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Small acts that inspire big impacts

See what people in the community are doing to support positive recycling and waste reduction habits to create a sustainable future for Victoria.

Multicultural community leaders fight food waste

Dr. Harpreet Singh Kandra and Tammy Nguyen raised awareness about food waste and shared simple food saving tips with their Indian and Vietnamese communities.

Read about their inspiring initiatives

New glass from old

A glass reprocessing facility in Spotswood is getting a significant upgrade that will double its recycling capacity.

Read about the upgrade to the Visy facility

Victoria’s recycling supports healthier trees

Natural Growth Partners manufacture their tree planting and staking solution in Melbourne, using 100% recycled plastics that come from our household recycling.

Find out more about Tree Coach

Recycling transformed into design pieces

Melbourne designer Joshua Space creates objects from 100% recycled household plastic using milk bottles, shampoo bottles and other common plastics found in our household recycling bins.

Read about The Recycled Series

Connecting communities with art

Artist Katherine Gail has made a powerful contribution to the community of St. Albans with her creation of a large mural beautifully illustrating 'Small acts make a big impact'.

Take a look at the St. Albans mural

A reusables recipe for success

Melbourne-based food writer and cook Alice Zaslavsky guides you through her top tips to ditch single-use plastic bags when shopping.

Find out all the ways reusable bags come in handy

Multicultural mural motivates locals

Artist Yan Yan Candy Ng is inspiring Bendigo locals with her hand-painted mural depicting the small acts people can take to minimise waste and recycle more.

Check out the Bendigo mural
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