Exhibitors
Join us on Saturday 12th September at Fed Square, Melbourne for our annual Zero Waste Festival.
Meet our Exhibitors
Visit our exhibitors in the Atrium at Fed Square and discover practical ideas, innovative products, and sustainable solutions. Meet local businesses, community groups, recyclers, and changemakers who are driving zero waste and sustainability initiatives. Explore, connect, and be inspired to make a positive impact in your everyday life.
SEC Victoria
SEC is a government-owned renewable energy company, making it super easy to reduce your energy bills by switching to electric. If you’re looking to take control of your energy costs in a quick and simple way, Easy Electric SEC is a great place to start. You can understand your energy use and potential savings, explore electric upgrades, including rebates and discounts, get tailored, obligation-free quotes and find an SEC-endorsed installer near you. Switching to an electric home could save you over $2,000 a year on your energy bills. Find out more at Easy Electric SEC
Karuna Dawn
Karuna Dawn introduces a luxury alternative to traditional leather with our premium, artisan-made vegan leaf leather bags and accessories. Mindfully crafted from sustainably harvested fallen leaves, our collection merges timeless design with zero-waste principles for the conscious fashion lover.
Zero Plastics Australia
We specialise in turning single use plastic lids into brand new practical products. Having recycled over 4,700,000 lids into over 250 different designs as well as educating over 8,500 students on how they can do this in their own schools, we pride ourselves on being the platform for change and making a real difference in this world.
Degrowth Network Australia
This network is a place for those who want to, or are already, acting, organising and campaigning for a degrowth world. We gather locally and nationally (online) every month to learn from each other, share updates and discuss plans and projects. The gatherings are dynamic and open: we make them what we want and encourage everyone equally to jump in with your ideas and make things happen.
Beach Patrol Australia
Beach Patrol Australia is a passionate community of volunteers dedicated to keeping our beaches, waterways and local environments free from litter. Through regular clean-up events, education and community action, we are helping protect wildlife, reduce plastic pollution and inspire positive environmental change.
Wardrobe Scents
100% circular economy, Wardrobe Scents is a Melbourne based social enterprise growing and creating a great smelling botanical museum-grade carpet, wardrobe, pantry pest deterrent. Actively reducing plastic, textile and forever chemical landfills, Wardrobe Scents’ aromatic sachets are an effective long-life local alternative to “stinky” napthalene (commonly used in mothballs) that’s been banned or restricted due to toxicity, cancer risks, and respiratory hazards in by tv European Union (since 2008), the United Kingdom, New Zealand (since 2014), and China (for mothballs since 1993).
All ECO
EcoGlitz® is a sparkly organic cosmetic and kid-friendly glitter alternative alike. Developed in-house and made in small batches from certified-organic plant ingredients and shimmering crystals, these gels are safe to use on body, face, hair and sensitive parts like lips and eyes. EcoGlitz is more than biodegradable, the cream just dissolves and the quartz crystals simply return to nature, it’s like merely adding sand in the ocean. EcoGlitz® is safe for humans, animals and the environment. Not tested on animals!
EarthBrew
EarthBrew turns brewery waste into a sustainable fertiliser for home gardens and growers. By giving new life to valuable byproducts, we reduce waste and offer a practical alternative to conventional fertilisers.
Crafter Nest
Handcrafted home décor is quietly reshaping how modern homes tell their stories. As people move away from fast furniture and temporary trends, the industry is witnessing a renewed respect for craft, heritage, and conscious buying. What was once niche is now becoming a thoughtful choice for design lovers across the world. Within this evolving landscape, Crafter Nest emerges as a young yet deeply rooted brand. Built on memory, culture, and artisan collaboration, Crafter Nest stands for slow design and soulful living.
The Good Sort
The Good Sort is Australia’s first and only locally made kitchen caddy liner made from 100% recycled paper. Visit our stall to discover how our Australian-made paper liners, practical education and community engagement are helping households, councils and organisations recycle more food waste and support a more circular economy.
