Environmental Sustainability

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Sustainability events

Detox Your Home - Knox event

Sunday, 17 May 2026 | 08:00 AM to 03:00 PM

A free chemical drop off event in Knox.

Knox Council Operations Centre, 14 Henderson Road, Other 3180

Tagged as: , Community, Council run event, Education, Sustainability, Workshop

Booked out - Follow your FOGO tour - Bayswater North pick up

Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 09:15 AM to 12:30 PM

Join our bus tour from Arrabri Community House as we visit the site where your FOGO is processed in Dandenong South. See how it is decontaminated, processed, composted and more!

Arrabri Community House, 42 Allambanan Drive, Bayswater North 3153

Tagged as: , Community, Council run event, Education, Sustainability, Workshop

Detox Your Home - Yea event

Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM

A free chemical drop off event in Yea.

Yea Saleyards, 1 Flat Lead Road, Other 3717

Tagged as: , Community, Council run event, Education, Sustainability, Workshop

Urban Nanna's Scraptastic Cooking

Saturday, 13 June 2026 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Join permaculture and sustainability educator, Anna The Urban Nanna, to learn why and how to flip your relationship with food waste for good, by adopting ‘scraptastic’ approaches in the kitchen.

Croydon Library, Civic Square, Croydon 3136

Tagged as: , Community, Council run event, Education, Sustainability, Workshop