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November 2025
FASHION A BETTER FUTURE IN CASEY
🌏 Fashion a Better Future This National Recycling Week ♻️
Get ready, Casey! National Recycling Week is almost here, and we’re turning waste into wonder with a jam-packed lineup of events that celebrate sustainability, creativity, and community spirit.
This November, we invite you to join a series of events designed to help you sort your home out and give your waste a second life.
🔌 Textile, E-Waste & Soft Plastics Drop-Off Day
When: Saturday 22 November, 9am–2pm
Where: 30 Vesper Drive, Narre Warren
What: Recycle old clothes, electronics, and soft plastics.
Note: Bookings essential. Household quantities only.
📖 Information Pop Up & Crate Giveaway
When & Where: Tuesday 11 November 10am - 12pm, Lynbrook Community Centre Wednesday 12 November 10am - 12pm, Cranbourne West Community Hub What: Visit one of our community pop up sessions during National Recycling Week for helpful tips and tricks to help you get your rubbish sorted. Take our short quiz and pop into collect your very own Kitchen Recycling Crate to help you get sorted
🧵 Textile Drop-Off
When: Monday 17 November – Friday 27 November, 9am – 5pm
Where: Community centres in Clyde, Cranbourne West, Doveton & Lynbrook
What: Drop off old clothes, linen, shoes, and fabric scraps (1–2 bags per person).
Note: No underwear, nappies, carpet, or mouldy items.
Drop in to the recycle bins at one the four community facilities listed from Monday 17 November – Friday 27 November, between 9am - 5pm. |
Got old clothes and linens not suitable for donation? Are there bags of soft plastics or unwanted electronics cluttering your home? We're partnering with Textile Recyclers Australia, Ewastec, and APR Plastics to make recycling them easy! |
Snag your very own Kitchen Recycling Crate – perfect for your getting your recycling sorted before taking it to your yellow-lidded bin. Get your questions answered by experts and score top tips to become a home recycling hero! |
If you can’t make it to these events, we still have you covered with these year-round drop-off locations.
Meanwhile, check out these other opportunities to get involved with the Green Living community!
🍿a free movie night
👨🌾team up outdoors
🔍find our funniest frogs
🦋dress up for our flying friends
🐨 win a Zoo Excursion for your local school
Keep reading for the best local info on - and scroll down to download your free, downloadable sustainable wardrobe checklist ✅
Mug Library Launch
Join us as we launch the new **Mug Library** at Little by Little Café during National Recycling Week. Borrow a mug, sip sustainably, and save $1 on your coffee when you skip the takeaway cup!
Made with love by the talented volunteers at Berwick District Woodworkers Club, our Little Mug Libraries will also pop up at Gather Café in Wilson Botanic Park.
📅 Monday 10 November | 10am – 12noon
📖 Storytime with @ConnectedLibraries at 11am
💡 Pop-up recycling info + community fun on Lacebark Lawn, Old Cheese Factory 34 Homestead Road, Berwick
Brewing change💰
Did you know Bunjil Place Cafe already welcomes reusable cups, mugs, and plates?
Next time you’re visiting, take advantage of the $1 discount for customers who bring their own.
Sustainable Wardrobe Checklist
If you're prepping for our big textile dropoff, we've got something we think might help!
Work through our step-by-step checklist to refresh your wardrobe into something you'll love.
Rabbit Management Field Day Sunday 9 November, 10am - 4pm, Botanic Ridge Family and Community Centre
Mug Library Launch Monday 10 November, 10am – 12 noon, Connected Libraries storytime 11am, Lacebark Lawn, Old Cheese Factory 34 Homestead Road, Berwick
Recycling Information Pop Up & Crate Giveaway
Tuesday 11 November 10am - 12pm, Lynbrook Community Centre, Wednesday 12 November 10am - 12pm, Cranbourne West Community Hub
Frog ID Week Friday 7– 16 November AUSTRALIA-WIDE
Australian Pollinator Week 8–16 November AUSTRALIA-WIDE
They Fly by Night: Bats as Pollinators ONLINE Wednesday 12 November, 7pm – 8:30pm
Pollinator Night at Myuna Farm Thursday 13 November 2025 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Textile, E-Waste & Soft Plastics Drop-Off Day Saturday 22 November, 9am – 2pm, 30 Vesper Drive, Narre Warren
Community Textile Drop-Off Monday 17 November – Friday 27 November, 9am – 5pm, community centres in Clyde, Cranbourne West, Doveton & Lynbrook
YCAC Short Film and Future Council Film night Friday 5 December, 6:30pm - 8:45 pm, Bunjil Place Plaza
See the latest version of our Green Living Event flyer here and follow us on Humanitix
If you feel like it, come dressed as a pollinator! You could be a bee, butterfly, bat, possum, lorikeet, or honeyeater! |
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Pollinator Night at Myuna Farm Pollinators are essential for seeds, fruits, and vegetable production as well a forest regeneration! Learn about the amazing work of the pollinator animals and discover all the shapes and sizes that they come in, from little, tiny bugs to large fruit bats! Thursday 13 November 2025 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Australian Pollinator Week: 8–16 November 2025Celebrate Pollinator Week from Saturday 8 to Sunday 16 November! Join the Australian Pollinator Count and help track the vital insects that keep our ecosystems thriving.
