Mount Gambier

All prices are current as of January 2011 and are subject to change.

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HOME WORM FARM

What to add feed your worms:

Worms like:

Vegetable scraps

Tea leaves

Coffee grounds

Newspaper

Manure (well aged)

Vacuum dust

Egg cartons (soaked)

Worms dislike:

Onion peel

Garlic

Citrus

Home Composting

What to add to your compost:

Compost favourites:

Fruit and veg peelings

Vegetable oil

Eggshells

Flowers, leaves, prunings

Newspaper

Teabags and coffee grounds

Vacuum dust and wood ash

Compost dislikes:

Meat and dairy products

Bones

Large branches

Diseased plants

Magazines

Pet droppings

Weeds

Aluminium Can Ring PullsThese are collected locally by The Lions Club.

Batteries – Rechargeable (nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium)Rechargeable batteries contain many toxic chemicals and should not be sent to landfill. They are sent overseas for recycling, and the recycling products pay for the process. Those sold by DickSmiths can be returned for recycling to Dick Smiths, at no cost. Grant District Council have boxes at their Waste Transfer Station, and Tarpeena and Port MacDonnell Rural Transaction Centres, for collection of batteries for recycling.

Batteries – Alkaline (single use)Alkaline batteries are cheaper than rechargeable batteries, but less environmentally friendly. They are fully recycled in Australia by AusZinc, Port Kembla- the manganese, zinc, mercury and other metals are reused. Locally, Community Action for Sustainability (CAS)are collecting these batteries, and taking them to Battery World stores and Super Cheap Auto outlets. They send them to AusZinc, at no cost. Stores are in Warrnambool, and various locations in Adelaide.

Grant District Council also collect these batteries for recycling, in boxes at their Waste Transfer Station, and the Rural Transaction Centres at Tarpeena and Port MacDonnell. CASwill organise transport of these to the nearest Battery World or Super Cheap Auto outlet.The City Council Waste Transfer Station accept alkaline batteries. They are sent with other e-waste to E-cycle Recovery, in Gepps Cross, where the alkaline batteries are sent on to Sims, where they are recycled as scrap metal. Many of the elements are not reclaimed.

Beer Bottle Tops, Jam Jar Lids & Wire From Around Bubbly CorkIf placed loose in the blue bins, they are likely to end up in landfill, as they are too small to be picked up by the magnets. Planet Ark recommend they be placed into steel cans eg baked bean cans, and the top squeezed. These can go into the blue bins for kerbside recycling.

BooksMount Gambier Book Exchange: Secondhand books for sale or exchange. Open Mon to Thu 10am-4pm, Fri 10am -5pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm.Lifeline Bookshop: Books that can be re-sold can be donated to Lifeline.Salvos Store: Books in good condition.

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Dial-a-toner 31 Crouch Street South Printer cartridges Mobile phones

Dick Smith Electronics Shop 3, 5-7 James Street Mobile phonesPrinter cartridges

Rechargeable batteries

District Council of Grant BatteriesMobile phones

Envirocycle Mount Gambier Phone 87232390 or 0427838833.

Green Triangle Electronics 169 Commercial Street West Mobile phones

Harvey Norman Kennedy Avenue Printer cartridges

Hutchessons Communications Centre 5 Elizabeth Street Mobile phones

Josephine Lingerie and Fashions 50 Commercial Street East Bras

K-Mart Tyre and Auto Helen Street TyresEngine oil

Car batteries

BrasProject Uplift! www.upliftbras.orgFor women in the third world a bra is often unobtainable or unaffordable.This project collects new and second hand bras and sends them to women in the developing world, wherever they have requests. Local collection point for clean bras is Josephine’s Lingerie and Fashions.

Bread Tags – Square PlasticThese will be collected by CAS during Environment Month (June) at the Public Library. They will be forwarded to various groups that recycle or use them.

Building WasteBin-it recycle building waste, other than asbestos.

Cans, Bottles & Paper Recycling CentresRefer to the yellow pages for details of local recycling centres.

Car BatteriesCentury Yuasa: Opening hours are 7:30am to 5:30 Monday to Friday, but there is not always a staff member in attendance – batteries can be left in a safe place provided. There is no fee.

Repco Auto Parts: Open 7 days a week. There is no fee.K-Mart tyres and Auto: Recycle car batteries if you buy a battery from them.Bin-it send car and machinery batteries to Sims Metal, free of charge.

CDs & DVDsA group called EnviroDisc are collecting these. Once they have a certain volume they deliver them to their partner organisation at a specialised facility in NSW, with the intention that the various elements will be fully recycled under a patented process.

