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Australian Conservation Foundation
Australian Environmental Directory
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For Residents and the Community
- Clean Up Australia
Clean Up Australia inspires people to take responsibility for their natural environment and be actively involved in making their part of the world a clean and healthy place to live.
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
OEH aims to guide the community to achieve and maintain a healthy environment.
- SITA Environmental Solutions
SITA is a major solid waste and industrial liquid waste service provider to the greater metropolitan Sydney.
For Business
- Planet Ark
Planet Ark's aim is to show people and business the many ways that they can reduce their day-to-day impact on the environment.
- BusinessRecycling.com.au
The website is supported by a Hotline (1300 763 768). BusinessRecycling.com.au enables both the public and business, in particular small to medium size businesses to quickly find the location of nearby drop off facilities and pick up services for reuse and recycling of over 100 material categories, including timber, plastic, paper and cardboard, metals, soil/fill, electrical and electronic equipment etc.
Education- schools and groups
- SCRAP
SCRAP stands for School Communities Recycling All Paper. We are a non-profit body. We exist to help schools become environmentally-friendly and encourage you - whether you are a student, a teacher or a member of the wider school community - to understand how to do this better.
- Keep Australia Beautiful
Keep Australia Beautiful motivates people to enhance the quality of their environment through personal effort and community action.
- Rethink Waste Wise Education Centre
Rethink is a centre based education program focusing on the environmental benefits of waste and litter minimisation.
- The Gould League
The Gould League is one of Australia's leading Environmental Education Organisations. The Gould League seeks to create on-the-ground measurable improvements to the environment through its Education Programs, Consultancy, Publications and other activities.
Re-Use and Recycling
- www.reusemoose.com
Recycle items before you throw them out! You can also pick up some great things for free. As they say, "Don't be a goose,..recycle it with the moose!"
- Blacktown NSW Freecycle
"The Blacktown NSW group is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself!"
- www.recyclingnearyou.com.au
If you can't find what you are looking for, or you'd like to talk to someone about recycling something from home or acquiring someone else's treasure, you can call the Recycling Near You Hotline on 1300 733 712.
- www.woznotalot.com.au/site/
This website helps you to recycle and re-use goods which would otherwise go to landfill. It does this through email based web groups which allows you to give away items you no longer need, buy or sell your own household items, swap or trade items as well as ask questions or chat with other members.
- www.freally.com
Assists people to recycle more by giving away their unwanted items and in return receiving items from other people for free.
- www.gumtree.com.au
This is a free classifieds site, which allows you to sell your unwanted goods.
- Visy Recycling
Recycle paper, cardboard, glass, steel, plastics, liquid, paperboard and aluminium.
- Can Smart
Steel cans are easy to recycle. Can Smart is an initiative of the Steel Can Recycling Council. The Steel Can Recycling Council is an industry body dedicated to promoting steel can recycling in Australia. This is a great source of information for anyone with an interest in steel can recycling.
- Australian Council of Recyclers
ACOR is Australia's leading industry association representing companies involved in processing secondary, solid raw materials.
