Inspiring green resolutions, Planet Ark Power solar launch, and tackling marine plastic





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Australia's largest privately owned solar and smart battery rooftop power station
Solar panels on Llewelyn Motors
On December 7 Planet Ark Power launched Australia's largest privately owned solar and smart battery rooftop power station on-site at Llewellyn Motors in Ipswich, Queensland.
Marine plastic pollution: a personal perspective
Ocean plastic
Moved by what she learned at the Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference in Sydney in October, Planet Ark Deputy CEO Rebecca Gilling conducted her own mini-audit of plastic pollution on a recent beach holiday.
Our green resolutions
Food Waste
There's always more ways to be green. The team at Planet Ark share their environmental goals for 2018 and how we plan to stick to them.
8 ways to green your 2018
8 ways to green your 2018
From reimagining to reusing and even rotting (yes you read correctly!), we have 8 fantastic Rs to form and maintain green resolutions for 2018.





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