Waste

Council resources

Boroondara Council –Waste and Environment
Knox City Council –Bins, rubbish and recycling
Manningham City Council-Waste and recycling
Maroondah City Council- Waste & rubbish
Monash Council-Waste
Whitehorse City Council- Waste & Environment
Yarra Ranges Council-Waste

Incursions and excursions

Afitting Connection- A range of craft-based workshops creating new things from pre-loved textiles, while learning all about fashion sustainability
BeeHealthy Stories- Workshops on recycling and sustainability
Chooktopia- Recycling, Composting, Chooks and Circular Economy
CERES- Towards Zero Waste Incursion
Gould League- Recycling Rules, Earth’s Treasures and The GOOD the BAD and the UGLY of PLASTICS incursions
Banyule Rethink Centre –Rethink Centre waste education
Little Sprouts – Early Learning compost, recycling, and worm incursions
Replas Environmental Centre- Tour
Taronga Blue- Marine debris education kit
Cleanaway- Waste Education School Programs
ReThink Recycling- Plastic and Recycling incursions
Precious Plastic Melbourne- Online incursions and in-person workshops. Every school gets recycled plastic items as a part of all interactive sessions!
So-Eco- School support and incursions
Urban Upcycle- Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose
Yarra Valley ECOSS- Hands on primary, secondary and early childhood excursions
Farm My School- Excursions grade 2 – year 12.

Recycling resources

Recycle and Reuse in Victorian School – For Victorian Schools to offer items for rehoming and request items for rehoming. Keeping resources out of landfill, save school funds and show our students and communities how to participate in the Circular Economy.
Planet Ark- Recycling information and resources
Visy- Recycling education
Terracycle- Recycling Solutions
Precious Plastic- Closing the loop on plastic recycling
Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs
Tread Lightly- Shoe recycling drive for schools
Clean up Australia- Recycle your pre-loved footwear
Awareaway- Holistic waste & sustainability education & regenerative products
Reverse Art Truck- Repurposing rejects, seconds and factory offcuts, that would otherwise go to landfill, and making them available to the greater community

Understanding waste and litter

Digital Technologies Hub- Rubbish recording and reduction
PlasticAdrift- Showing where plastic ends up
School Waste Audit
School litter audit
Cleanaway- Waste resources
Keep Australia Beautiful
Eco-Schools Australia- Litter & Waste Lesson Plans
ResourceSmart Schools- Waste module
The Story of Stuff- Movies, tools and information

E-waste resources

Digital Technologies Hub- Rubbish recording and reduction
TechCollect- Education materials
Mobile Muster- Education

Organic and food waste

ShareWaste- Give and receive organic waste
Eat for Life- Healthy me, healthy planet
Oz Harvest- Fighting food waste and FEAST program
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
Moving feast- Combatting food waste in Melbourne
Tonyi the Worm- An interactive worm farm education session for Preschool and Early Primary age children aiming to empower a generation of young worm farmers to feed worms, not the bin!
Nourish Network- Fostering connections between farms and schools across Victoria
Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct – Tour the house and learn all about the kitchen gardens and orchard