Environment & Sustainability 

News from the Chicken Coop

The Carnevale Family loved using our fresh chicken eggs for their pasta making this week.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Thank-you to all of th families who have helped to look after the chickens this term. If you would like to add your name to the roster for Term 4 then please email Mel at mkerwin@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au with your preferred dates. 

Soft Plastic Reduction Initiative

Please remember to be wrapper free next term also. We thank-you for your support and encourage you to work with your child to come up with some wrapper free solutions for their lunchboxes.

HomeCycle is a free at-home service, to donate reusable household goods.

Free collection service for Whitehorse residents. Book without leaving home.

Donate items to reduce reusable items sent to landfill and support local charities and relief organisations.

Limit of one pick-up per household and bookings are limited. Dates are still available.

Call on 9386 8702 or Book Online via https://homecycle.com.au/whitehorse/booking/

You can download the brochure for a detailed list of accepted and unaccepted items. https://homecycle.com.au/whitehorse/accepted-items/

For more information, visit https://homecycle.com.au/whitehorse/about-homecycle/ 

Message in a Bottle Competition

All students are asked to share their recycling messages for the Message in a Bottle installation at Scienceworks! Submissions close 20 September. We are inviting Victorian primary school students to contribute to our Scienceworks installation that celebrates the success of the program and the upcoming first anniversary of the scheme. To get involved, visit cdsvic.org.au/message-in-a-bottle and respond to the prompt "Why is recycling important to you?” for the opportunity to have the message included in a bottle for thousands of visitors to see. 

We are encouraging young Victorians to learn more about recycling.

Thanks for your support,

The Environment Team