Wollondilly Shire Council

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• Composting and Worm Farming Workshop

  Composting is nature’s way of recycling. Millions of compost critters live and feed on compost, breaking down the organic waste to return valuable nutrients back to the soil.
  
   
  
  WHY SHOULD YOU COMPOST?
  
  Over 50% of waste generated at home is organic matter which can be recycled.
  
  Composting and worm farming is a cheap and easy way to reduce organic waste at home.
  
  Compost returns vital nutrients back to the soil.
  
  Composting is 100% natural and does not require any expensive artificial fertilis…

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• Council seeks community input on the future of Waste Management in Wollondilly

  … for residents than the current two scheduled clean-up collections each year. Council is also preparing to introduce FOGO into Wollondilly households with the commencement of the next Waste Disposal Contract in 2029 and is looking at the frequency of bin collections.
  
  The questionnaire is now available on Council’s Your Say page with hard copy questionnaires available from Council’s Customer Service Centre and Wollondilly Library Services in Picton.
  
  Residents can also chat with staff at pop-up…

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• Mulch Your Patch

  Mulching your garden beds improves soil health and prevents water loss through evaporation.
  
  Mulching is the number one rule for water conservation in your garden. Adding mulch to your garden beds can prevent water loss by up to 25 per cent, reducing evaporation rates and increasing the water storage capacity of your soil.
  
  Soil is the starting point for life in the garden (and in the forest, bush and grassland). It is continually being made in one of nature's great cycles. We can't ma…

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• Council supports Domestic Violence Safe Phone program

  In the lead up to Domestic Violence Prevention Month, Wollondilly Shire Council is taking part in the DV Safe Phone program and has installed a recycled phone bin at its Customer Service Centre.
  
  The DV Safe Phone program aims to repurpose old phones and give them to people in domestic violence situations to support their access to help when it is most needed.
  
  There are drop-off locations right across Australia, and the Council Administration Building in Menangle Street Picton has now been adde…

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• 6 Month Progress Report on the Delivery Program

  Our significant road repair program is on track, with reconstruction, heavy patching and drainage work across the Shire, and more works planned for the coming months to address priority issues. Our advocacy for roads funding is also gaining traction, with recent funding announcements giving us more resources to tackle the extensive road repairs needed across the Shire following our wettest year on record. The Wollondilly Cultural Precinct is being strongly utilised with the upgraded Shire Hall n…

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• Cultivate Waste Reduction Habits

  The average Australian household wastes more than $1,000 every year purchasing items they never use. So use what you buy, buy less and save.
  
  A 2005 paper by The Australia Institute (Wasteful Consumption in Australia) found that Australians waste over 10.5 billion dollars annually on goods and services that are "never or hardly ever used". The majority of this is food purchased and thrown out (over 5 billion dollars per annum). A follow-up study on food wastage in 2009 showed no change…

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• Medicine and Sharps Disposal

  Residents have access to a number of pharmacies around the Wollondilly that accept the safe and free disposal of sharps and unwanted medicines.
  
   
  
  Unwanted and Expired Medicine Disposal
  A free collection service operates at all pharmacies for unwanted and expired medications to ensure the safe and the environmentally responsible disposal of these chemicals. 
  
  Use the find your nearest pharmacy tool or view the table below. 
  
   
  
  Sharps Disposal 
  Council provides a free sharps disposal service at…

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• Request for Tender - Disposal of Construction & Maintenance Materials (Panel Contract)

  Tender 2024/07
   
  
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  Wollondilly Shire Council is seeking Tenders for the disposal of materials arising from construction and maintenance activities in Wollondilly Shire.
  
  The materials to be disposed of vary and include concrete work, road pavement materials such as asphalt concrete and granular road base, as well as materials from various maintenance works like drainage, shoulder works, and heavy patching. 
  
  The scope of work includes tasks such as collection, transportation, and disp…

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• Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures to visit Wollondilly

  Wollondilly Shire Council, Southern Tablelands Arts and South East Arts will host a magical evening of vintage films from the National Film and Sound Archive's Corrick Collection, presented with live music and foley score.
  
  The event will be held in the newly renovated Wollondilly Shire Hall in Picton on Wednesday 20 April from 7pm. This is a once in a lifetime experience as Leonard’s Beautiful Pictures tours across the region.
  
  Paying homage to the musical talents of The Marvellous Corrick…

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• Road spoil recycling strategy generates savings for Wollondilly Council

  Wollondilly Council’s strategy to minimise disposal costs for spoil material generated from roadworks has already generated millions of dollars in savings, a report to April’s Council meeting has highlighted.
  
  The report demonstrates not only that Council has a solid strategy to minimise disposal costs as much as possible but also that its strategy of reduction, recycling and disposal has generated savings of over $31 million dollars over the past three years when compared with commercial landfi…

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• Full Steam Ahead for 2023 Thirlmere Festival of Steam

  It’s full steam ahead for the 2023 Thirlmere Festival of Steam, which will bring the village of Thirlmere to life on 18 and 19 March.
  
  The festival is once again being delivered by Wollondilly Shire Council and Transport Heritage NSW, operators of the NSW Rail Museum.
  
  Visitors can look forward to steam train rides aboard the State’s rail heritage collection, demonstrations from local artisans, and the colourful annual street parade.
  
  The iconic Huff n’ Puff race is making a long-awaited return…

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• Visit Wollondilly

  WelcomeWollondilly, on the south western outskirts of Sydney and at the foothills of the Southern Highlands, is surrounded by spectacular natural beauty and rural pastures.
  
  Its 2,560 square kilometres stretch from Bargo in the south, Appin and Menangle in the east, Warragamba in the north with the Nattai wilderness, Yerranderie and Burragorang Valley to the west.
  
  Wollondilly is rich in Indigenous and European history, with the earliest inhabitants being the Gundangurra and Tharawal people.
  
  At…

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• Use your recycled printer paper twice

  Use your recycled printer paper twicePaper, and printing on it, cost money. It consumes resources and could often be avoided.
  
  A tonne of paper consumes approximately 20 full-grown trees, over 90,000 litres of water, over 1.2 tonnes of coal and an assortment of chemicals. The greenhouse gas emissions of this tonne of paper are approximately 8 tonnes (with a tonne of recycled paper emitting approximately 2 tonnes of greenhouse gases), according to the Federal Government's 2001 Green Office G…

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• Switch off un-used appliances

  Switch off un-used appliancesBy switching off equipment when it is not in use, we save energy and money. It is that simple.
  
  Just as we don’t leave our cars idling when not in use, the idea that office equipment and appliances should be idling away on standby in case we need them is a recipe for power wastage and high electricity bills. It is estimated that the power used by office machines in standby mode is 6% of office energy use.
  
  By acting to switch off your un-used appliances, you can recl…

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• How to Reduce Waste

  There are many things you can do around the home, or at work, to minimise the amount of waste you generate and to recover valuable resources through initiatives such as composting and worm farming.
  
   
  
  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
  
  Limit your use of single-use and disposable products and opt for re-usable items
  Keep re-usable bags for your shopping
  When buying fruit and vegetables, put them in your trolley rather than plastic bags
  Donate unwanted clothes, household it…

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