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According the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia, Australians use 130 kilograms of plastic per person every year. Only 9 per cent of that is recycled.

Despite the decrease in commuters as a result of the pandemic bicycle and scooter users are struggling to find spaces to safely store their devices at train stations across the Central Coast.

The Inner West is well supported by extraordinary community organisations helping the most vulnerable. 

I congratulate Where's Nick, the Grifter Brewing Co. and the Marrickville Hotel on their inclusion on the 2021 Time Out best bars list.

I congratulate the 150 women from the inner west who were included in the council's 2021 International Women's Day honour roll for their sisterhood and achievements in the community.

The Social Justice Group at St Francis Xavier, Ashbury, are tireless advocates on issues important to many inner west residents: climate change, social housing, homelessness and housing insecurity and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable.

I congratulate the Bicycle Network and all the students, families and schools that took part in National Ride2School Day.

Marrickville South Collective is a partnership group comprising many inner west community groups and Inner West Council, aimed at supporting residents of the vibrant, multicultural community in South Marrickville.

Every week the owners of Dulwich Hill Fruit Market, Mehmet and Vilma, donate leftover fresh produce to the Medal Mission Team and the Acts of Kindness Community Outreach for their homelessness night.

We are spoiled for choice in the inner west when it comes to baked goods, with some of the city's greatest bakeries being recognised by the recent Urban List.