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You may remember the three Rs of waste – reduce, reuse, recycle – but as the students at Jolimont Primary School found out, these days it’s all about doing GREAT …
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Earth-cycling organic waste at home – which system is right for me?
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About half of what goes into household bins is organic waste – that’s food scraps, leftovers and garden trimmings. If you don’t yet have a FOGO bin (or even if …
What goes around comes around – in life and in FOGO
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If you’ve got a FOGO bin at your place, the food scraps and garden organics you’ve been placing into it are about to make their way back to you – …
Donate your old towels and sheets for our furry friends
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Got towels and sheets that aren’t quite good enough for the op-shop? We’re now collecting them at the West Metro Recycling Centre! We often get questions about what to do …
Word on Waste Newsletter – January 2023
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More good news on FOGO for Cottesloe
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The new FOGO (food organics, garden organics) bin system in Cottesloe has been even more successful than predicted, thanks to the enthusiastic cooperation of residents. Six months of placing food …
Apply for a Casual Community Waste Educator role
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Applications are open! Join us as one of our band of Community Waste Educators to help residents put the right things in the right bins. More details and an application …
Going behind the scenes at Good Sammy
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For many of us, gathering our used clothes, shoes and children’s toys into a couple of bin bags and dropping them off at an op-shop (possibly after a few weeks …
Festive season trading hours – West Metro Recycling Centre and Verge Valet™
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The West Metro Recycling Centre will be open every day except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, with reduced trading hours over the Christmas period. The administration office in Subiaco …
Recycling hubs no longer required as businesses lead the charge on battery recycling
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The WMRC currently runs community recycling hubs and battery collections on behalf of our Member Councils to support the safe disposal of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW). These collections are located …