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Events in March 2021
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Get energy smart at home
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Get energy smart at home
Town of Mosman Park1 Memorial DveMosman Park,Explore tips to help you cut your energy use and save you money. Understand your electricity and water usage better and learn some simple changes that can make a big difference.
Join us in the Councillor lounge at the Town of Mosman Park Administration Building to find out how to identify what’s using the most energy and water in your home.
This free workshop is suitable for adults and children aged 14 and over.
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Waste Watchers Workshop - Create Less Waste
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Waste Watchers Workshop - Create Less Waste
Cambridge Administration Building1 Bold Park DriveFloreat,Let's get clear on what goes in which bin!
This short course is open to all residents who want to reduce their waste ♻️💚🙌.
We'll get clear on waste terminology, what goes in which bin, where waste goes once it's picked up from your verge, how to recycle things that can't go in your household bin, what you can do to drop a bin size and much more!
💰Cost: $5 + Eventbrite Booking Fee
☕ Food and drink provided.This workshop is available for WMRC member and participating council residents of Cambridge, Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove, and Subiaco as well as non-member council residents.
Places limited, book now!
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Talking Rubbish
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Talking Rubbish
Armadale Library10 Orchard AveAramdale,At this free session presented by Switch Your Thinking, you will discover ways to reduce household waste and have all of your recycling and waste questions answered.
How to sort your waste & recycle right–
How to sort your waste & recycle right
Mirrabooka Library21 Sudbury RdMirrabooka,At this free session presented by the City of Stirling Waste Education Officer, you will discover what happens to your household waste and have all of your recycling and waste questions answered.
This is a practical workshop explaining how the City deals with rubbish collected from your verge. It's designed to teach our residents the correct way to sort waste and how to minimise your carbon footprint.
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Community Tour: Regional Resource Recovery Centre
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Community Tour: Regional Resource Recovery Centre
Regional Resource Recovery Centre350 Bannister RdCanning Vale,Would you like to learn a bit more about how you can make a difference to the environment by placing your waste in the correct bin?
At the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) in Canning Vale, you can come and see exactly what happens to your waste.
At this free community tour you will visit:
• The Materials Recovery Facility, where recyclables are separated, baled and sold for reuse
• The Green Waste Facility, where garden waste is turned into mulch
• The Waste Composting Facility, so you can learn how the general waste bin was turned into compost and what now happens with our FOGO materials
• The Education Centre, where we have lots more resources to help you to reuse, reduce and recycleOpen to all residents from the Perth metropolitan area and beyond.
Bookings essential! Please complete the booking form and email to tours@smrc.com.au
NOTE: Participants must be minimum 6 years of age and wearing enclosed shoes
Waste Watchers Workshop - Create Less Waste–
Waste Watchers Workshop - Create Less Waste
Grove Community Centre1 Leake StPeppermint Grove,Let's get clear on what goes in which bin!
This short course is open to all residents who want to reduce their waste ♻️💚🙌.
We'll get clear on waste terminology, what goes in which bin, where waste goes once it's picked up from your verge, how to recycle things that can't go in your household bin, what you can do to drop a bin size and much more!
💰Cost: $5 + Eventbrite Booking Fee
☕ Food and drink provided.This workshop is available for WMRC member and participating council residents of Cambridge, Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove, and Subiaco as well as non-member council residents.
Places limited, book now!
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Recycling Facility Tour
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Recycling Facility Tour
Regional Resource Recovery Centre350 Bannister RdCanning Vale,Have you ever wondered what happens at a Recycling Facility 🤷♀️♻️🤷♂️ ?!
Join us and find out on a tour of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) for Global Recycling Day ♻️🌏!
On the tour you will get to see:
🗑 The Waste Composting Facility, so you can learn how the general waste bin was turned into compost and what now happens with Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) materials.
🌱 The Green Waste Facility, where garden waste is turned into mulch.
♻️ The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where recyclables are separated, baled and sold for reuse.
🍎 The Education Centre, where there are lots more resources to help you to reduce, reuse and recycle.The tour involves spending approximately 30 minutes walking outdoors 🌞 on bush paths around the site. A reasonable level of physical fitness is required. Kids (older than 6 years old) are welcome on the tour, they must be registered for own ticket and be accompanied by an adult. Closed footwear is essential for all. We strongly recommend you wear long pants, a hat, sunscreen and bring a water bottle.
This is a free event ♻️💚🙌. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and a light morning tea will be provided at the end of the tour.
Wear: Fully enclosed footwear 👞, long pants 👖, hat and sunscreen.
This tour is available for WMRC member and participating council residents of Cambridge, Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove, and Subiaco.
If you are from a non-member council please email us at community@wmrc.wa.gov.au and we can let you know if spots become available. - -
How to sort your waste & recycle right
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How to sort your waste & recycle right
Inglewood Library895 Beaufort StInglewood,At this free session presented by the City of Stirling Waste Education Officer, you will discover what happens to your household waste and have all of your recycling and waste questions answered.
This is a practical workshop explaining how the City deals with rubbish collected from your verge. It's designed to teach our residents the correct way to sort waste and how to minimise your carbon footprint.
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DIY Bokashi Bucket - Sustainability Workshop
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DIY Bokashi Bucket - Sustainability Workshop
Brockman Community House27 Hull WayBeechboro,A bokashi bin is a small composting bucket designed to transform your food waste into nourishing compost and soil builder.
All attendees will be making a Bokashi bucket to take home.
Creche available (bookings essential)
$7.00 per person
Phone: 9279 1588
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Compost & Worm Farm Workshop
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Compost & Worm Farm Workshop
West Leederville Community Garden78 Cambridge StWest Leederville,Want to manage your food waste at home and nourish your garden at the same time? Learn how to make the most of those food scraps while trimming your bin!
Join WMRC Waste Educators Nabilla Antipas and Laura Monisse and compost guru Peg from Lessen with Peg for this Compost & Worm Farm Workshop. We'll take a tour of West Leedy Community Garden and go through different solutions for managing organic waste at home and show you how to set up low cost system for yourself.
Find out how you can receive $50 toward the purchase of a compost bin, worm farm or Bokashi bin after attending this workshop. This is a limited offer for WMRC Member Councils and Town of Cambridge residents only. Ts & Cs apply.
Bookings are essential for this event! Light morning tea provided following the workshop. Register through Eventbrite.
For ticket purposes, Member Council residents include: Cambridge, Cottesloe, Claremont, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Subiaco. All other council residents please book a non-member council general admission ticket.
Thanks and we'll see you there!