Send a Lemon: Help the govt speak-up in plastics…

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Our government has gone quiet at a critical stage in the plastics treaty talks. Help them clear their throats and speak up, by sending them a remedy they can't ignore.

ⓘ Our Lemon Remedy card has now been sent! If you haven't already, please add your name to our Rubbish Petition or keep up to date with all the ways you can take action towards a more just and sustainable world by joining Tearfund Action.

Big polluters and vested interests are resisting efforts to develop a world-changing plastics treaty. This is a critical moment, yet the 64 countries calling themselves the ‘High Ambition Coalition’ have not spoken up together when we need them most. They’ve gone quiet. Let’s encourage them to clear their throats!

Our own government is part of this high ambition group, and could use its influence to make sure the group speaks boldly together. For people living in poverty, forced to live and work among mountains of plastic pollution, there is no time to waste.

Join us in sending the Australian Government a remedy to help them vocalise their ambition today!

Take action with these 3 easy steps

1. Prepare your remedy

Send a remedy:

Download and print our recipe card template or make your own lemon cut-out from paper and write your best remedy for recovering from a sore throat.

2. Write your message

Write a message to Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, on your recipe card.
You can write as little or as much as you like. It could be as simple as:

‘Dear Tanya Plibersek MP,

The plastics treaty talks are at a critical stage, but the High Ambition Coalition are not speaking up together at the negotiations. I can only assume they need some encouragement to clear their throats! So I’m sending you this remedy that I hope will help. Please use your influence to encourage the HAC to speak up before it’s too late! #RubbishCampaign.

Don’t forget to include your name and our #RubbishCampaign hashtag.
You can also tell them why you care about reducing plastic pollution.
If you’d like to, you can include your contact details and ask for a response.
Pop your message in an envelope ready for sending – for extra impact, drop in a lemon and honey teabag, a slice of dehydrated lemon, or a throat lozenge!

3. Send via mail and/or social media:

To maximise the impact, we’re inviting you to send your message via physical mail and/or social media. If you can do both, even better!

Mail:

Send your remedy and message to:

Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
PO Box 2676
Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2012

If you’re sending the recipe card, tea bag, lemon cut-out or similar, simply send in a stamped envelope.
Please let us know that you’ve taken action by emailing [email protected] so that we can have a good idea of how many letters the Minister for Environment and Water will have received.

Social media:

Take a photo of a lemon or other remedy, and your message.
Share it on social media, and tag @tanya_plibersek on X (Twitter) or @tanyaplibersek on Instagram as well as @TearfundAus, and use the hashtag #RubbishCampaign

Thank you!

Please share this action with your family, friends and church. The more voices that call on the High Ambition Coalition to do the right thing, the more chance we have of helping to bring transformation to the lives of people most impacted by this rubbish problem.

Images: Tom Price/Tearfund