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Thursday, 27 October 2022

To help you get creative and rethink, reuse and recycle waste, we’re hosting a series of waste reduction events over the next few months. Join us at one or more!

Events to help you reduce your waste

Join one of our upcoming waste reduction events so we can all do our part to reduce waste and protect this extraordinary place we call home.

Reusable Nappies Webinar - Find out what options work best for you and baby and keep nappies out of landfill - Thu 3 Nov, 5.15 - 6.15pm

Fermented Foods Webinar - Learn how to safely ferment fruit and vegetables with Margaret from Moss House - Mon 7 Nov, 7 - 8.30pm

Slow Fashion with Jane Milburn Webinar - Be inspired by Jane's passion for reducing textile waste and her holistic approach to dressing that is sustainable, ethical and creative - Tue 8 Nov, 6.30 - 7.30pm

Composting and Worm Farming – This interactive workshop will show you a great alternative to disposing of your food waste – Sat 19 Nov, 11 am or 1pm, Coastal Environment Centre, North Narrabeen

A Low Waste Christmas Webinar - Be inspired to rethink your consumption by reducing your silly season waste - Mon, 21 Nov, 6 - 7.30pm

Avalon Car Boot Sale – A perfect alternative to buying new and adding to landfill - Sun 27 Nov, 8am – 2pm.

In the meantime, here’s a few simple tips to help you.

Let’s do everything possible to avoid waste going to landfill

Avoiding waste is easier and better for the environment than managing waste once it’s created, so let’s try avoid it altogether!

Tips to avoid waste

  • Avoid single use plastics - use reusable coffee cups, water bottles and shopping bags when you can. Learn more about the upcoming plastic ban.
  • Put a ‘no junk mail’ sticker on your letterbox.
  • Refuse unnecessary packaging - avoid buying fruit and vegetables wrapped in plastic or on a styrofoam tray.
  • Rethink - try planning your meals and write a list so that you don’t overbuy, shop too often or waste food and other resources.
  • Get back to the basics and learn from our grandparents on how they avoided waste and conserved resources when things were tough in the post war era.