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Smarter, Cleaner, Greener - July 2019
National Tree Day | Sunday 28 July
Bring the family and help improve the wildlife corridor along Buffalo Creek by creating a habitat haven. See how the 2017 National Tree Day plantings are thriving and help make a difference to the local environment.
When: Sunday 28 July, 10am - 12 noon
Where: Field of Mars Reserve, 220 Pittwater Road, East Ryde
Television & Computer Collection Service
Did you know, City of Ryde offers residents a free Television and Computer Collection Service? You can dispose of your unwanted television of computer by:
- Booking a free pickup through Council – call Customer Service on 9952 8222
- Dropping your items off at the Community Recycling Centre at Artarmon
- Dropping your items off at the Drop Zone, SUEZ Ryde Resource Recovery Centre at North Ryde
Garden Comp Now Open!
Are you a budding green thumb? Perhaps you consider yourself a gardening expert who is the envy of all of your neighbours? Or maybe you are just starting out with a new interest in gardening?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then the City of Ryde Spring Garden Competition is the perfect fit for you.
Entries are now open for this year’s competition with 12 categories of entry for people of all ages and abilities.
“The Spring Garden Competition has been held in the City of Ryde for more than 30 years and has always prided itself on being an inclusive event. So if you are a local resident, business, community organisation or school,
I would encourage you to enter and be part of the fun that is the Spring Garden Competition,” City of Ryde Mayor, Clr Jerome Laxale, said.
Entries for this year’s competition close on 31 August. For more information, including a list of all the categories, click on the button below.
Cut Your Energy Bills This Winter
The Home Waste and Sustainability Advisory Service offers FREE advice to local City of Ryde residents. Understand how your home uses energy, water and other resources and identify the actions that will have the greatest impact on reducing your bills and your carbon footprint.
Simply book a free assessment with one of our friendly advisors and we can help you cut your utility bills by 15-20% each year.
Our Common Ground
City of Ryde has launched a new program for apartment complexes Our Common Ground. This program aims to bring residents together who live in apartments to establish and maintain a food garden and share the produce. The program will provide:
- Tailored garden workshops with gardening expert Toni "The Veggie Lady" Salter
- Garden supplies for a 1m x 1m garden bed, seeds and seedlings
- Free compost bin or worm farms and support to start successfully composting
- Free common area energy, waste and water assessment
- Online support to help answer any gardening questions
Applications close on Wednesday 31 July and we encourage you to apply.
Plastic Free July | Will You Take The Challenge?
Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.
Plastic Free July provides resources and ideas to help you (and millions of others around the world) reduce single-use plastic waste every day at home, work, school, and even at your local café. The movement has inspired over 120 million participants in 177 countries. By making a small change collectively you can make a massive difference to communities.
You can sign up for a completely plastic free month or choose to avoid single use plastics or just to avoid takeaway plastics (bags, bottles, straws and coffee cups), for one day, a week, an entire month or beyond.
Water Sensitive Garden Design Workshop
Join us for this free workshop introducing sustainable water management in garden design. The workshop will provide an overview of a range of different ways to make a garden more water sensitive including rain gardens, wetlands, porous pavement, green roofs, green walls, rain tanks, swales, soak-aways and outdoor water savings measures.
New Recycling Labels
Planet Ark is currently working with FMCG companies to use better recycling labels for Australian consumers. Known as ARL (Australiasian Recycling Label), the label is designed to reduce confusion about recycling and shows exactly what needs to be done with each piece of packaging to ensure correct disposal.
Have Your Say | Local Strategic Planning Statement
We are currently planning how the City of Ryde will look and function in the future and want your feedback on what’s important to you. We are preparing the Local Strategic Planning Statements (LSPS) which outlines how Council plans to deliver high-quality lifestyle and increased opportunities to work, live and play within the City of Ryde. It sets out our 20-year vision, planning priorities and actions.
Upcoming Events
- Wed 17 July: SWAP Workshop - Junk Bugs [Book Now]
- Sat 20 July: SWAP Workshop - Found Object Figures [Book Now]
- Tue 23 July: Your Waste Adventure [Book Now]
- Sun 28 July: National Tree Day [Learn More]
- Sat 3 August: Green Cleaning Workshop [Book Now]
- Sat 17 August: Composting & Worm Farming Workshop [Book Now]
- Sat 24 August: Water Sensitive Garden Workshop [Book Now]
- Sat 7 September: Living With Less Workshop [Book Now]
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