We offer residents of Sutherland Shire a range of free 'waste wise' workshops to help with better recycling and to reduce landfill. Bookings usually open three weeks before the workshop and some are delivered online via Zoom. Check back here for regular updates.
Plastic-free living and beeswax uses workshop
Learn practical ways to reduce your plastic use and start living your best plastic-free life.
Do you want to learn how to live ‘Plastic Free’? Join this fantastic workshop and you will learn how to reduce plastic usage.
Natural Skincare
This fun and informative hands-on workshop will teach you how to reduce waste while making your own skincare products from simple and natural ingredients.
This fun and informative hands-on practical workshop will teach you how to reduce waste while making your own Skincare products from simple and natural ingredients.
Green Cleaning
Learn how to reduce plastic packaging by making your own cleaning products for home from simple and natural ingredients.
Learn how to reduce plastic packaging by making your own cleaning products for home from simple and natural ingredients.
Balcony and vegetable gardening in pots
Learn how to reduce waste by growing your own vegetables.
Chook keeping
Keeping chickens is a terrific way to create a sustainable future. Chickens are the ultimate recyclers, aiding in composting, reducing waste.
Clothes Swap Party
If you have clothes in good quality condition that you once loved but are no longer your favourites or perhaps no longer fit you, join this amazing event.
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).
Fermenting | Bokashi Workshop
Reduce waste in your red bin in this exciting workshop, we'll show you how to make your own accelerator for fermenting food/organic scraps at home.
Food preserving and pickling making
Learn about the age-old practice of pickling to sustainably keep food fresh, while reducing food waste.
Herbs at Home
Learn how to grow your own herbs at home to save money and reduce food waste.
'In The Bin' school holiday workshop for kids 4 - 8
It’s never too early to start learning about how to protect the planet by eliminating waste. During the school holidays, we run workshops to introduce children aged 4 to 8 to the benefits of avoiding waste, recycling, composting and reusing.
Introduction to reusable cloth nappies
Join us online for our 'Introduction to Reusable Cloth Nappy Workshop' where a cloth nappy expert can answer your questions and help you get started