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Here is a selection of the most recent media releases from each of our campaigns. For interviews please phone 02 9519 8766.

23rd May 2011 - Saving at least $455M from the Solar Bonus Scheme - without retrospective cuts
There is a way to deliver the savings sought by the O'Farrell Government that also honours the existing contracts with the 120,000 households as detailed in this letter to the Government from the NSW Solar Industry led by Do Something!, The Australian Solar Energy Society and the NSW Chapter of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
20th May 2011 - "People power" put at risk by O'Farrell government
The 120,000 NSW households that installed rooftop solar panels have built the equivalent of a new 300 megawatt power station. However recent action by the O'Farrell Government means that each of these households will lose up to $2,000 or more, reports Do Something! and the Australian Solar Energy Society.
18 April 2011 - Australia's biggest selling laundry detergent goes phosphate-free
Unilever’s phosphate-free OMO hits the shelves as Coles and Woolworths announce phase-outs of laundry phosphates.
4 April 2011 - ALDI laundry detergents to be phosphate free by 2013
From the end of 2013, ALDI supermarkets will no longer sell laundry detergents containing phosphates. It’s a major breakthrough in Do Something’s campaign to ban phosphates in laundry detergents.
21 January 2011 - Major Australian university bans bottled water across entire campus
The University of Canberra is banning bottled water across its entire campus. It is the first Australian University to do so and it's the biggest ban of its kind to date.
26 December 2010 - New figures show Australians waste far more food than previously thought
To mark National Leftovers Day, the action group Do Something! has released new figures which show that Australians are wasting far larger amounts of food than previously thought.
11 November 2010 - Do Something calls on PM to deliver a national ban on plastic checkout bags
Now that a number of States and Territories have moved to ban plastic bags, action group Do Something! is calling on the Prime Minister to implement Labor's 2007 promise to bring about a national ban on plastic checkout bags.
4th May 2009 - Call for national rollout of South Australian plastic bag ban
We played a key role in promoting the banning of plastic bags and today Do Something's Jon Dee helps South Australia launch its plastic bag ban. As the State moves to reduce plastic bag usage by 400 million bags, we call on Australia to make the South Australian bag ban a national one.
28 July 2010 - Major school bans bottled water, 'does a Bundanoon'
In a first for an Australian school, Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney will today ban bottled water and launch the water stations that helped Bundanoon, NSW, ban bottled water in a world-first exactly one year ago.
6th July 2010 - Public called on to "do a Bundanoon" and ban bottled water in their daily lives
It's now one year since the township of Bundanoon stopped the sale of bottled water in its retail outlets. To celebrate this, the action group Do Something! is calling on Australians to drink tap water instead of bottled water. It's also calling on Councils to put more water bubblers back on our streets.
3rd July 2010 - Are consumers being ripped off by the bottled water industry?
The action group Do Something! is launching a public campaign to find Australia's most expensive bottled water. The organisation's spot-check of bottled water prices found one brand that was ten times more expensive than petrol.
16th April 2010 - Brigadoon Festival goes bottled water free
Best known as the town that banned bottled water, Bundanoon establish another first. Bottled water goes out the window again, as the 15,000 people who attend the Brigadoon festival experience what it's like to drink free water at a major event.
19th March 2010 - Research shows many Australians flunk the Food Facts test
Do Something launches a new campaign that's designed to boost the 'food IQ' of everyday Australians. The aim? To get everyone to become 'FoodWise' and reduce the environmental impact of the food that they eat.
24th December 2009 - Inaugural ‘National Leftovers Day’ highlights massive food waste at Christmas
Last December, Australians spent $7.6 billion on food. To prevent that food being wasted, Do Something launches its inaugural 'National Leftovers Day'. Our aim? To encourage a wonderful, money saving Christmas.
4th November 2009 - Retailers and government fail the test on plastic bags
Do Something exposes the fact that retailers and government have grossly underestimated the number of plastic bags being used every year in Australia. Our research shows that we're using billions more plastic bags than was previously reported.
26th September 2009 - Bundanoon officially goes Bottled Water Free TODAY
Do Something has helped to establish a world first, by assisting the town of Bundanoon to become bottled water free in all their retail outlets. The bottled water has been replaced by refillable bottles and free of charge filtered tap water on their streets and in their shops.
30th July 2009 - New campaign calls on government and business to slash paper use
Do Something launches an alliance to reduce the 1.6 million tonnes of printing and writing paper that Australia uses every year. Our goal? To save trees and help people save money.

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16 June 2011

VOLUNTARY NATIONAL PHASE-OUT BAN ON PHOSPHATES

Do Something! has brought about a national ban on phosphates in laundry detergents. The first company to sign on was ALDI and now as of June 2011 all detergent manufacturers have commited to the ban with the last phosphate based detergents to be phased out by mid-2014.

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