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BOWER I CHEMCLEAR I CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY I COMMERCIAL WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
ECO GARDEN WALK I FRIDGE BUY BACK PROGRAM | GARAGE SALE | GREEN WASTE CHIPPING / MULCHING SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL COLLECTION I MOBILE MUSTER I NORTH RYDE TRANSFER STATION | RETURN UNWANTED MEDICINES
SCHOOLS I WORKSHOPS, TALKS & DEMOS FOR EVERYONE
| BOWER REUSE AND REFERRAL SERVICE |
 The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre is a community based, not for profit,
co-operative and charity.
They aim to provide reuse solutions for unwanted, reusable household furniture, selected electrical appliances, including fridges, bric-a-brac, office items, even fireplaces and the kitchen sink that could otherwise end up in landfill.
The Bower accepts donations of pre-loved goods and sells them back into use in the community at very low prices.
The Bower also offer a Referral Service if unable to accept donations due to limited space, time constraints or other reasons.
Through our Referral Service and directly accepting donations The Bower diverts 245 tonnes of household 'waste' from landfill annually. That's 4.7 tonnes per week!
Go to The Bower any day of the week. Email (reuse@bower.org.au) or call 02 9568 6280.
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ChemClear provides a safe and easy collection and disposal service for all agricultural and veterinary chemical users throughout Australia. ChemClear is a national industry funded initiative designed as a cost effective way to collect unused and unwanted currently registered chemicals.
WHICH CHEMICALS ARE COLLECTED FREE OF CHARGE?
Chemicals that are still registered by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Manufacturers Association (APVMA) and are supplied by Avcare, VMDA or participating companies are collected free of charge.
WHICH CHEMICALS ATTRACT A FEE FOR DISPOSAL?
Unregistered or scheduled waste attracts a disposal fee per litre/kg.
WHO CAN USE THE PROGRAM?
ChemClear collects unwanted chemicals from agriculture and commercial livestock production, forestry, commercial pest and weed control operators, including local, state and federal government activities and resellers.
HOW CAN I REGISTER?
ChemClear is accepting bookings now. Visit the ChemClear website for further information, advice and bookings or contact
1800 008 182
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 Clean Up Australia Day is Australia's largest community based environmental event. It continues to grow from strength to strength because of the generous support of many individuals, businesses, community groups and councils throughout Australia.
Join thousands of people nation wide in March of each year, all registered sites will receive a Clean Up kit and have their waste collected by City Of Ryde Council.
To register your interest please contact the Waste Education Officer on 02 9952 8267.
For more information please visit the Clean Up Australia Day website or call 1800 282 329
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Businesses located within the City of Ryde do not pay for a waste service as part of the property rates. The City of Ryde however, does encourage all businesses to try to reduce the amount of landfill waste they produce and this is reflected in the competitively priced commercial waste collection service offered.
For users of this service, free information, resources, and on-site visits are available to help businesses reduce the amount of waste they produce.
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| ECO GARDEN WALK - NORTHERN SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF TAFE (RYDE CAMPUS) |
Take a walk through the Ryde TAFE Eco Garden for inspiration to create your own low maintenance and low waste Eco Garden at home.
The Eco Garden is comprised of 16 different stations that demonstrate Eco Garden principles can easily be applied in day to day activities.
The Eco Garden is open Monday to Friday 7.00am - 6.00pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9.00am - 3.00pm. Entry is via Parkes St, Ryde. Maps are available from the Civic Centre (1 Devlin Street, Ryde) and libraries.
For more information about the Eco Garden please call Plant Kingdom (Ryde campus) between 11.00am and 2.00pm on
02 9448 6688.
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The Fridge Buyback program has collected over 3,500 fridges, reducing greenhouse emissions by over 30,000 tonnes and saving $5 million in electricity bills thanks to the outstanding response from the community.
Phase three of the Fridge Buyback program IS STARTING IN AUGUST 2008.
Please check the Fridge Buyback website or call 1800 708 401 to register to have your fridge picked up.
Residents that participate will receive up to $35.
