Welcome to the September edition of the HOW newsletterHello everyone, Detox your home in Skye this FebruaryFree drop-off service for household chemicalsDetox your home is a free service which allows you to dispose of common household chemicals safely. Clean Up Australia Day, site registration openParticipating in a local clean up event for Clean Up Australia Day is a great opportunity to enjoy your favourite park, beach or bushland reserve and to get to know your local community. Register early for a free post-event collection (selected sites only). Bin collection changes (December - January)If you are part of the Halve Our Waste program and have a garbage bin with a red lid which is normally collected fortnightly, you can have your bin collected weekly from 1 December 2018 to 31 January 2019. The fortnightly collections will resume from 1 February 2019. Waste less this ChristmasChristmas can be a time of excess waste, but it doesn’t have to be. Much of this can be avoided by:
For more tips and inspiration reducing waste over the festive season, join us for our Waste wise living: Christmas and beyond event with author of 'Waste Not' and popular blogger Erin Rhoads (AKA The Rogue Ginger), or visit our Reduce Waste web page. Recycling tips for the festive seasonYou may be surprised by how much you can recycle via your recycling bin with a yellow lid, including:
To fit more in your recycling bin, dismantle cardboard boxes and squash plastic bottles and aluminium cans. If you can’t fit all your recyclable bottles and cans in your recycling bin, save them until the next collection, or drop them off at the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre (FRRRC) for free. New A - Z Waste and Recycling DirectoryFrankston City Council’s new A - Z Waste and Recycling Directory allows you to look up a large range of items to find out how they can be recycled or safely disposed. The directory tells you whether you can dispose of an item in your general waste or recycling bin at home or if there are other local recycling/disposal options available. Challenge yourself by using this directory to look up items you’re not sure about or to test your knowledge about what you think goes where. Celebrate National Leftovers Day with a night off cooking!National Leftovers Day, which falls on Boxing Day, encourages us to reduce food waste by eating last night’s leftovers. Only half of Victorians say they eat last night’s leftovers (Sustainability Victoria 2016). This adds up to a whopping 51,000 tonnes of food waste every year! By eating last night’s leftovers, you won’t just reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill; you will also save time and money. Composting and worm farming tips for summerWill you be going away this festive season? Don’t despair, with these simple tips your compost bin or worm farm will survive without you. Worm farms:
Composts:
Halve Our Waste newsletter - survey extendedHave you got ideas on how we can improve the Halve Our Waste newsletter or would you prefer to hear about waste related news and events in a different way? It's not too late to share your feedback and suggestions. The closing date for the survey has been extended until Monday 3 December 2018. The prizes will now be drawn on Tuesday 4 December. It should only take a few minutes to complete. Seaford » Frankston » Langwarrin » Karingal » Skye » Frankston South » Frankston North » Carrum Downs » Langwarrin South » Sandhurst
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