Any of us is familiar with these heartbreaking photos of beaches covered by tons of solid waste that contain a hotchpotch of unexpected items? Toothpaste tubes, flip flops, needles, candy wraps, plastic cups. How could it arrive there? What a hypocritical question. When we throw something away, we think it will go “away”, to a hid [...]
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There are more than 25 RefillStations in Lovina thanks to the support of Conchita from Window to the World School, our local Refill Ambassador and leading the initiative in the village. Last Saturday we visited Window to the world School to meet the community in Lovina. We would like to thank the school team for having us and organising the [...]
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November 8th marks the date of the RefillMyBottle Vientiane official launch. Thank you to the Lao Hotel and Restaurant Association in collaboration with the Lao Association of Travel Agencies under the guidance of the Department of Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism, and DICT of Vientiane Capital which [...]
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Did you hear that RefillMyBottle is now expanding beyond Indonesia? Yes, we are going global! We team-up with a number of organisations across Asia and some other parts of the world, including Refill Not Landfill, IMPACT Vietnam, Luang Prabang – Handle with Care, PlayForest Korea, and many others. Our highlight this time is for Vietnam as t [...]
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We will not tell you that reducing your waste takes time and force us to change our habits or way of life. Instead, you need an awareness, a click that you must put into practice quickly. However, you must ask you a question: Why do you need to reduce plastic waste? To follow the actual trend or to live in a clean planet? The second proposit [...]
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There was a time in history when human knew that they couldn't any longer say we didn't know and that was the time things started to change for the better. A time when all could safely and freely access drinkable water without facing the excess of plastic matter. On the island of the gods and goddesses, visited every year by more than 5 milli [...]
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The campaign on Youcaring.com had raised over $12,000 through 37 supporters and 520 shares on Facebook and email. RefillMyBottle now dedicates its time to ensuring every dollar is put to work for the mobile app and further development of the initative. The goal was initially set at $6,000 but [...]
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We had a wonderful evening at Monsieur Spoon Canggu with the other 25 amazing people who joined us for a talk on sustainability. Thank you Monsieur Spoon for hosting us at your beautiful garden and more importantly for being a refill station and helping us cut single-use plastic bottles. Thank you also to Paola Cannuciari, from ecoBali for sharing [...]
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It is so exciting to see so many people interested to join us in keeping the island clean and free from plastic waste. More than 20 people came together on a Friday afternoon to discuss the plastic waste problem and how we can make it better. We were so lucky to have an amazing speaker, Piet Van Zyl from Positive Impact Forever, who gave out some s [...]
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We are so glad to have visited Gili Trawangan and Gili Air last week for the RefillMyBottle meet-ups last Friday. The gathering was joined by representatives from refill stations, local ambassadors, as well as Book Greener community members. First of all, we would like to extend our gratitude to all parties who have supported this event - Thank yo [...]
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