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Say no to single-use plastics for a day, a week or a whole month.
It's shocking to know that every single bit of plastic that has ever been made still exists somewhere in the world. Approximately eight million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in freshwater and marine environments each year, polluting water and harming wildlife.
Plastic Free July aims to raise awareness of our growing plastic waste problem, and challenges people to do something about it.
Get motivated and register for the challenge with your friends, family and colleagues. If you’re stuck for ideas about how to eliminate your plastic use, visit Living Plastic Free or follow Council’s social media for useful tips and facts through July.
Visit www.darebin.vic.gov.au/plasticfree to find out more about Council's commitment to reducing single-use plastic.
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Food Business Boost Program
The Food Business Boost Program assists women who are experiencing barriers to employment to develop their food business.
This fully subsidised program, run by Melbourne Food Hub, runs over 5 sessions from Thursday 4 July to Thursday 8 August. It provides essential information about running a food business as well as tailored support from food business specialists.
The course is delivered across 2 locations:
- Melbourne Food Hub, 2 Wingrove Street, Alphington
- Darebin Arts Centre, Cnr Bell and St Georges Road, Preston
Hurry, places are limited. Enrol today by emailing info@melbournefoodhub.org.au
The Food Business Boost Program is supported by the Bennelong and Inner North Community Foundations and Global Sisters.
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Finding a better way for e-waste – film screening and Q&A
To protect our environment and recover more precious resources, the Victorian Government has committed to banning e-waste to landfill from 1 July 2019. Any device with a plug, battery or power cord that is no longer wanted or useful is classified as e-waste and can no longer go in your household bins.
Join us to find out what’s driving this change. Come along to a free screening of the award-winning short film 'E-wasteland' - a visual portrait of unregulated e-waste recycling in Ghana. Following each screening there will be a Q&A with the film’s director David Fedele, a local independent filmmaker. Light snacks will be provided at both events.
East Preston Community Centre screening
6.30-7.30pm, Thursday 4 July 2019
7 Newton Street, Reservoir
To book email epcc@darebin.vic.gov.au or call 8470 8107
Preston Library screening
7-8pm Thursday 18 July 2019
266 Gower Street, Preston
Book online or call 1300 655 355
Visit our website for more information on how to dispose of your e-waste.
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Sew your own re-useable bag this Plastic Free July
Thursday 25 July
2–4pm or 6–7.30pm
Northcote Library
‘Sew sustainable’ this Plastic Free July with local group Boomerang Bags Thornbury/Northcote.
Boomerang Bags started in Australia and is now an international community-driven movement which is tackling plastic pollution at its source. The Thornbury/Northcote branch stocks High Street shops with reuseable ‘boomerang bags’ as a sustainable alternative to plastic bags. So far the group has provided more than 900 bags in less than a year of operation.
Come along to a free workshop on Thursday 25 July to learn how to make your own reuseable bag while saving fabric from landfill and helping to reduce single-use plastic bags. Sewing machines, patterns and fabric will be provided.
To book your spot, email epcc@darebin.vic.gov.au or call 8470 8107
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Nominations open for the 2019 Darebin Community Awards.
The Darebin Community Awards recognise local people and groups who give back to the community. We are seeking nominations for the newly introduced Sustainability Award, celebrating those doing excellent work in the sustainability or environmental fields in Darebin.
Check out the rest of the Darebin Community Awards categories here and share this information within your networks to help us recognise the unsung heroes making Darebin a better place to live.
Nominations close Wednesday 31 July. To nominate a person or group please go to darebin.vic.gov.au/communityawards2019.
For more information please contact Creative Culture and Events on 8470 8551 or email civicevents@darebin.vic.gov.au
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Moon Rabbit’s Sustainability Story
How does local café Moon Rabbit manage to produce only 508g of waste in one week? Watch our video about Moon Rabbit's inspiring journey to becoming a zero waste café, and find out how they're influencing their customers and supply chain along the way.
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Connecting neighbours through composting
Have you heard of a community composting hub? Preston resident Katrina Forstner has been running a composting hub from her backyard since mid-2018. Each week, local residents drop off their kitchen scraps and coffee grounds to contribute to her five large compost bins and one worm farm. With support from Darebin City Council and through the ShareWaste app, Katrina has expanded her composting hub and connected with more neighbours who want to donate their food scraps so they can be turned into compost.
The hub brings the local community together and provides an opportunity for apartment dwellers and those who do not have the ability to compost themselves to recycle their organic waste. In the last year, the hub has accepted 262 donations from over 20 households and diverted more than 1.5 tonnes of kitchen scraps from landfill, avoiding almost 3 tonnes of carbon emissions as a result.
Read more about Katrina’s composting hub and find out how to be a ShareWaste host or donor.
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