Community Noticeboard - Environment
What you can do
- Saving Water
- Active Transport
- Energy and Climate Change
- Reducing Waste
- Gardening Tips
- Fluorescent Globe Safe Disposal
- Composting Sustainable Gardening Workshop - 22 May
- Detox Your Home - 23 June
Organic Recycling: Composting Sustainable Gardening Workshop
Organic Recycling is a free, fun and informative garden workshop on composting. The workshop is designed for the beginner and the green thumb alike. Straight forward and science free, this is composting made easy!
A great opportunity to find out how to live more sustainably and to answer your questions on all things composting.
The lunchtime workshop is free to all, and will be held on:- Tuesday 22 May
- 12- 1pm
- Function Room
- Monash Council Civic Centre
- 293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley
Places are limited so please RSVP to April Williams on 9518 3225 or aprilw@monash.vic.gov.au.
All bookings will go into the draw for a fantastic door prize!
Monash City Council is celebrating International Compost Awareness Week, 7 – 12 May
Smoke Free Events
Following the introduction of a new law which bans smoking. residents can now enjoy a smoke-free environment when attending Council organised and sponsored festival and events including: Carols by Candlelight; Clayton, Ashwood, Mulgrave, Oakleigh and Chinese New Year and Lantern Festivals.
Other areas where smoking is no longer permitted:- within 10m of the entrance to a building on Council land
- on Council land (as specified in Local Law No.4)
For languages support please visit: Information in Languages Other than English.
DETOX YOUR HOME
Free Service
- Date: Saturday 23 June
- Time: 8.00am - 4.00pm
- Location: Works Administration (Depot) Car Park, 390 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill
- left-over paints
- brake fluids, fuels and coolants
- old batteries
- poisonous household and garden products
- barbeque gas cylinders
- solvents and glues
- insecticides and pesticides
- photographic chemicals
- kitchen and bathroom cleaners
- fire extinguishers.
- chemicals used for commercial and industrial purposes
- containers over 20 litres or 20 kilograms, or empty chemical containers
- farm chemicals
- waste asbestos, ammunition and flares.
For a full list of accepted products call Monash City Council on 9518 3555 or Sustainability Victoria’s Infoline on 1800 35 32 33, or visit www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au.
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Last updated: 18 May 2012
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