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Online Recycling Facility Tour Canning Vale Centre April 2022

Online Recycling Facility Tour Canning Vale Centre April 2022

Hi everyone,Thank you for attending the online tour on Tuesday We are always wanting to improve our tours experience. We would appreciate it if you could complete this online feedback survey (click the link below)https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=AcsgdpuK00aSIihq8ceWvTNFTdDaLkBBoTKgfYEDuNtUMURMWUFGR1BGQ01IWDc5ODlPOEZKRDY4VS4u We had lots of great questions during the tour! I have outlined them below with the answers: How is leachate extracted from landfill sites?Leachate management: Modern day landfills are lined. Multiple layers of lining collect and guide leachate from the landfill base towards a network…

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Ecoburbia Tour – 19 June 2016 (Includes Ted Talk by Shani Graham)

Ecoburbia Tour – 19 June 2016 (Includes Ted Talk by Shani Graham)

(Video below)Ecoburbia is part urban infill development, where we have converted one house into four self-contained living units, tripling the population density without adding to the house’s footprint.Ecoburbia is part urban farm with chickens, goats, compost and fruit trees, plus a large shared veggie patch.Ecoburbia is part demonstration sustainable house, with cutting edge energy systems, water collection and dispersal systems and innovative passive solar design.Ecoburbia is part educational opportunity and community hub, with regular tours, workshops, films and other community…

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Total Green E-Waste Recycling Tour – Oct 2019

Total Green E-Waste Recycling Tour – Oct 2019

NB: The presentation is not the updated one and I couldn’t wait any longer to create this video. Notes:– They hold regular tours so keep an eye out on the Events page.– Please help ban E-waste from going to landfill in WA and sign this petition.– They are the biggest E-waste recycling facility in the WA.– They hold a 13 module course for staff training.– National Television and Computer Recycling scheme explained.– Related link: Peter Rudd E-Waste Recycler

One of my Best Waste Rescue & Resource Recovery Wins – 2018

One of my Best Waste Rescue & Resource Recovery Wins – 2018

If you have worked or lived with me you know I go to great lengths to avoid waste and honour resources. This has been one of my biggest wins so far. Story time: I was told the whole wall of ‘expired’ drinks and food need to be thrown away. I insisted to handle it. I didn’t know what to do. My usual dumpster divers could not save it, the lady to takes sandwiches for the homeless was not replying. My…

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Avoiding waste with the Japanese concept of ‘mottainai’

Avoiding waste with the Japanese concept of ‘mottainai’

Download 25 minute audio of a related talk – Mottainai: a philosophy of waste The idea of ‘mottainai’—a Japanese approach to the concept of waste—could provide the west with a philosophical answer to environmental crises. Kevin Taylor, a graduate student in environmental philosophy from Southern Illinois University, explores this nuanced ethic of care and its deep roots in eastern ways of thinking. In environmental studies, islands are often noted as isolated places where people have caused problems by exhausting local resources. The most…

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Regional Resource Recovery Centre Tour 12 Nov 2016 with Patrick

Regional Resource Recovery Centre Tour 12 Nov 2016 with Patrick

Map of the facility Waste Composting Facility video.https://www.facebook.com/Recycle.Right.with.WREN/videos/1149795431759652/ – Broken glass HAS to go to recycling. – Look up compostable bin liners. As opposed to biodegradable ones. – Tour of the garden. – Tour of the green waste processing where mulch is made. Sold by Richgro. – Tour of the recycling facility – All glass gets broken up and ends up as road base. Reinventing Your Recycling / Materials Recovery Facility Videohttps://www.facebook.com/Recycle.Right.with.WREN/videos/1246810738724787/ – Don’t bag recycling!!!!!!!!!! Especially if it’s tied…

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