshments.
All WMRR members are also invited to attend the branch meeting being held prior to drinks, from 4:00-5:00pm. Here you'll have the opportunity to meet the WA Branch as they wrap-up 2020 and discuss plans for 2021. Following the meeting we're looking forward to hearing from our guest speaker, the founder of Plastic Free July, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz.
MEET OUR SPEAKER
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REBECCA PRINCE-RUIZ
Executive Director, Plastic Free Foundation
Rebecca Prince-Ruiz is the Executive Director of the Plastic Free Foundation, a not for profit with the vision of a world without plastic waste. In 2011 Rebecca and a small team in local government in Western Australia created the Plastic Free July challenge which since grown to a global movement that has inspired an estimated 326 million participants in 177 countries to reduce single-use plastic.
Rebecca is author of “Plastic Free – The inspiring story of a global environmental movement and why it matters” and the 2021 WA Local Hero. She has more than 25 years’ experience in the world of environmental and waste management, community engagement, and sustainability behaviour change. Rebecca has participated in plastic pollution research expeditions in Queensland, the Cocos Islands, and the North Atlantic Ocean, and explored innovative solutions to plastic waste worldwide during a Churchill Fellowship. Rebecca believes it’s critical to stop the problem at the source and behaviour change can lead to a collective impact and influence systemic change.
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Members - FREE
Non-Members - $50
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