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How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Matcha: Health Benefits & Plastic-Free Tools

Matcha isn’t just another health trend—it’s an ancient tradition that offers lasting wellness when prepared correctly. Whether you’re chasing the benefit of drinking matcha green tea or seeking min...

21 Days to Build a Plastic-Free Habit — Make Reusables Part of Everyday Life

Forming new habits can feel l hard—but with the right tools, small daily choices become second nature. Whether it’s remembering your Travel Cup or Bowl, science shows that tiny, consistent actions...

How Single-Use Plastics Are Harming Our Oceans — And How You Can Help

Every winter, the coastline around Noosa transforms into a front-row seat for one of nature’s greatest migrations. Humpback whales travel thousands of kilometres along Australia's east coast, gli...

Why Shop Local?

With Christmas just around the corner, the pressure of finding that perfect gift is on! This year, why not try having a “shop local Christmas”?  Find one-of-a-kind gifts, support your community an...

Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide

  The festive season is upon us, and it's time to start thinking about gift-giving. This year, why not give gifts that not only bring joy to the recipient, but also contribute positively to the p...

Beyond Plastic Free July

Beyond Plastic Free July: Making Sustainable Habits Stick Are you looking for ways to make your Plastic Free July commitments last all year? We know it can be difficult to stick with a commitment a...

What You Save Switching To Reusable

    Plastic pollution poses a severe threat to our environment, and by making simple swaps, we can make a significant difference. This blog post explores the environmental impact of dis...

Plastic Free July Swap Ideas

  As a sustainable business, we recognize the importance of minimizing plastic waste and actively participating in this initiative. In this blog post, we will delve into the significance of Plasti...

What Are Borrow Cups + How To Get Them In Your Community

What Are Borrow Cups? The Borrow Cup System is a unique initiative that promotes sustainability by offering a reusable cup library for cafes and restaurants. Using Borrow Cups (our best-selling Tra...

Why We're Participating In Green Friday

  Introducing our exciting Green Friday deal for 2023! As part of our Green Friday partnership, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our Mystery Box. Starting from June 2nd and running until ...

Why Reusables Are The Most Sustainable Solution

We use 1 billion disposable cups in Australia and globally 78 million metric tonnes of plastic packaging (including takeaway containers) annually. That's a staggering amount of unnecessary, plane...

Meet The Stockist: Mumbleberry Blog

  You may be familiar with our website, or the Noosa, Dunsborough, and Eumundi Showrooms, but did you know you can also find Pottery For The Planet products in 500 stockists across Australia and ...

How To Choose a Latte Cup

Welcome to the world of latte cups! If you're a coffee enthusiast, you know that the perfect cup can make all the difference in your morning routine. Whether you're looking for a stylish ceramic la...

Must Have Baby Chino Cups

Whether you call it a “baby chino”, "babycino," or “babyccino” there's no denying kids and adults love this little drink. Learn more  about what a baby chino is and where to find the perfect reusab...

Our Sustainable Business Practices

Sustainable Australian Business Practices  Pottery For The Planet is a values-based, sustainable Australian business, founded by two artists and advocates for the natural world. Since we started cr...

Meet The Stockist: MAD Wholefoods

Meet one of our pottery stockists, MAD Wholefoods! A bulk food store with a mission to help their customers shop local, package free and to still find all their favourite grocery staples! With over...

Discover Our Pottery With Our Mission And Our Makers

Pottery For The Planet is a labour of love that blends sustainable business and artisan crafting to bring you Australia’s number one reusable ceramic coffee Cup alongside a range of showstopping Ta...

Meet The Stockists: The Velo Project

  Introducing The Velo Project! A quirky cafe and Pottery For The Planet stockist dishing up “simple, honest, real food made with true love”! We interviewed owner, David Nash to find out more abo...

Sustainable Christmas Swaps

Have Yourself A More Sustainable Christmas Christmas is a time to indulge in time off, good company, getting spoiled and second helpings. Unfortunately, it's also a time when we see waste skyrocke...

Our Climate Council Partnership

    Fighting For The Planet With The Climate Council And Our Solar Fired Cups Over the last six months Pottery For The Planet (plus our community of stockists!) and The Climate Council...

Sustainable Gifts To Give This Christmas

Why Sustainable Gifts: Is there any feeling better than picking the perfect pressie? You know the one. It bubbles up, all warm and fuzzy when you have found something practical and beautiful, somet...

