Rise in unsold consumer goods amid cost-of-living crisis
Media CoverageConvenience and Impulse Retailing; September 12, 2023 Charity organisation Good360 has received a 20 per cent increase in the volume of unsold goods from businesses over the past 12 months. The items received by Good360 include clothes, homewares, appliances, toiletries, and toys, that would otherwise have been sent to landfill or wasted sitting in […]
Charities are being overwhelmed by silent cost crisis: Good360
Media CoverageInside Retail; September 8, 2023 The nationwide impact of the rising cost of living has hit many parts of Australia. As recent ABS data shows, customers are almost universally shifting their spending habits, signalling difficult times for businesses and customers alike. As a result, tonnes of products which would otherwise have been sold are […]
Australian charity records 20% increase in donated unsold goods
Media CoverageRagtrader; September 8, 2023 New data released by Australian charity Good360 has recorded a 20% increase in the volume of unsold products received from businesses over the last 12 months. This amounts to nearly $110 million worth of unsold stock in total, including clothes, homewares, appliances, toiletries and toys, with the charity delivering them […]
Retailers boost efforts to redirect unsold stock to those in need
Media CoverageInside Retail; September 7, 2023 Good360 Australia says the volume of unsold products received from retailers has increased by 20 per cent over the past year as companies do more to ease consumers suffering from the cost-of-living crisis. These items, including clothing, homewares, appliances, toiletries, and toys, would have been discarded if Good360 had not […]
Environmental crisis unfolding amid cost-of-living crunch
Media CoverageNews.com.au; September 6, 2023 The cost-of-living crunch risks pushing billions of dollars worth of new, unused goods to landfill – and creating an environmental crisis. Billions of dollars worth of clothes, appliances, toiletries and furniture risk being sent to landfill as Australians watch their dollars amid the cost of living crunch. New data from […]
The Australian: Environmental crisis unfolding amid cost-of-living crunch
Media CoverageThe Australian; September 6, 2023 The cost-of-living crunch risks pushing billions of dollars worth of new, unused goods to landfill – and creating an environmental crisis. Billions of dollars worth of clothes, appliances, toiletries and furniture risk being sent to landfill as Australians watch their dollars amid the cost of living crunch. New data […]
Repurpose It, Good360 Australia partner to help local school
Media CoverageWaste Management Review; August 4, 2023 A new program launched at Lalor North Primary School recently is a circular economy project with social, environmental, and educational impact. Good360 Australia, a charity focused on giving new unsold products a first life to benefit people in need and the environment, is broadening its scope to include […]
Greek-led Repurpose it joins local school sustainability project
Media CoverageNeos Kosmos; August 6, 2023 Victoria’s Lalor North Primary School is the first recipient of Good360 Australia’s donation program where repurposed materials are used to build a community garden. A new partnership between environmental charity Good360 Australia and Repurpose It, an award-winning Victorian resource recovery business, kickstarted last week with a volunteer working bee […]
Lalor North primary to build kitchen garden
Media CoverageNorthern Star Weekly; July 24, 2023 Lalor North Primary School is creating a sustainable kitchen garden in partnership with charitable organisation Good360 and local business Repurpose It. The project is said to embrace the principles of a circular economy that will bring profound social, environmental, and educational impacts. “We value the importance of creating […]
Good360 Inner Circle Program Launches to Accelerate Circularity Among Retailers
Media CoverageAustralian Circular Economy Hub; June 21, 2023 Social enterprise Good360 recently launched the Good360 Inner Circle program with support from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in response to the rising costs of living and to speed up Australia’s transition to a circular economy. Good360 is a charity that collects and donates unsold or surplus […]
