SisterWorks: 2023 Finalist – Waste and recycling solutions
Last updated: 14 November 2023
SisterWorks is a finalist for an Industry Leader award in the Premier's Sustainability Awards 2023 – Waste and recycling solutions category. SisterWorks believes that work empowers women. Its Upcycled Banners Project is a collaboration with the City of Melbourne, Kathmandu, Gazman, Vandal, and Good Thing Productions. The project upcycles advertising banners into tote bags to be resold to the public, promoting sustainable waste practices.
This project also teaches migrant, refugee, and asylum-seeker women (Sisters) employability skills and helps them gain valuable Australian work experience in a safe environment. The project also raises awareness among the organisations that donate the materials (retail stores, music festivals, companies advertising cultural events) and the customers that purchase the upcycled products, which now also include lanyards and laptop cases.