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📷 spotted at Jessie Traill Nature Reserve in Harkaway. |
Australia’s Biggest Frog CountCity of Casey’s wetlands and parks are teeming with frog life – in fact, up to 14 of Melbourne’s 16 frog species can be found here. With FrogID Week (7–16 November 2025) around the corner, it’s the perfect time to visit local frog habitats. During this national citizen-science event, the Australian Museum urges everyone to record frog calls via the FrogID app to help track frog populations and environmental health. Your recordings could be added to these below ⬇️ |
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Hop over to Casey's top frogging spots 🐸 Frog Hollow Reserve (Endeavour Hills) 🐸 Berwick Springs Wetlands (Narre Warren South/Berwick) 🐸River Gum Creek Reserve (Hampton Park) 🐸Wilson Botanic Park (Berwick) 🐸Myuna Farm Wetlands (Doveton) – Dandenong Creek 🐸Coastal Wetlands (Western Port Bay: Tooradin & Blind Bight) |
Recorded by Jack Eastwood from the Mueller Ranges in WA is the Western Laughing Tree Frog. In 2023, FrogID users across Australia helped uncover this frog species new to science. |
You might think this pink, wrinkly little creature belongs in a galaxy far, far away – but it’s actually a Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) from Western Australia! 🐸
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2026 Youth Climate Action Commitee
Are you 15–25 and passionate about the environment?
Live, work or study in Casey? Join the Youth Climate Action Committee (YCAC)!
Lead projects that:
Reduce waste
Cut emissions
Promote sustainable living
Prepare for climate change
Why join?
Build leadership skills
Make a real impact
Connect with like-minded people
FOR EXAMPLE – here’s the all-star collaboration between Casey Youth Services, the Old Cheese Factory, Myuna Farm, the Youth Action Committee (YAC) AND the Youth Climate Action Committee (YCAC) - The NWYIC Youth Community Garden!
Free film night!
Join us for the premiere of a new short film created by Casey’s passionate Youth Climate Action Committee (YCAC) ⬆️— a powerful showcase of young voices taking action for our planet.
Following the short film, stay for a screening of Damon Gameau’s Future Council — an inspiring look at how communities can imagine and build a better, more sustainable future together.
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🌿 Care About Nature? Become an Environmental Volunteer and Support Local Reserves in Casey! Do you love the outdoors and want to give back to your community? We're looking for passionate locals to join our growing network of environmental volunteers and help care for 10 existing reserves across the City of Casey. Whether you're new to volunteering or have experience, this is a great chance to get involved in hands-on activities like: Volunteering is a rewarding way to connect with nature, meet like-minded people, and help keep Casey beautiful. |
👉 Find out more and sign up: Environmental Volunteering with Casey Friends | City of Casey |
Flora and Fauna Spotlight – Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)
With five rows of spikes down their back these active lizards will often be seen basking and looking out for their next meal from an elevated point such as on logs or rocks.
These social lizards communicate to each other through a variety of body movements including push-ups, arm-waves, head-bobs and tail-whips.
📷 Eva Kowall
Create a lizard-friendly garden
Do you have a quiet sunny corner in your garden? Creating a haven for lizards will invite these natural pest controllers into your garden where they will feed on pesky snails and other bugs.
Learn more about their needs and what plants will encourage them into your garden with our final habitat poster.
Blue Tongue Lizard 📷 Eva Kowall
⬆️ Female Grey-headed Flying-fox with pup 📷 Mitch Benders
They Fly by Night: Bats as Pollinators
Join this webinar and learn more about our local mega-bat species, the Grey-headed Flying-fox, as well as the micro-bats that call our city home! Tamsyn from the Fly By Night Bat Clinic will describe the life cycle, habitat and the role bats play as pollinators.
⬆️ Micro bats roosting
This is a My Smart Garden event. Wednesday 12 November, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Barking Owl, Ninox connivens 📷S. Charles |
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Rat poison is wildlife poison Owls and birds of prey, lizards and snakes, frogs, possums and bandicoots are just some of the wildlife that have become victims to rat poison. Whether it is through direct or secondary poisoning, this substance doesn’t distinguish between pests and our precious wildlife. |
Say no to rodenticides and protect our wildlife To learn how to keep wildlife safe from rodenticides and other pesticides, visit the following links for more information.
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Rabbit Management Field Day An action-packed field day is being run by Devon Meadows Landcare, the Victorian Rabbit Action Network and the City of Casey on Sunday 9 November at Botanic Ridge Family and Community Centre Beginning indoors with a series of presentations from VRAN and other rabbit control professionals the event will then move to a private property in Pearcedale following lunch, for demonstrations of different rabbit control strategies and technologies. |
🎒🐨 Win a Zoo Excursion for Your School! 🐯📚
CDS Vic’s School Champions Program is now open for bookings for Term 4, Term 1 & Term 2, 2026 — and it’s completely FREE!
Book by 14 November to enter the draw to win an excursion to any Zoos Victoria site for up to 120 students. Open to schools within 2 hours of Melbourne CBD,
Wildlife Acoustics Grants closes 15 November 2025
This international grant program offers a quarterly grant that supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. Grants can be used for purchasing software and products or travel.
Circular Economy Infrastructure Fund (Sustainability Victoria) closes 1 December 2025
This grant supports registered charities to install new, or upgrade existing, battery drop off points and to promote those locations. Funded activities focus on infrastructure purchase and installation at convenient locations and advertising costs.
What are your tips, hacks or even questions for using, reusing, upcycling and recycling? Please share them with us by email or through the Green Living in Casey Facebook group.
Finally, if you're not sure what to do with your waste, check out our searchable directory or our updated Recycling and Waste Guide.
