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Sourcing Project Materials On eBay

September 7, 2013 by Darren

See some of my recent scores from eBay, along with tips on how to find the good stuff.

Posted in: Frugality, Household, Keeping Animals, Permaculture, Waste Tagged: construction, eBay, recycling

Illawarra Freecycle

September 29, 2011 by Darren

FreeCycle is a great way to give a new life to stuff you no longer want, and to divert still-useful waste from landfill tips. Here are some of the useful things I’ve picked up…

Posted in: Frugality, Household, Illawarra Organisations, Waste Tagged: bloggers, firewood, FreeCycle, illawarra, recycling, Waste

Weekly Roundup – Outfoxing Foxes

July 18, 2011 by Darren

Various resources for keeping foxes and poultry separated, chook pen designs, fencing, a chicken feeder, and the Australian FeralScan web site.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: chickens, chooks, fencing, fox, myna, pests, predators, recycling, weekly roundup

DIY Chicken Processing Station

February 20, 2011 by Darren

A cheap and simple home-made chicken processing station. It also doubles as a very handy outdoor sink for washing vegetables, plant pots and tools.

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Household, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, butcher, butchering, chickens, recycling, rooster, vegetable garden

Weekly Roundup – Rooting Hormone, Eco House and Leftovers Recipes

December 24, 2010 by Darren

How to make rooting hormone from willows, frugality in primetime media, eco house and garden, buying/renovating/using your home wisely, River Cottage recipes and a Permaculture Visions tour.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: frugal living, home energy, organic gardening, recipe, recycling

Cleaning Up Broken CFLs

October 3, 2010 by Darren

Not long ago I dropped and broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) in the garage. D’oh! I had a vague recollection that there’s a procedure you should follow to safely clean up broken CFLs, due to the small amount of mercury inside them. So, geek that I am, I jumped on the computer to look … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology, Waste Tagged: CFL downlights, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, energy efficient lighting, illawarra mercury, recycling, Waste

So What Can We Do With Old TVs Today?

March 4, 2010 by Darren

Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2oalchemist/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Waste Tagged: Australia, e-waste, electronics, ewaste, Kiama Council, recycling, Waste

Drum Master – Illawarra Drum Supplier

June 2, 2009 by Darren

My friend [DiscoPig](http://discopig.com/) is getting a new vegetable garden started on the common area in the block of flats where he lives, along with a few of the other residents. He liked my [DIY tumbling compost bin](http://green-change.com/2009/05/05/diy-tumbling-compost-bin/), so we set out to find some suitable plastic barrels. This proved to be harder than I expected. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: barrels, Drum Master, drums, recycling, tumbling compost bin, Woonona

Swap Lightbulbs For CFLs For Free

November 12, 2008 by Darren

If you live in the Kiama area, you have an opportunity tomorrow to swap up to 6 old lightbulbs or fluorescent tubes for brand new energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) for free. Just take your old bulbs to the Minnamurra Waste and Recycling Centre (the old Minnamurra tip) between 10am and 2pm tomorrow (Thursday 13 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils Tagged: albion park rail, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, Cosmo Lighting, energy efficient lighting, fluorescent tubes, Kiama Council, lighting options, recycling, Sustainable Illawarra, Waste

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