A future beyond the bin

Happy National Recycling Week everyone. This year’s theme for National Recycling Week is ‘a future beyond the bin’

While it’s been tricky for us to deliver face-to-face waste and recycling education this year, we’ve been busy working on some exciting initiatives to help give your waste a future beyond the bin and what better time to launch them than National Recycling Week.

We’ve prepared a comprehensive A-Z list of items and where they can be conveniently donated, recycled, or responsibly disposed.

A-Z recycling guide

We have developed a handy list of op shops in Bayside and surrounding suburbs to make it easy for you give your stuff a new home or shop around for a second-hand treasure.

In Australia, about 6,000kgs of clothing and textiles are thrown out every 10 minutes. By donating to and purchasing from op shops, you can help reduce the amount of reusable goods going to landfill, giving them a future beyond the bin.

Bayside Op Shops

Our brand-new community recycling stations are finally here!

Dispose of small e-waste items like batteries, old phones, light bulbs and small cords for free by taking them to one of Bayside’s community recycling stations currently located in the foyer of Bayside Council’s Corporate Centre (76 Royal Ave, Sandringham) during open hours. 

Community recycling stations will be accessible at Beaumaris, Sandringham and Brighton libraries once restrictions ease further. Please be respectful and do not dump items at these locations or put them in the library chutes.

The Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable City Awards recognise and celebrate positive actions taken by communities in urban areas to protect and enhance their local environments.

Bayside City Council is a finalist for Sustainable City of the Year with many of our community groups nominated including:  Bayside Earth Science Society, Hampton Community Centre, Marine Mammal Foundation, Friends of Bayside Roads, BayCISS, Grace Heart Community Church, and some awesome youth climate activists!

Winners are announced via livestream at 8pm on Thursday, 12 November

Watch live

Well done to all the nominated community groups and for the terrific work that they do.

Want more?

There’s plenty more to discover about waste and recycling on our website.

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