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| GARAGE SALE - SECONDHAND SATURDAY |
SecondHand Saturday is a garage sale held within your premises which takes place before a scheduled clean up collection. SecondHand Saturday is a great way to trade those items, stacked in the garage or under the house, no longer needed.
By participating in SecondHand Saturday residents’ are ensuring items are reused and saving resources needed to make new products AND reducing the amount of unwanted items going to landfill.
WE ADVERTISE YOUR GARAGE SALE FOR FREE IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT TIMES
City of Ryde holds 10 Clean Up and Household Collections a year.
The week prior to these residents are invited to hold a SecondHand Saturday event and then place items not sold, out for the clean up collection.
Complete the registration form and City of Ryde will advertise your SecondHand Saturday event as well as send you tips on how to host a successful garage sale and posters.
Please return the registration form no later than 10 days prior to your SecondHand Saturday event.
For exact dates of your clean up please see the Waste Collection Information and Calendars page.
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Please note that all trees that are being trimmed need to adhere to Council's tree policy.
 Due to the success of the Chipping/Mulching trial, Council has decided to extend the service until further notice.
This will remain to be a FREE to your door service, however the number of services per residence is restricted to 6 per year to ensure all residents can partake in this service.
Free Chipping and Mulching Service for Residents (PDF 1.9MB)
WHAT TO DO
- Prior to pruning, book the service by calling Customer Service on
02 9952 8222
- Leave the greenwaste material on the nature strip in a manner that will not
- obstruct pedestrian access
- The truck will chip material on site and leave the chips for collection and distribution
 RESTRICTIONS
- Tree/shrub limbs and trunks should be no more than 15cm/6inches diameter
- No tree stumps
- No piles of leaves
- No palm fronds
- No fence palings or structural timbers
- No lantana, bamboo or other noxious weeds
- No vines
- No succulent vegetation
- No thorns (eg bougainvillea)
- Load size 13 two trailer boxes (approx 2.5m x 2m) loads
- Stacking in 2m lengths maximum & no small pieces, with large end of branches facing gutter
- Branch piles to be on the nature strip and unfortunately no RTA roads
The service is carried out twice a week, on weekdays only, and is restricted to availability, book ahead.
For bookings phone City of Ryde Customer Services on 02 9952 8222.
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 Chemicals can be hazardous to the environment, your family, garbage collectors and sewerage system workers.
It is dangerous to throw household chemicals in the garbage, incinerator, down drains or sinks, down toilets or outside in the gully traps.
Chemicals and pesticides collected include:
- Acids and alkalis
- Batteries
- Fire extinguishers
- Flares
- Gas bottles
- Hobby chemicals
- Household cleaners
- Motor oils and fuels
- Paint
- Paint related products
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Pool chemicals Solvents
This FREE service will be scheduled for Sunday 10 May 2009. For more information download the Household Chemical Collection and CleanOut brochure.
This collection took place in 2008 with a record of 25.5 tonnes collected and 812 cars visiting the drop off point.
For further information visit the ChemClean website.
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 Mobile Muster is the official national recycling program of the mobile phone industry in Australia. Initiated voluntarily by the telecommunications industry in 1999 its overall aim is to prevent mobile phones ending up in landfill.
The program collects and recycles mobile phone handsets, batteries and accessories from a network of over 1,400 mobile phone retailers, local council, government agencies and business drop off points across Australia.
WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED
- Over 90% of mobile phone materials can be recovered and used for new products.
- Batteries include nickel to make stainless steel, cobalt and cadmium batteries.
- Circuit boards include small amounts of gold and silver that is used in jewellery and other applications.
- Handset housings and casings include plastics that are shredded and used to make fence posts and pallets.
- Accessories include plastics and metals that are shredded, sorted and then used to make new plastic or metal products.
Drop old mobile phones and accessories to the Customer Service Centre on Devlin St or to any of the five libraries across the
City of Ryde area.
For more information visit the Mobile Muster website.
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 The North Ryde Waste Management Centre, located at Wicks Rd, North Ryde, accepts a wide range of recyclables free of charge.
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6am - 4pm |
| Saturday thru Sunday |
7am - 5pm |
PLEASE NOTE that the centre is closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
For further information and disposal fees you can contact WSN Environmental Solutions on 1300 651 116 or visit the website.
