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• Worm Farming

  About Worm FarmingWhat is Worm Farming?Worm farming is a natural way to recycle fruit and vegetable waste.
  
  Why Should you Worm Farm?
  Over 50% of waste generated at home is organic matter which can be recycled.
  Castings and liquid fertiliser from worm farms are high in nutrients and add much needed nourishment back into the soil creating healthier plants and gardens.
  Worm farming produces 100% natural fertiliser so you don’t have to buy expensive artificial fertilisers.
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• Internal Review Application Form

  Internal Review Application FormPlease use this form if you wish to apply for internal review of a decision made under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act).
  
  You must lodge this form with us within 20 working days after notice of the decision was given to you. If you need help in filling out this form, please contact the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) on 1800 472 679.
  
  General information about accessing government information under the GIPA Act is available…

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• Composting

  About CompostingComposting 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 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 fertilisers.
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• Join the Green Team

  Join or create a work team focused on dreaming up and implementing schemes to reduce the impact your workplace has on the environment.
  
   
  
  About "Green Teams"The understanding that workplaces have an important role to play in moving us towards sustainability is relatively new.
  
  Accordingly, many businesses and organisations remain unsure of how to put this into practice. Creating or joining committees, ideas groups, and Green Teams to focus on and implement pro-environmental change at…

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• Make Your Profession Sustainable

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor! How can we reduce the environmental impact of our own profession?
  
   
  
  About Making Your Profession SustainableThe change required to create a sustainable society and heal the damage caused by global warming and the overuse of natural services will involve an evolution of almost all aspects of society. The future will include carbon trading, zero emissions targets, full cradle-to-cradle product lifecycle analysis, small business environmental management requiremen…

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• Save Paper and Forests

  The production of paper uses trees, chemicals, energy (greenhouse gases) and water. About one-third of the garbage we throw away is paper. Let's avoid, reduce, re-use and recycle at work too!
  
   
  
  About Saving Paper and ForestsThe ecological footprint of a single newspaper was once described as taking up the area covered by all the sheets of the newspaper laid side by side, for the period of a year.
  
  A tonne of paper consumes approximately 20 full-grown trees, over 90,000 litres of water, ov…

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• Buy Green Office Products

  Organisations have significant buying power. Swinging that power around to make the best use of our limited resources is easier than ever.
  
   
  
  About Green Office SuppliesOur workplaces provide great opportunities to make a real impact through our purchasing choices. Imagine the difference it would make if all organisations purchased renewable energy, used 100 per cent post-consumer recycled paper and recycled or refilled their thousands of printer cartridges.
  
  Often the shift required is minimal…

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• Travel Together to Meetings

  Travel to meetings and to work with your co-workers. It's efficient, it saves energy and it slows global warming.
  
   
  
  Reduce Carbon EmissionsThe impact of our carbon emissions is causing increased global warming and our modes of transport (especially the car) contribute significantly to these emissions. By 'car pooling' with your co-workers, you'll immediately halve your emissions in one easy step.
  
  This will also cut business costs and allow you to spend more 'face time…

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• Prevent Stormwater Pollution

  Waste from industrial sites can cause major environmental damage if they enter the stormwater system.
  
   
  
  About Preventing Stormwater PollutionStormwater systems, the gutters, drains and pipes that collect run-off, flow into local rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Contamination that is allowed to enter one part of the stormwater system will flow into the waterways that we use for our gardens, food and recreation.
  
  Businesses often use hazardous chemicals in the running of their business and are…

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• Recycle Office Waste

  Corporate social responsibility starts with people doing the right things at work. Ensuring our waste is recycled is a good step in this direction.
  
   
  
  About Recycling Office WasteSophisticated products assist us with our daily work, from printer cartridges and toners through to the specialist components used to manufacture and process our products and foods. To get these products we have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, alu…

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• Power Down

  Energy conservation at work saves resources, slows climate change and leaves the boss with more money for your bonus!
  
   
  
  About Cutting Down EnergyThe cost of energy is rising and the effects of pollution increasing.
  
  Many people waste energy at work in ways they would never consider doing at home. People leave their computers on overnight, leave rooms with the lights on, don't adjust the setting on their equipment to save power and as a consequence, tonnes of greenhouse gases are emitted.…

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• Make Your Business Carbon Neutral

  With environmental concerns taking centre stage, businesses and organisations are realising the benefits of setting their business on a carbon neutral target.
  
   
  
  About Being a Carbon Neutral BusinessFor businesses to stop contributing to climate change they need to become carbon neutral. This is achieved by balancing your business's carbon emissions with an equivalent amount being sequestered or offset. Generally all greenhouse gases (e.g. methane, nitrous oxide, etc.) are included in the…

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• Bushland Restoration

  The 3 R's of Bushland Restoration
  Retain remnant indigenous vegetation. 
  
  Conserving existing natural areas should always be our first priority. In many regions, both urban and rural, there is little bushland remaining.
  
  Regenerate where there is any potential for natural regeneration. 
  
  Where bushland remains but is degraded by things like weed invasion or grazing, regeneration should be the primary goal. Damaged bushland is still valuable and is capable of regenerating if given the right…

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• Wollondilly Mayor urges locals to get tested for Covid-19, get vaccinated

  As the Covid-19 situation in NSW continues to worsen, Wollondilly Mayor Robert Khan has encouraged locals to get tested to make sure any cases are picked up before they spread throughout the Shire. The Mayor is now also fully vaccinated and encourages others to follow suit.
  
  Wollondilly is usually at the forefront but needs to up its game when it comes to testing numbers, with only half the number of tests for Covid-19 per 1000 residents in comparison to other parts of South West Sydney.
  
  Saturd…

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• Illuminate Wollondilly hopes to be light at the end of lockdown

  Wollondilly’s popular arts and cultural festival, Illuminate Wollondilly has been postponed due to the continuing Covid-19 situation and uncertainty regarding timing of the end of lockdown.
  
  With original plans to hold the festival in September now off the agenda, the event is planned to be rescheduled for Friday 12, Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November 2021.
  
  This will be the sixth year for the popular arts and cultural festival, which is known for attracting thousands of visitors to Picton throu…

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