Did you know on average one child will go through over 6,000 disposable nappies, taking hundreds of years to degrade?

Join Elana from Cloth Nappy Workshops Melbourne to discover the world of modern cloth nappies. Each workshop participant on the day will go in the lucky prize draw to win a modern cloth nappy starter pack valued to $199.00

10.30am-12pm, Saturday 6 February in Woodend.

In 2020 we introduced our new bin mascot to the shire. Our bin mascot is the face of our Let’s get sorted waste and recycling campaign. We asked the community to help us name our bin mascot, with the winning name 'Kerby' suggested by Alexander from Romsey.

Registrations are open for Australia’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day happening Sunday 7 March 2021.

Now is the time for all Australians to Step Up to Clean Up, to help protect and conserve local environments.

Funding is available for Victorian community organisations to explore innovative ways to reduce waste and use resources to their full potential.

The Recycling Victoria Communities Fund will provide more than $5.4 million over four years for social enterprises, not for profits and community organisations to collaborate and explore smarter ways of using resources and materials in their local area. 

Funded organisations will receive grants of between $25,000 and $250,000 for projects to increase reuse, repair and share opportunities in their communities, with the goal of minimising litter, illegal dumping and waste to landfill.

Did you know each person in Australia uses approximately 130kgs of plastic per year, with the equivalent of one truck load of rubbish ending up in the ocean every minute?

This year the Macedon Ranges Shire Council will be joined by over 1,300 primary and secondary school students to eliminate single-use plastic from their workplaces and schools through the Plastic Oceans Australasia (POA) schools and business programs.

Residents can now recycle X-Rays for free at all Council transfer stations.

During your next transfer station visit, look for the wheelie bin marked X-Rays and place your old X-Ray film inside. Ecocycle’s environmentally friendly silver recovery process helps to protect our waterways and environment.