Wildlife Talks in the Hervey Bay Library – Recycling: to Bin or Not to Bin
Join Smriti Pandey from Wide Bay Water and Waste Services and learn how waste and recycled materials are managed on the Fraser Coast. We will look at what goes in the recycle bins and what doesn’t, and learn about items that do not go into the recycle bins but can be...
National Recycling Week inspires positive change amidst plastic concerns
16 November 2023 National Recycling Week, established by Planet Ark in 1996, promotes sustainable living and empowers Australians to make eco-conscious choices. This annual event, held during the second week of November, focuses on educating individuals and...
Containers for Change looks to expand
8 November 2022 Queensland’s popular Containers for Change program could soon be expanded to include glass wine and spirit bottles to ramp up recycling, put money back into the pockets of Queenslanders and charities, and protect the state’s environment and great...
Rethinking waste this National Recycling Week
7 November 2022 National Recycling Week was founded by Planet Ark in 1996 as an opportunity for Australians to take waste and recycling into their own hands by improving their recycling knowledge and building better recycling habits. This National Recycling...
National Recycling Week
National Recycling Week 2022 runs from 7 – 13 November as a reminder to all Australians that Waste isn’t Waste until it’s Wasted. National Recycling Week (NRW) is one of Planet Ark’s flagship campaigns and every year aims to educate and empower...
Container for Change scheme has recycled 5 billion bottles!
© Canva NFP More than $500 million has gone back into the pockets of Queenslanders with the Palaszczuk Government announcing five billion containers have been refunded through its popular Containers for Change scheme. Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said...Do you have FOGO? Well, you will soon…
25 November 2021 YOLO so why not FOGO? Don’t worry, it’s not related to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), and only tenuously linked to ScoMo, whose Federal Government is overseeing the rollout… introducing FOGO – the Food Organics Garden Organics bin. This new...