Green Friday - A Sustainable Alternative

Our Green Friday Deal! Introducing our 2022 Green Friday Mystery Box! As part of our partnership with Green Friday, we are offering a free Mystery Cup with every Travel Cup ordered over the Green...

Tea Tree Bay Joins The Pottery Family!

  Tea Tree Bay Travel Cups and Travel Bowls  (Re)Introducing the Tea Tree Bay glaze! This popular glaze was originally launched as a limited edition Travel Cup for The Noosa Festival Of Surfing–w...

Spend And Save On Our Christmas Catalogue Festive Favourites!

  Christmas Is Coming! 🎅🏼 Michael Buble has emerged from his almost year-long hibernation. 🧦 Christmas-themed socks are being pulled from the corners of wardrobes. 👃🏼 Pine tree candles, ginger ...

Gift Ideas For Father's Day

  Ready to celebrate Father’s Day 2022! When is Father’s Day in Australia? Father’s Day is celebrated on the 4th of September in Australia. This means, now’s the perfect time to find some inspira...

How to reduce your plastic waste this Plastic Free July

In 2020 it was estimated that 367 million metric tonnes of plastic are produced annually across the globe. 95% of the plastic packaging included in this number is used just once and more than 8 mil...

4 tips on remembering your travel cup

We all know by now that single-use plastics are out and Travel Cups are in! They’re beautiful to look at, keep single-use plastics from polluting the environment and are a step towards a circular ...

Are disposable coffee cups really safer than reusable coffee cups during COVID-19?

It's been disheartening for many sustainability advocates to see a steep decline in the use of reusable cups and containers at our favourite spots to grab a caffeinated pick-me up or bite. With the...

Level up your coffee and lunch breaks with ceramics

Did you know that whether you're a self-professed coffee snob or you’re easily pleased with an at-home brew and meal prepped lunch - everything tastes better in ceramics?!  Here's why:     ...

Why reusables?

A guide to the most sustainable alternative to single-use paper cups and plastic containers.   We use 1 billion disposable cups in Australia and globally 78 million metric tonnes of plastic pac...

Meet Alana from Banabae

At Pottery For The Planet, we’re advocates for recognising the contributions of women in every sphere: from the home to the studio, the office, the sports field and beyond. This year, we partnered ...

Mother's day Gift Guide: A Gift For Every Mum

Find the perfect gift for Mum this Mother's Day with our Mother's Day Gift Guide! It's full of ideas featuring our Mother's Day Gift Packs designed with every Mum in mind.This handy guide will help...

5 Ways To Use Our Condiment Bowls

We’ve all heard the common adage “reduce, reuse, recycle”. When it comes to sustainability it is vital we find ways of reducing how much we consume, reusing what we have and recycling what we can n...

How To Style Your Tableware For Easter

The 2022 Easter Holidays (Good Friday on April 14th - Easter Monday, April 18th, not that we’re counting…) are nearly upon us. Between chasing up RSVP responses, baby proofing the kitchen for your...

International Women's Day with our Vietnam studio partners

This year, we’ve been championing International Women's Day by introducing you to the women on our team over on Instagram (meet them here). We’re proud to be able to say there's a woman’s touch in...

Happy International Women’s Day!

This year, the official United Nations theme for International Women’s day is "changing climates: gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow". As you can imagine, this is a concept very close...

10 Stores To Shop for Your Last Minute Christmas Gifts

UH OH! If you’re reading this, you’ve missed the window of time where you can buy your Christmas presents online and still have them delivered before the big day. But don’t stress, we have over 40...

Green Friday!

Green Friday is an initiative designed to inspire conscious purchasing whilst taking part in the deals that arise during Black Friday and the Cyber weekend. As environment enthusiasts we love alter...

A Guide To Our Christmas Gifts 2021

Tis’ the season for GIFT GIVING! The best feeling ever right? With our guide to sustainable Christmas gifts you’ll be feel extra nice about gift giving this holiday season! We have short-listed som...

How to Create Waste-Free Routines for Everyday Impact

Did you know that most of the waste we create is hidden in our everyday routines? Follow along to discover our 4 favourite waste-free routines to minimise your rubbish and maximise your impact!

15 Easy Ways to Go Plastic Free

For our Noosa locals and visitors, here are 15 easy ways to go plastic free and support the Noosa environment.

Conscious Ritual for Sustainable Living

Sustainability in life and business is a key priority for the whole Pottery For The Planet team. After all, our purpose is to make it as simple and inspiring as possible for people to make consciou...