Lottie Dalziel is a journalist, podcaster and leading voice for sustainability in Australia.
She is the founder of Banish, an education platform that helps Australians reduce their waste, and the Banish Recycling and Disposal initiative. This program, known as BRAD, has recycled over fourteen and a half tonnes of hard-to-recycle items, such as blister packs, toothpaste tubes, lotion bottles, coffee pods, bread tags and more.
In 2020, Lottie delivered a TEDx talk – The Power of Community in Fighting Climate Change. In 2021 and 2022 she was named as one of Australia's Top 50 People in E-Commerce and won Business NSW Sydney Metro Young Entrepreneur of the Year with Banish taking out the Sustainable Excellence award and winning overall Business of the Year. Lottie has most recently been named 2023 NSW Young Australian of the Year for her work educating Australians on how to live more sustainably.
Education is at the forefront of everything that Lottie does in order to positively impact the habits of individuals and larger organisations.
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The power of community in fighting climate change | Lottie Dalziel | TEDxDarlinghurst
How do you find support in your local community? Start by greeting your local barista, or your bus driver. Local communities can have a big impact on our fight against Climate Change. In this beautiful life story, Lottie Dalziel shares how her life has always been around creating communities for impact. In 2018 Lottie made a New Year’s resolution to drastically reduce her waste. It wasn’t until she started this resolution that she realised how hard it was not only to find environmentally-friendly products but also find credible information around waste. To date, Lottie has helped over 160,000 people reduce their waste and in doing so created a community amidst the bustle of city life, she believes that individuals have the power to create change and together we can all make a difference.Simple steps towards sustainably — Lottie Dalziel | AOTY | ABC Australia
Lottie founded Banish, a website and social media account providing accurate information about recycling, waste and sustainability. #AusOfTheYear
