The artwork titled “Caring for Country Together” is a visual representation of TOMRA Cleanaway working in partnership with communities across NSW as the proud network operator for NSW’s container deposit scheme, Return and Earn. TOMRA Cleanaway are committed to building strong relationships and respect between the business and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through meaningful engagement and being an active participant in connecting with First nations communities that are uplifted through their involvement with our network and services.
The motif at centre of the artwork represents TOMRA Cleanaway and the successful joint venture partnership over the past 5 years of operations. Surrounding TOMRA Cleanaway are the 4 core pillars of our Reconciliation Action Plan from the left to right are the following motifs: Respect, Relationships, Opportunities and Governance. Each of the reconciliation pillars are connected by the mutual goal for a sustainable future for everyone (arrows moving forward). Moving along the outside of the centre are our waterways from across the land. Branching off the centre are dotted lines that are the connection to communities across NSW (the U-shaped motifs) from regional to the coast. Collection points in rural NSW are represent by the smaller circular motifs and the metropolitan collections points by the larger circular motifs. The dot work in the background symbolises the land complimented by the highlighted light blue dots which represent over 600 return TOMRA Cleanaway points across the state. The number of the return points are increasing providing easy access for all communities to get involved in the return and earn program.
One of the primary depot locations is based on Darug country in Eastern Creek it is one of the most familiar depots with community and represented by the central top motif. Reducing litter in our waterways land and ocean we are protecting our wildlife (represented by the turtle). It is our responsibility to leave our environment better for our kids and future generations to come (represented through the artwork by the small dotted circles). TOMRA Cleanaway are committed to enabling all members of the community to participate by making use of our easy access container deposit networks at the same time, creating opportunities to support local causes and fund community events. Let’s work together to make a circular economy possible by “Caring for Country Together”.
Working with Rhonda on the development of our Reconciliation Action Plan artwork was a holistic activity and a deep dive into our organisational drivers. In parallel to developing our inaugural RAP, we chose to work with Rhonda to investigate our areas of influence and our pillars and operations that were of primary importance to our organisation. Our RAP artwork story really does reflect our intentions and goals in developing our Reconciliation Action Plan. Rhonda was exceptionally intuitive and supportive throughout the process and interpreted our discussions beautifully. We are so proud to have been able to work with Rhonda to produce the visual representation of our RAP commitment.
