We’re looking for passionate volunteers for the Wash Against Waste effort at the 2024 Kyneton Agricultural Show. Come and have fun and be part of reducing single-use waste in our community. You will also get free entry to the Show!!
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What an incredible Wash Against Waste effort at the Malmsbury Village Fayre! Thanks to the Fayre committee for hiring the Wash Against Waste trailer, the stallholders who all used the reusable dishes, and to our amazing Sustainable Malmsbury volunteers who collected and washed and dried all the dishes over and over and over!
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This March MRSG Sustainable Homes Action Group is presenting the “Project Showcase”, an exhibition of projects Macedon Ranges householders have undertaken to make their homes more thermally comfortable, cheaper to run and more energy-efficient, and of work-from-home spaces that are reducing the need to commute.
(Image: Sam Clarke via Unsplash)
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The Wash against Waste trailer is a partnership between the Macedon Ranges Shire Council and MRSG for the purpose of reducing waste at the various events and festivals in the Macedon Ranges. We are looking for volunteers to help out with the Wash against Waste trailer at some of these events.
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The Malmsbury Village Fayre is back on 20th November 2022. We need your help to wash dishes to keep up to 6000L of rubbish out of landfill. The first 20 volunteers will receive a free pie from the Malmsbury Bakery!
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Congratulations to Joslin Moore, Waste Action Group, for becoming the new Loddon Mallee Waste and Recovery Community Champion.
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Recycle old plastic, metal and plush toys at Big W Bendigo or Echuca
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A joint project between Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group, Macedon Ranges Shire Council and local business, the Woodend Woodsman, during COVID lockdowns last year has resulted in a terrific Wash against Waste trailer which will go a long way in reducing disposable plastic waste at events and festivals in the Macedon Ranges.
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Have your say about Victoria’s container deposit scheme: complete the survey by Nov 30.
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The Terracycle Community Collection Hubs at Woodend Library and Neighbourhood House will be reopening soon, but without coffee pods. Read more to find out what you can do if you have pods to recycle.
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The Terracycle Collection Trolleys are back from June 9th. Please check with the Library and Neighbourhood House for opening times and access protocols.
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With the Terracycle collection now on hold, what can you do with your extra recycling?
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We have our new bins in the Macedon Ranges and across Victoria other Councils are following suit. The Australian recycling industry is getting a much-needed overhaul. So are we nearly there yet? Let’s take a closer look.
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At the Australia Day Awards ceremony in Kyneton Town Hall today (26th January 2020), Lisa Richards, leader of MRSG’s Waste Action Group, was named Macedon Ranges Citizen of the Year for her outstanding volunteer work in educating the local community not only about the problems of waste but also the opportunities that a sensible approach to waste can afford.
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We need your help! Please complete our short survey and be part of the action.
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“Plastic is the substance that has served as our most perfect container - and that now overwhelms our systems of containment” - Robert McFarlane, Underland
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Malmsbury Primary School Community Fair lived up to its theme of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ on Saturday 19th October.
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The 2019 Malmsbury Village Fayre have hired a Wash Against Waste Trailer to avoid use of single use plates, bowls, cups, glasses and cutlery. They need your help to keep up to 6000L of rubbish out of landfill!
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Can you help us turn this faded old beauty into a fab new darling who will come along to community events all over the Shire and reduce event waste everywhere she goes?
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