Articles in the Waste Category
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The proper disposal of ewaste (electronic waste – old TVs, stereos, computers, faxes, printers, etc) is becoming a significant issue. These products contain toxic materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated flame retardents.
People are upgrading to flat-screen TVs in record numbers, leaving them with huge unwanted CRT TVs [...]
Illawarra Councils, Waste »
We had another meeting of the Kiama Council Sustainability Advisory Committee tonight, and as always it was a fascinating and stimulating discussion.
One of the topics that came up was the question of whether Kiama could ditch plastic bags. There was a newspaper article in October last year where the Council announced its intention to do [...]
Growing Food, Waste »
I always wanted one of those fancy tumbling compost bins, but they cost a fortune – well over $300. Making compost shouldn’t cost that sort of money! There had to be a DIY option.
Quite a while ago (like, 8 years ago!), I was buying some lucerne for the garden at the feed store at Albion [...]
Electricity, Transport, Waste, Water »
If you live in Australia, did you know that you can now access green retrofits for your house for free?
Check out all the sustainable retrofit rebates available here in Australia. Make sure you scroll to the bottom and find your state ones, too.
You could get a rainwater tank, a solar hot water system, solar electricity, [...]
Electricity, Waste, Water »
You may have noticed that I’ve just added a new page to the menu bar above these posts, Australian Rebates.
I’ve tried to collect all the information I could find on Australian federal rebate programs, as well as all the different rebate schemes for the various states. There are a lot of good opportunities in there [...]
Media Coverage, Waste »
While we were at the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge launch last night, Ally (one of the Super Challenge coordinators) and her partner Richard were simultaneously appearing on Triple J’s Hack Half Hour on ABC2.
The topic of the show was Waste. You can find the episode here (it’s episode 7, 3 Nov 2008), or download the [...]
Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Waste »
This afternoon I attended Kiama Council’s Composting Workshop, held at the Girl Guides’ Hall down in Hindmarsh Park. It was run by Josephine St John, council’s Waste Minimisation Officer.
What a great event!
I had really thought I wouldn’t learn much from this workshop, but I thought it was a good opportunity to meet some interesting people [...]
