2011/2012 Recycling Calendar - Sunshine Coast Council
2011/2012 Recycling Calendar - Sunshine Coast Council
2011/2012 Recycling Calendar - Sunshine Coast Council
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In this calendar you’ll find<br />
some beautiful examples of<br />
Green Art, created by those<br />
inspired by the natural world<br />
and a desire to work with<br />
environmentally sensitive<br />
practices.<br />
How we manage our waste<br />
makes a big difference to the<br />
environment, our lifestyle and<br />
the future of our region.<br />
Your household can help<br />
protect the beautiful <strong>Sunshine</strong><br />
<strong>Coast</strong> environment for<br />
generations to come just by<br />
recycling. Keep up the good<br />
work in your home and if you<br />
need further information, just<br />
head to our website<br />
www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au<br />
or see your waste information<br />
brochure.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>Recycling</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong><br />
Swirl<br />
Judith Whale,<br />
Treeline 2010.<br />
Photo: Christine Elcoate
The Guardians Elizabeth Poole, Treeline 2010. Photo: Deborah Halls
JULY<br />
Compost is a great<br />
soil improver and<br />
you can make it<br />
for free from food<br />
and garden scraps.<br />
Pick up your free<br />
composting DVD<br />
at council libraries<br />
or view it online.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3<br />
4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />
11 12 13 14 15 16 17<br />
18 19 20 21 22 23 24<br />
25 26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
People of the Canoe (Outrigger Canoe) Phyl Williams, Floating Land 2009. Photo: Kim Guthrie
AUGUST<br />
Australian’s use<br />
4 billion plastic<br />
bags annually -<br />
you can recycle<br />
your plastic bags<br />
at shopping centres.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />
15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
22 23 24 25 26 27 28<br />
29 30 31<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Where do we come from? Who are we? And where are we going? Sue Coburn, Floating Land 2009. Photo: Adam Sebastian West
SEPTEMBER<br />
Fancy a spring clean<br />
- you can recycle<br />
items like batteries,<br />
paint, oil, steel,<br />
de-gassed fridges<br />
and microwaves at<br />
council recycling<br />
centres for free.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26 27 28 29 30<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
The Leaves Breath Corrie Wright, Treeline 2010. Photo: Deborah Halls
OCTOBER<br />
Nude food is<br />
about reducing<br />
unnecessary<br />
packaging. Use<br />
reusable containers<br />
rather than plastic<br />
wrap to help reduce<br />
the waste your<br />
household produces.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
31 1 2<br />
3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />
10 11 12 13 14 15 16<br />
17 18 19 20 21 22 23<br />
24 25 26 27 28 29 30<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Children’s Workshop, Terry Summers, Floating Land 2009.<br />
Photo: Adam Sebastian West
NOVEMBER<br />
Unsure about what<br />
to recycle? Refer<br />
to your recycling<br />
sticker, which lists<br />
glass bottles and<br />
jars, all paper and<br />
cardboard, aluminium,<br />
steel and aerosol<br />
cans and all<br />
household plastic<br />
containers with the<br />
symbol 1-6.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20<br />
21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
28 29 30<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Workshop participant, Treeline 2010. Photo: Deborah Halls
DECEMBER<br />
Need some<br />
extra chairs<br />
these holidays?<br />
Community run<br />
recycling markets<br />
are a great place<br />
to pick up furniture<br />
at really low prices.<br />
You’ll also find<br />
building materials,<br />
electrical items,<br />
home-wares and<br />
clothing.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Mirror aux Alouttes Aka, Floating Land 2009. Photo: Raoul Slater
JANUARY<br />
<strong>Recycling</strong> EVERY<br />
scrap of paper, in all<br />
rooms of the house,<br />
is one of the most<br />
important things<br />
we can do in our<br />
homes to help the<br />
environment.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
30 31 1<br />
2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9 10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
16 17 18 19 20 21 22<br />
23 24 25 26 27 28 29<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Ocean Roar Virginia King, Floating Land 2009. Photo: Raoul Slater
FEBRUARY<br />
Joining Freecycle is<br />
a way to get rid of<br />
your unwanted items<br />
and pick up some<br />
