Resource Recovery Initiatives
Earth Hour - Flick the switch!
Flick the Switch for Earth Hour.
On March 31 at 8:30pm Burnie City Council Offices at 80 Wilson street will be plunged into darkness by a flick of the master switch in participation of Earth Hour for 2012.
www.EarthHour.org.au
Clean Up Australia Day
"Think of the places that are important to you - your local park, sporting fields, beaches, walking tracks, streets and biketracks - and make a team to join the Team Clean Up in 2012."
To register Sunday, 4 March 2012 go to: www.CleanUpAustraliaDay.org.au
Produce to the People Tasmania
Too many tomatoes/lettuce/zucchinis in your garden?
In Burnie you drop off at Commonwealth Bank, Another Mother, UTAS, Secret Buddha Cafe, or Sids and Kids for local charities. Community Veggie Swap - 2nd Sat of Month.
www.ProduceToThePeopleTasmania.com.au
Fluro Tube Recycling
Ezy-Return Recycling Packs.
Lamp Recyclers can help you recycle, with Ezy-Return™reply-paid lamp recycling packs.
You simply fill the pack(s) and lodge them at any Australia Post outlet/agent.
CoolPoolTas - Car Pool Tas - for Carpooling and Ridesharing
CoolPoolTas.com.au is Tasmania’s Statewide Carpooling Network!
Register for FREE! Fill up your Car! Meet new people! Go Places! Save $ and do your bit for combating global climate change.
Click here to visit Car Pool Tas and see who is car pooling in Burnie!
Festive Recycling with Planet Ark
A clean and green Party is just a click away.
Check out the pages of this site for all your festive reuse and recycling information, tips for hosting a green party as well as green gift ideas: http://festiverecycling.planetark.org/
Soft Plastics Recycling - Do the Scrunch Test!
Do the Scrunch Test to decide if an item can be recycled in your Yellow Lid Bin.
– plastic items that can be scrunched into a ball, or breaks apart easily, can NOT go in the recycling bin.
eg: Scrunch Polystyrene -it breaks apart and fails the scrunch test!
Would you like to have a Say on Wasteful Product Packaging ?
Then we’re got the right phone number for you!
The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has launched its packaging complaints hotline -
just call: 1300 30 80 30,
visit the APC website: www.packagingcovenant.org.au , or
email: PACK-LINE@packagingcovenant.org.au
Spring Clean your Home and list your re-use Items for FREE!!
October is Spring Cleaning time!!
Declutter your home and ditch all that stuff you don't use anymore.
Too good to throw away? - Here are a few easy ideas on how to find a new home for your clutter.....for free...
Mobile Muster Collection - ‘Old phones, more trees’ Regenerating our Coastline
The ‘Old phones, more trees’ Regenerating our Coastline campaign to 30 September 2011.
MobileMuster aims to provide up to 25 grants to Landcare and Coastcare groups around Australia.
Drop 'em off at your local collection point: City Offices - 80 Wilson St
Keep Australia Beautiful Week
Keep Australia Beautiful Week (KAB Week) is held at the end of August each year, and was developed by Keep Australia Beautiful to remind people about the simple things they can do in their daily lives to reduce the impact on the environment and encourage action.
In 2011, KAB Week will be held from Monday 22nd August to Sunday 28th August.
National Tree Day
Planet Ark is calling on all Green Thumbs to register their National Tree Day Site in 2011.
Schools Tree Day is Friday 29 July, National Tree Day is Sunday 31 July.
or call 1300 88 5000 - Because Life is Better With Trees
World Environment Day
The 5th of June is World Environment Day (WED).
What are you going to do for WED?
Organize a neighborhood clean-up, stop using plastic bags, plant a tree, walk to work, start a recycling drive . . . the possibilities are endless.
International Composting Awareness Week
1 - 7 May 2011
Organic material buried ‘anaerobically’ (without air) in landfill produces methane: a gas with 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide!
If composted, this same organic mulch helps to absorb carbon back into the soil instead.
Telephone Book Recycling / Cancellation
Got old directories? Simply recycle them through your normal household or work Recycling Service!
Do you mostly use the internet to Search? Have you considered cancelling the delivery of your directory?
Visit directoryselect.com.au or call 1800 008 292.
National Garage Sale Trail
Turn your old stuff into someone else's new stuff.
The day not only proves that second hand items can still have value, it keeps rubbish off the street, removes clutter from cupboards and stops a bunch of new things being brought into the world.
The ‘Billy’ Cart Project
We are seeking kind donations of wheels and axles from things like:
- old prams
- little push bikes
- golf buggy’s
- lawnmowers
For all enquiries, call CHRIS MEAD 0439 614 186.
