Council offers residents of Sutherland Shire a range of free 'waste wise' workshops to help reduce landfill.
Bookings open three weeks before the workshop. Some workshops are delivered online via Zoom.
Composting and worm farming
This hands-on, fun workshop gives you the opportunity to learn how easy it can be to reuse your food scraps creating nutrient rich fertiliser to improve soil conditions and decrease the amount you send to landfill.
Participants also receive a free compost bin or worm farm at the end of the workshop (limit of 1 per household).
More than half of residential garbage can be composted. Instead of contributing to methane gas emissions in landfill, this material can become a valuable soil conditioner and replenish the nutrients in your garden.
Clothes Swap Party
If you have clothes in good quality condition that you once loved but are no longer your favorites or perhaps no longer fit you, join this amazing event.
Swapping is a great and thrifty way to update your wardrobe save money and help to fight textile waste.
Natural skincare
Learn how to reduce packaging by making your own skincare products just from simple and natural ingredients.
Living with less Decluttering
Learn how to declutter, get organised and simplify your life by reducing your waste.
Food preserving and pickling making
Learn about the age-old practice of pickling to sustainably keep food fresh, while reducing food waste.
Enjoy this unique online workshop – learn about the age-old practice of pickling and preserving to sustainably keep food fresh, while reducing food waste!
Fermenting
Enjoy this unique workshop and learn about the age-old practice of fermenting while reducing food waste.
Enjoy this unique workshop to learn about the age-old practice of fermenting, while reducing food waste.
Bokashi (accelerator composting)
Have you mastered composting and want to push on further and learn more? Come along to this interactive workshop and learn to make your own accelerator that ferments organic matter. This also can be used in an airtight kitchen top container to break down your organic matter - perfect for unit dwellers.
This fun and informative hands-on practical workshop will teach you the latest and greatest way to compost, particularly if you have limited space.