Reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill and cut back on single-use plastic waste this winter.
Every year Council spends $2.9 million to clean up rubbish from our parks, shopping centres and neighbourhood streets.
The Keep it Clean campaign encourages residents and business owners to do the right thing and dispose of their rubbish responsibly. Council offers easy solutions to waste problems, including one free hard rubbish collection each year as well as the Homecycle and Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Days that occur several times a year.
Homecycle – 13-24 June
Recycle smaller unwanted household items via the kerbside Homecycle collection. Simply place items in your yellow lid recycling bin the day after your normal collection day and your items will be passed onto charities.
Items you can donate include clothing, linen, homewares, toys, games, sporting equipment and small electrical items.
Homecycle will run from Tuesday 13 June to Saturday 24 June.
Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Day – Saturday 29 July
Give larger unwanted household goods a new life at the next Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Day in Dandenong in July.
Previous Drop Off events have been so successful that Council has added another date to the calendar. Bring up to 15 larger items to Greaves Reserve, 2-20 Bennet Street, Dandenong, on Saturday 29 July from 8am-1pm.
The event will accept unwanted electronic and household goods, including televisions, computers, whitegoods, furniture, mattresses and bicycles for free. Good quality items will be donated to charity while other items will be recycled.
Find out more about the Reuse and Recycle Drop Off Day.
Plastic Free July
Take the challenge during July and ditch single-use plastic to help save the environment.
Single-use plastics are a huge problem for our environment, our wildlife and our health.
From 1 February this year a state-wide ban on the sale and purchase of single-use plastics was introduced. Council also has a Plastic Use Policy designed to eliminate single-use plastics and plastic pollution from Greater Dandenong.
Council is challenging residents to reduce their use of plastics and share with the wider community their own tips and tricks for a more sustainable future. Share with us the steps you take this July to reduce plastic waste by sending a photo, your name and suburb to sustainability@cgd.vic.gov.au. Council will collect the tips and share the best ones via our social media platforms.
Find out more about Plastic Use Policy or join the challenge here Plastic Free July – Be Part of the Plastic Pollution Solution.