The address to post CDs and DVDs to is:EnviroDisc, PO Box 79, Hornsby, NSW 2077.

The website of EnviroDisc has some suggestions for collection and postage, and general information:www.discstation.com.au/product.pasp?categoryid=104&productid=125

The Mt Gambier Library in conjunction with CAS have set up a local collection point in the corridor to the left of the main entrance. CAS will organise delivery to EnviroDisc.

ClothingLifeline in Mt Gambier accept all clothing for recycling. Items suitable for wearing are sold in their clothing shop. They also contribute clothing overseas, for example clothing that is out of fashion. Volunteers work to get the most out of every item donated: for example, cutting up good pieces of material from ruined clothing, for quilting. They have rag cutters

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Business Addresses

A.L. Bolton Optometrist 40A Sturt Street Glasses

Allphones Centro Plaza, Helen Street Mobile phones

Australia Post 30 Helen Street Printer cartridges Mobile phones

Australia Post Mount Gambier East 226 Commercial Street East Mobile phones

Australia Post Mount Gambier West 230 Commercial Street West Mobile phones

Baptist Church North Terrace Used postage stamps

Bedfords Salvage Yard 3 Eucalypt Drive WhitegoodsHousehold goods

MattressesClothingElectronic and electrical equipment

Bin- it 235 Lake Terrace East Building wasteElectrical goodsWhitegoodsGreen wasteMachinery

Car batteries

Cartridge World 46 Gray Street Printer cartridgesMobile phones

Century Yuasa Unit1/5 Scott Court Car batteries

Computer Bits 54 Gray Street Printer cartridges

City of Mt Gambier Eucalypt Drive BatteriesEngine oilLight globes

Watson Tce Mobile phones

Dan Murphys Crouch Street South Corks

Printer CartridgesThese can be refilled for continued use at Cartridge World and at Dial-a-toner.Those that cannot be refilled are collected at Dial-a-toner for ecco save to recycle. Or they can be recycled via Cartridges4PlanetArk boxes at Harvey Norman, Dick Smith, Australia Post (main branch), and Computer Bits.

Silage Wrap, Silage Pit Covers, Baling TwineThe Plasback Farm Plastic Recycling Program is expected to be introduced to SA in 2011. Under the Plasback system, plastics can be collected in specially marked liners and dropped in to Plasback drop off points (probably with local council).Check www.plasback.com.au for updates or contact Nicole Dodds or The Grant District Council on 08 8721 0429.

TyresK-Mart Tyres & Auto send your old tyres for recycling, whenever you purchase new tyres.Trident Tyre Centre will accept any tyres at a cost of $3 and will send them for recycling.

VehiclesTop Spot Auto Dismantlers offer a free pick-up service in the city and district council areas for ‘End of Life Vehicles’. Their service includes removal and recycling of all contaminants eg brake fluid, coolant, oil, fuel, refrigerants, and batteries.

Whitegoods and electrical goodsBedfords Salvage Yard accept whitegoods – if working the fee is $10 for testing and tagging. If not in working order, the council e-waste fee of $10 applies. Either way the fee is $10.Bin-it also recycle whitegoods, free of charge, and electrical items.Most scrap metal businesses will recycle without charge: washing machines, fridges and freezers, that aren’t working.

Wine bottle screw capsWine bottle screw caps are generally aluminium with polyvinyl (plastic) wadding under the top of the cap. They are too small to be processed with kerbside recycling. They will be collected each June in Environment Month at the library, and transported to an appropriate recycling centre.

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for making rags from clothing not suitable to be worn again.

Salvos Stores accept goods in clean and good condition for resale, including clothes and shoes.Vinnies have a clothing shop and all clothing donated that is able to be reworn is sold here.Bedfords Salvage Yard have clothing for sale.

Preloved clothing is available from the Anglican Church hall, each Thursday between 10 am and 4 pm.

CorksThe corks are sent to manufacturers where they are recycled and used in products such as floor tiles, horse-float mats, boat decking, kindergarten flooring, sound proof wall tiles, auto gaskets and inners for hockey and cricket balls. Some collection points will also accept plastic corks for recycling.

Local collection point: Dan Murphys (on behalf of Girl Guides SA), and The Lions Club

Electrical equipmentSee whitegoods.

Electronic equipment and e-wasteThis refers to electronic equipment like computers, i-pods, digital cameras, TVs, computers, printers and scanners rather than electrical which is quite different.

Bedfords Salvage Yard accept electronic equipment – if it is working the fee is $10 for testing and tagging. If not in working order, the council e-waste fee of $10 applies. Either way the fee is $10.