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 All residents and visitors are encouraged to participate in the RETURN UNWANTED MEDICINES (RUM) PROGRAM, to protect the City of Ryde's waterways, people and environment.
More than 66.3 million prescribed goods are purchased in NSW every year compromising 40% of the national consumption.
NSW consumption is growing by nearly 10% each year with a majority of these prescribed goods stored past their use by date.
Out of date prescribed goods can become a potential hazard for children and adults when "shared" amongst family members, or stored in an area accessible by children.
In Australia, 50 children are admitted to hospital every week as a result of poisoning; many cases involve consumption of medicines not intended for them.
More than 200 tonnes of out of date and unwanted medicines are inappropriately disposed of (in household garbage and down toilets and sinks) across Australia.
These inappropriately disposed of medicines become a significant and serious contributor to environmental issues such as water quality and contaminated land.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE ITEMS?
Return out of date and unwanted medicines to any pharmacy in Australia, where they are collected and disposed of at high temperatures and are in no way recycled.
Please visit the Return Unwanted Medicines website for more information.
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ASSISTANCE WASTE AND LITTER AUDITS
The City of Ryde provides assistance to schools in the City of Ryde who would like to undertake waste and litter audits as part of the Schools Environmental Management Plans (SEMPS). The audits are an excellent opportunity to visually demonstrate to students the amount of waste and litter we all produce. It highlight ways in which we can all help to reduce it.
FREE WORM FARM AND COMPOST BINS FOR CITY OF RYDE SCHOOLS!
City of Ryde recognizes the importance in reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill and hence is setting up and holding workshops for any school that requests the service.
Already hundreds of students have taken up the opportunity to learn about the amazing facts of worms.
Contact the City's Waste Department on 02 9952 8222 for further information.
RYDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK
Ryde Environmental Education Network
RYDE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S ECOGARDEN
Ryde Public School students are learning that not all fruit and vegetables come in tins, frozen packets or wrapped in excess plastic packaging from supermarket shelves.
With the assistance of the City of Ryde and continued support from the school and local community, a 6m x 3m eco-garden was constructed within the playground. The garden is used to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables including strawberries, corn, cane sugar, and lettuce to name a few.
Active worm farms and compost bins provide the eco-garden with mulch and soil.
The newly formed "Gardening Club" has over 100 volunteer students, and with supervising teachers they work on and maintain the garden.
Joanne Li of year 6 interviewed some of the students in the club:
" We like the garden because we can play in an environmentally fun place"
"Because people learn not to litter"
"I planted lettuce seeds - the ones that turned purple"
The ecogarden is integrated into teaching a number of other subjects including maths, English, HSIE, and sport.
TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
City of Ryde Waste Department can provide your school, with a variety of FREE talks, interactive demonstrations and workshops on topics including:
- Recycling in Ryde
- Shopping for the future
- The wonderful world of worms
- Working with less waste - how to reduce waste in the workplace and save money
The programs can be modified to suit children from primary through to secondary and tertiary level and are also available for teachers to be undertaken as part of their in-service days.
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| WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR EVERYONE |
City of Ryde Waste Department provides individuals and community groups with a variety of talks, interactive demonstrations and workshops on topics including (but not limited to):
- Living Sustainably
- Worm farming (see below)
- Composting (see below)
- Green Cleaning
Please contact the Waste Education Officer for more information on 02 9952 6287.
WORM FARMING AND COMPOSTING DEMONSTRATIONS
 When food and garden waste is sent to landfill, the organic nutrients become a contributor to environmental problems including water pollution and the greenhouse effect.
As around 50% of household waste produced is food and garden waste, composting and worm farming are excellent ways to turn these valuable organic nutrients into solid and liquid fertilisers.
City of Ryde conducts demonstrations and regular workshops on composting and worm farming. Worm farms are $50 and compost bins $25 (pictured). FREE home delivery is available. All worm farms and compost bins purchased are entitled to a free home set up and ongoing advice for the life of their farm/bin. Please contact the City of Ryde's Waste Education Officer on 02 9952 8222 for further information.
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