The Centre for Organic & Resource Enterprises (CORE) is celebrating 10 years of research and marketing for the resource recovery industry.
During this time CORE has been instrumental in the development and implementation of a wide range of research and marketing programs across Australia, including the:
- Healthy Gardens Program
- Healthy Parks Program
- Carbon Based Agriculture Series
- Rehabilitation Action Agenda
- Healthy Sustainable Gardens Program
- International Composting Awareness Week
- National Organic Week
CORE wishes to take this opportunity to thank the many partners, organisations and collaborators who have enabled these inititatives, including the NSW, Victorian and Western Australian Governments, Victoria's Metropolitan Waste Management Group, local governments and their respective associations around Australia and many, many members and collaborators!
CORE has launched a new market development program – "Water Stars Program" that aims to increase awareness and usage of products containing recycled organic materials for water treatment and reuse. Supported by the NSW Government’s Climate Change Fund, CORE is engaging businesses in the industrial sector to help transform their reliance on potable water supply into an increase in the reuse of industrial water and stormwater through the use of reactive filter media technology. Participants within the initial phase of the program include WSN, Weir Minerals and BOC Ltd.
The Water Stars Program has now been extended nationally and will include similar businesses to those participating in the NSW program but will also include sediment and erosion control as well as water treatment and reuse. This program will have multiple benefits to assist members to promote their products with program participants. For more information about the Water Stars Program, contact CORE on 1300 885 566.
National Organic Week 2009
BE ORGANIC
"Taste the Difference, Feel the Difference, Make a Difference"
Now in its second year, the Centre for Organic & Resource Enterprises (CORE) in collaboration with Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) are hosting and promoting the annual National Organic Week (NOW).
NOW is 10 days of targeted media and locally-staged activities designed to increase awareness of the benefits of organic products and farming production systems and accelerate the uptake of these in the wider Australian community and environment. All organic stakeholders are invited to participate by running in store promotions, holding events and take advantage of promotional sponsorship opportunities. Log on to the NOW website www.organicweek.net.au for more details or contact Fanny Renoux on 1300 885 566.
International Composting Awareness Week 2009
International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) 2009 was held in conjunction with Compost Australia for the 4th consecutive year, from Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th May.
More than 100 events have been organised all over Australia and the new local government program achieved success. In addition, 5,700 ICAW compost bags have been distributed to the Industry and the local governments. Concerning the media campaign, 3 778 664 Print Opportunities To See, 24 radio interviews, hundreds of articles and links on the web have been achieved. Finally, since its launch, the www.compostweek.com.au has recorded 17,119 unique visitors; 23,480 visits and 99,366 viewed pages.
The week was a great success and our thanks go to you who participated in and supported this event. We look forward to ICAW 2010 (2-8 May 2010).