Radio Rentals offer a recycling service to their customers, at a small cost, endeavouring to save customers money in e-waste disposal costs. The e-waste is collected in a cage by the company Waste Carriers.

Engine Oil and Engine CoolantMotor oils can be recycled free of charge at the City Council waste transfer station, and the plastic oil containers can also be recycled.K-Mart Tyre and Auto also recycle engine oil that they have sold, without charge.

FairsAnglican Church Fair, 2nd Saturday in August annually. A range of preloved items sold. Re-usable flower pots can be donated for use on the plant stall. The regular children’s program uses (for mosaic work) excess ceramic tiles, tile glue, grouting, wooden furniture with suitable mosaic surfaces, paint. Other craftwork re-uses wire from florist arrangements.

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Floppy DiscsThese are collected by Gram Destruction in Tullamarine VIC, for grinding up and recycling the products. www.gramdestruction.com.au/contact/contact.htmThe Mt Gambier Library has set up a local collection point in the corridor to the left of the entrance doors. CAS will organise delivery to the recycling centre.

Furniture, household goodsBedfords Salvage Yard take furniture, household goods, toys, clothing, wood, metal, electrical goods, building materials, if it is able to be sold on. There is no fee for most items.

Landfill fees apply to: Mattresses in poor condition $20 double, $10 single; broken recliner chairs $10; prams and pushers with non- working brakes $5; blinds without working cords $5.

A major cost for Lifeline, Salvos and Vinnies stores is having to pay the landfill fee for items donated that cannot be resold.

Lifeline, Vinnies and Salvos all accept furniture, household goods, toys, manchester and bric-a-brac that are worthy of being resold.

None of the three stores accept any electrical items.

Only Vinnies and Salvos accept mattresses. Salvos do no accept baby equipment and request that no items are left on the veranda when closed. Salvos stores also offer free pick up of large items.

Glasses – sight and readingRecycle for Sight: Lions Clubs International. Collected at A.L. Bolton Optometrist.OneSight: Drop off to any Laubman & Pank store across Australia.

HairHair can go into compost, worm farms, or the green organic waste bins. Talk to your hairdresser about the disposal of your cut hair! Do they use the organic waste collection?

Light GlobesThe Council Waste Transfer Station take mercury-containing globes for recycling, at a fee of 60 cents for compact fluoros, and $1.10 cents for fluoro tubes.

Limestone Coast Lighting Solutions, will collect fluoro tubes and compact fluoros for a fee equivalent to the council charge. If you buy a new fluoro tube, Limestone Coast Lighting Solutions will pay the fee on your behalf. The fluoro tubes then go to the council waste transfer station.

Lights at 133, collect fluoros and fluoro tubes at a fee to cover the council fee. These are then sent to the council waste transfer station.

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Mobile PhonesThe Mobile Muster phone recycling drop-off locations include:

Allphones ........................................................................................................... Centro Plaza

Australia Post Mount Gambier West ....................................... 230 Commerical Street West

Cartridge World .............................................................................................. 46 Gray Street

City of Mount Gambier ............................................................................ 10 Watson Terrace

Dial-a-toner ................................................................................................ 31 Crouch Street

Dick Smith Electronics.................................................................... Shop 3, 5-7 James Street

District Council of Grant .......................................................... 324 Commerical Street West.......................................................................................Rural Transaction Centre, Tarpeena...........................................................................Rural Transaction Centre, Port MacDonnell

Green Triangle Electronics ....................................................... 169 Commerical Street West

Hutchessons Communication Centre ........................................................ 5 Elizabeth Street

Mount Gambier Post Shop ........................................................................... 20 Helen Street

Mount Gambier Post Shop ........................................................................... 30 Helen Street

Network Communications ....................................................................Kiosk 2, Centro Plaza

T (Life)..............................................................................................Shop 2, 33 James Street

Organic wasteBin-it recycle green waste for a fee. Segregated trailer loads of waste are cheaper than mixed waste. See also Hair.

Plastic lidsDairy Farmers and Pura Milk lids are the same grade (grade 2) as the milk carton. The seals need to be removed and then the lids can be rolled into the cartons, and recycled. The seals are good for kids craft.

A triangle with a number in the middle is part of the Plastic Identification Code. These symbols identify the plastic type, not whether or not it can or cannot be recycled. Recycling centres in South West Victoria accept numbered lids for recycling, and CAS will be collecting these in Environment Month (June) at the Library.

Postage Stamps- UsedCollected by the Baptist Church and sold, with proceeds to Baptist Mission for World Aid. They can be dropped into the Baptist Church office on Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays between 9 am and 1 pm, or left in the box in the front porch, outside office hours.

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