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth Food Co-op and Cafe is a not-for-profit social enterprise and an active community space, supporting the environmental campaigns at Friends of the Earth, Melbourne. We are building a Sustainable Future, enabling Local Community Empowerment, transformed by Volunteer-Powered Impact, and committed to Accessible Organic Food and Advocacy for Environmental Justice.
Pat and Jeans Place
Pat & Jean’s Place creates beautifully unique, sustainable celebrations with handcrafted wedding and party decorations designed to make your special day truly your own. Our textile decorations can be customised to your colour theme, including beautiful handmade roses, bows and other special touches to create a one-of-a-kind setting. We also offer handmade beeswax bread bags, sandwich bags and bread wraps — beautiful, practical and made with less waste in mind.
FoodFilled
FoodFilled is a Melbourne-based food rescue organisation that connects surplus food from local businesses with food relief agencies supporting people experiencing food insecurity. Powered by volunteers, FoodFilled deliver nutritious food across the community while reducing waste and creating meaningful social and environmental impact.
Sea Shepherd
Sea Shepherd fights to defend, conserve and protect our ocean. We use direct action to defend marine wildlife and protect their habitat in the world’s oceans. Sea Shepherd’s conservation actions aim to safeguard the biodiversity of our delicately balanced marine ecosystems.
FabPatch
FabPatch are rub-on repair patches for all your garments and gear. No sewing, ironing or gluing required, so there are no barriers to repairing anywhere and anytime. Repairing rather than replacing is an important act, part of the circular economy, and helps divert textiles and clothing from landfill.
Remaki
Remaki wants to inspire you to see waste as a creative opportunity. One maker working alone cannot save the planet but an army of upcyclers has the potential to develop and share skills, reduce landfill and inspire others to do the same. By making and selling items from materials diverted from landfill, and offering accessible online and in-person instruction, Remaki exemplifies every persons’ ability to re-imbue value in materials through engaging their own ingenuity and creativity.
Matcha Yu Tea
Matcha Yu Tea is a Melbourne-based brand bringing premium, first-harvest Japanese matcha to Australia with a focus on quality, intention, and sustainability.
Our matcha is sourced directly from trusted producers in Japan. Beyond quality, we are deeply committed to reducing waste across every part of our business.
We use thoughtfully designed packaging made from industrial compostable materials where possible and continuously work towards lower-impact solutions as better options become available.
Wonki
Wonki Vodka Soda is a alcoholic beverage business created by four Monash University students, aiming to fight food-waste, through a delicious drink. Wonki save fruit that is otherwise going to be thrown away by big supermarkets for being a bit ‘wonki’ looking. Too small, misshaped, too many bumps. Wonki then collect this fruit through businesses such as Farmers Pick, squeezing the juice out of them and mixing it with vodka to create a delicious vodka soda! Low in sugar, gluten-free, and no added nasties, but more importantly, a drink that’s making a difference in the world.
Repurpose It
Repurpose It is a resource recovery business situated in Epping, Montrose, Hallam and Cranbourne.
Our focus is to recover and treat materials from constuction and demolition projects as well as municipal food organics garden organics and the forestry industry so that they are diverted from landfill.
Repurpose It strives to empower and educate the community on the importance and weight behind source separation and using Victoria’s waste streams effectively.
Lemonshare
Lemonshare is a free online marketplace connecting neighbours to share and swap surplus homegrown produce. Our mission is simple: grow more, waste less, share the harvest.
Melbourne Water
The Litter Prevention Toolkit is a suite of practical resources for councils, community groups and organisations to implement in their local area to encourage anti-littering behaviour.
The Toolkit was developed by BehaviourWorks Australia and Shannon Behaviour Change in partnership with Melbourne Water and has been informed by behaviour change research and insights from a community forum.
The Toolkit includes a suite of ready-to-use resources to help promote litter prevention behaviours, using clear, universal messaging.
O.N.E.A.
