Internship to tackle single-use plastics in rural and remote regions

Charles Sturt University Environmental Science student, Jessica Ljubojevic, was offered a Waste Consultant internship with the Sustainability at Charles Sturt team focussed on tackling single-use plastics and waste management in rural and remote regions. This opportunity helped her to fulfill her enthusiasm for reducing environmental and ecosystem impacts. Jessica is passionate about biodiversity and the environment and aware that “being in the era of the Anthropocene, human impact is detrimental to our ecosystem”.

At the end of her internship, Jessica presented her observations and proposals to decrease single-use plastic on our campuses, which helped Charles Sturt implement new waste management initiatives. The output of this internship identified how to improve waste management and sustainability at our campuses and within our communities as well.