free goodies<br />
at the same time.<br />
To register, visit<br />
www.freecycle.org.au<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4 5<br />
6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />
13 14 15 16 17 18 19<br />
20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
27 28 29<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Future Tree Richard Newport, Treeline 2010. Photo: Deborah Halls
MARCH<br />
Food and garden<br />
waste breaking down<br />
in landfills adds to<br />
greenhouse gas<br />
emissions. Help out<br />
by recycling the food<br />
and garden waste<br />
from your home<br />
using a worm farm<br />
or compost bin.<br />
Remember, compost<br />
bins like sun, worm<br />
farms like shade.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Treeline 2010. Photo: Deborah Halls
APRIL<br />
Junk mail wrapped<br />
in plastic can’t be<br />
recycled. Remove<br />
the plastic wrap,<br />
throw this away and<br />
recycle the rest.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
30 1<br />
2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9 10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
16 17 18 19 20 21 22<br />
23 24 25 26 27 28 29<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Heating Up Paper Kilns on Lake Cootharaba, Quixotica Collaboration,<br />
Floating Land 2009. Photo: Raoul Slater
MAY<br />
If you break a<br />
drinking glass or<br />
ceramic plate, throw<br />
it in the rubbish bin.<br />
Only glass bottles<br />
and jars can be<br />
recycled and one<br />
small drinking glass<br />
could ruin one tonne<br />
of recyclable glass.<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20<br />
21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
28 29 30 31<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
The Firings Performance: Lyndon Davis Heating Up Paper Kilns on Lake Cootharaba, Quixotica Collaboration, Floating Land 2009.<br />
Photo: Raoul Slater
JUNE<br />
Celebrate Green<br />
June by attending<br />
free events,<br />
workshops and<br />
activities that will<br />
give you the<br />
knowledge, inspiration<br />
and ideas to make<br />
a real difference in<br />
your own home.<br />
Visit www.sunshine<br />
coast.qld.gov.au/<br />
greenjune<br />
M T W T F S S<br />
1 2 3<br />
4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />
11 12 13 14 15 16 17<br />
18 19 20 21 22 23 24<br />
25 26 27 28 29 30<br />
Tick the box for your recycling week: recycling week 1 recycling week 2<br />
Place your yellow-lidded recycling bin on the kerbside every second week.
Green Art<br />
Green Art is a global, contemporary social art movement.<br />
Other terms such as environmental art, eco-art and land<br />
art are also used. Green Art refers to any creative project<br />
which expresses, documents and/or responds to the natural<br />
environment. Green Art projects are often collaborative, involve<br />
a diverse range of artistic disciplines and focus on community<br />
engagement. Green Art is understood as a powerful tool for<br />
sustainability and cultural change because it brings people<br />
together, inspires and grounds community values in place and<br />
natural heritage, educates those involved about ecological<br />
processes and issues, and enlivens creativity and innovation.<br />
Green Art also promotes a shift to environmentally sensitive<br />
practices in the creative and cultural industries.<br />
The <strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> is home to a diverse and prolific range<br />
of Green Art projects and artists, including nationally and<br />
internationally recognised events such as Floating Land and<br />
Treeline (both appear throughout this calendar). These are<br />
alternating biennial programs that bring local and international<br />
communities and artists together, exploring issues such as<br />
climate change, water culture, the catchments and the trees<br />
of our region. Floating Islands Mandy Gunn, Floating Land 2009.<br />
Photo: Raoul Slater
“<br />
The future is not some place we are going but one we are<br />
creating. The paths to it are made, not found.<br />
John Schaar<br />
“<br />
Four Elements Floating Land 2009. Photo: Adam Sebastian West
Climate Skeptics Conference 2057 Richard Newport, Floating Land 2009. Photo: Adam Sebastian West<br />
In memory of Mark Ricketts, council’s waste innovation guru – a man with a passion for the environment and a passion for life.<br />
<strong>Sunshine</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Council</strong> enquiries<br />
Online: www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au<br />
Email: mail@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au<br />
Telephone: 07 5475 7272
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