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Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney launches Sydney Doesn’t Suck campaign advocating for plastic straws ban

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and deputy chair of the Environmental Committee, Jess Miller, has launched a campaign to promote the banning of plastic straws.

Miller said the campaign would promote entertainment venues who are taking positive steps, and help punters who don’t want to use “turtle-choking-seal-killers” when they have a night out.

“Every piece of plastic that was ever created, still exists. When it comes to straws, Australians use around 3.6 billion of these little turtle-choking-seal-killers each year. #SydneyDoesntSuck is an umbrella campaign to draw attention to the great work that Sydney’s best bars, hospitality and entertainment venues are doing to limit their use of single-use plastic straws only to people that really need them,” she said.

“#SydneyDoesntSuck helps punters who want to find venues who are dealing with Australia’s daily 10 million straw habit, find them by searching the hashtag and supports venues looking to
supply better alternatives and limit their use only to people who really need them.”

Nick Hunter, creative director at Paper Moose, said: “As this is a behaviour change campaign we decided to use the mechanic of showing how unacceptable it is to use single use plastic straws when you order a drink, and encourage people and bar owners to think again about asking for them.”

Credits:

  • Copywriter: Seaton Kay Smith
  • Creative Director: Nick Hunter
  • Cultural Strategist: Eddie Bennett
  • Producer: Yingna Lu
  • Production Manager/Art: Nicole Hofstädter
  • Editor: Oliver Trauth-Goik
  • Director of Photography: Sam Phibbs
  • 1st AC: Ben Mezups
  • 2nd AC: Oliver Trauth-Goik
  • Sound Recordist: Nick Gunn
  • Hair/Make Up Artist: Colin Wilson
  • Hair/Make Up Artist Assistant: Maria Lam
  • Guy: Jack Stephens
  • Seal: Jess Miller
  • Bartender: Joyride
  • Colourist: Matt Campbell
  • Sound Design: Nick Gunn
  • Audio Mix: Rob Hughes
  • Titles: Claire Sutton @ Republic of Everyone
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