O.N.E.A. is a curated lifestyle collective that brings together thoughtfully crafted goods from independent makers and small brands. Guided by the values of Objects, Nature, Everyday, and Awareness, we celebrate meaningful design, traditional craftsmanship, and the beauty of daily life. Through handcrafted textiles, woven accessories, clothing, and sustainable lifestyle products, we encourage a more conscious way of living—choosing fewer, better things that are made to last and be cherished.
Rad Dacks
Rad Dacks is a kids clothing brand creating unique pieces from 100% up-cycled materials.
Bright, bold and different, made using high quality,, natural fibres, saved from landfill and overflow of thrift stores.
The Good Sort
The Good Sort is Australia’s first and only locally made kitchen caddy liner made from 100% recycled paper. Visit our stall to discover how our Australian-made paper liners, practical education and community engagement are helping households, councils and organisations recycle more food waste and support a more circular economy.
Reencle
Reencle appliances create real, nutrient dense compost from food waste, with 90% volume breakdown in 24 hours. Reencle products are odour free, quiet, and use minimal electricity. Reduce your food waste and feed your garden. Real compost, real simple.
The Compostable
T- Shirt
Our Geo Dome is a design hub to educate. Displaying our compostable T shirts inside the dome. We have a compost set up composting our waste evidence of broken down t shirt with a beautiful garden inside the dome growing in the soil we regenerate. Every part of our business and installation is plastic free, zero waste built to inspire. Locally made.
The South Melbourne Sustainability Group
The South Melbourne Sustainability Group is for the community that lives in and around the South Melbourne area and would like to be involved with the local community gardens and educational events about sustainable living.
Journeys for Climate Justice (JCJ)
Journeys for Climate Justice (JCJ) is a volunteer-run not-for-profit addressing the unequal impacts of climate change on vulnerable Asia-Pacific communities. We support youth-focused initiatives that nurture the next generation of environmental leaders. Our stall features vibrant shopping bags made from recycled saris – reducing waste, replacing single-use plastics, and supporting fair employment for women in Sri Lanka – with 100% of profits funding our projects.
Doctors for the Environment Australia
Doctors for the Environment Australia is the leading medical voice on health and climate.
We work with communities and health professionals to respond to the health effects of climate change through practical support, education, and by encouraging strong government action to reduce pollution.
Green Collect
Green Collect is a secondhand retailer and social enterprise, committed to making the most of everything. We aim to find reuse outcomes for everything from discarded office furniture, leftover stationery to secondhand clothing and accessories.
Food & Drink Vendors
The KYND Butcher
Green-On
STREAT
The Purpose Precinct located at Queen Victoria Market, led by STREAT is a Social Enterprise Marketplace focused on Victorian products with purpose that create social, environmental & cultural good.
Crepes for Change
Crêpes for Change isn’t your typical food truck business. We invest 100% of our profits back into our impact programs that work to eliminate youth homelessness. Our food and service is light, easy and fun, making your event catering as memorable and smooth as possible. And your guests will be delighted in the knowledge their attendance is creating pathways out of youth homelessness. Join us on our mission to eliminate youth homelessness!
Oh My Doner
Oh My Doner brings Berlin street food to Melbourne with a fully plant-based twist.
Our signature doner kebabs feature slow-marinated plant-based “chicken,” wrapped in warm Turkish pide and loaded with fresh salad, herbs, creamy garlic veganaise and smoky harissa chilli sauce.
A must-try for any kebab lover — vegan or not.
The Corner Store Network
Grab-a-dabba
Freshly handcrafted, delicious plant based takeaway meals that nourish your body and reduce impact to the environment.
The Good Brew Company
We at the Good Brew believe Healthy Guts = Happy Minds!
Our Kombucha is ethically made with love in Daylesford in a solar powered brewery and distributed here in Melbourne, made with 100% organic pure ingredients and amazingly delicious infusions!
Wonki
Jemimahs Coffee Co
And more…. TBC