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St Patrick’s Primary: Guardians of Port Fairy’s Beaches
19 November 2024
As 2024 ResourceSmart School Awards Community Leadership Award recipient, St Patrick’s Primary School’s dedication to sustainability is as solid as its commitment to the community.
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Five ways to go green this Halloween
29 October 2024
There are plenty of ways to enjoy the spooky season without haunting the planet with the large amount of waste that can end up in landfill once Halloween celebrations are over.
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How your organic ‘waste’ becomes a valuable resource
28 October 2024
For the last 10 years, Veolia has been processing food and garden organics, transforming them into products such as soil conditioner for farms.
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A note from the Waste Expo 2024
24 October 2024
Sustainability Victoria’s CEO Matt Genever on how Victoria can redefine sustainability through a thriving circular economy that prioritises innovative design and community collaboration.
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Revitalising gardens with recycled compost
18 October 2024
For many green thumbs in and around Echuca, gardens are thriving thanks to the food scraps and garden clippings that they’ve sorted into their bins.
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How farmers use your scraps to grow your food
16 October 2024
Imagine a world where the scraps from today’s veggie soup transform into lush green land that feeds cattle. This is the powerful reality of composting.
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Turning trash into treasure for Victoria’s farms and gardens
08 October 2024
Repurpose It is investing in ways to recover resources that used to go to landfill and transform them into something useful and help transition Australia to a circular economy.
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Newham Primary’s outdoor learning drives sustainability success
07 October 2024
Newham Primary School has been part of the ResourceSmart Schools program since 2013 and was a finalist in the 2024 ResourceSmart School of the Year category.
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Turning plastic waste into concrete
01 October 2024
Two projects funded by Sustainability Victoria bring together universities and industry to create new markets for recycled plastics and new concrete products that are both durable and sustainable.