NevRwaste congratulates its Alpine resort members in North East Victoria: Falls Creek, Mt Buller, Mt Hotham and Alpine Shire’s village Dinner Plain. They have proved they are on the cutting edge of sustainable practices and have been duly recognised for their efforts at the ‘2011 Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards’ by being awarded the TZW…
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NevRwaste News
Executive Officer Summary
It has been a busy quarter at Nevrwaste. We have been successful in obtaining grants for the household asbestos collection infrastructure, upgraded our e waste program and completed implementation of the recreational reserve public place recycling program. A highlight was receiving an award for the Alpine Resorts Food recovery program. Many of our 2011/12 projects…
Electronic Waste Recycling
Electronic Waste Recycling has now been available across North East Victoria since July 2011. During which time residents have diverted 69143 Kg of electronic goods away from landfill through NevRwaste’s electronic waste collection bins at transfer station. This is a great result! The electronic waste is broken down into commodities with up to 98.2% of…
Educating Our Young Minds
Each year the SEED project coordinates four student environment days targeting grade 5 students in North East Victorian primary schools. Over the course of this year we have had 633 students attend these days from 17 different schools. The Student Environment Days have now been operating for four years and during that time we have hosted…
Recycling Information Rolled Out Across the Region
Over 60,000 households across more than seven Council areas have now received their new waste information in a campaign that aims to improve recycling rates and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. The program is the initiative of Transpacific Cleanaway Wodonga, Halve Waste and NevRwaste who are coordinating the project on behalf of…
Notices
WINNER ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to announce our winner for the Regional Household Education Survey to Hayley, a resident from the City of Wodonga. Congratulations to Hayley. We hope you enjoy your stay at the Odd Frog in Bright.
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