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NEWS
Jazz wins top prize
Made from
kitchen utensils, old car parts and 
other recyclables, Jazz the Junkyard Dragon is
not your typical artistic masterpiece.
But the
metallic dragon – made almost entirely from secondhand materials,
has proved a winner, taking out the most original entry award in
this year’s Easter parade on Bendigo.
With his
flashing eyes and smoking nose, Jazz took six weeks to
construct.
Jazz, who
stands three metres high and is four metres long, was commissioned
by the City of Greater Bendigo and made of materials donated by the
Eaglehawk Recycle Shop.
Local
artist Bridget Robertson was one of 10 people who worked on
constructing Jazz.
“We worked
on the entry over a number of weeks, slowly bringing to life our
artistic vision of a recycled dragon,” she said.
“It was an
inspiring and challenging project to work on.”
Anyone who
missed seeing Jazz at Easter can see him on display at the
Eaglehawk Recycle Shop, Upper Road, Eaglehawk.
From:
The Bendigo Advertiser
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Customers are Creative!
The
Eaglehawk Recycle Shop is about collecting goods and materials
and allowing our customers to value add.
This
customer was setting up a new office and purchased all her
furniture at the Shop. With some creative ideas and some
hours in the workshop the job was done with very little
cost.
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MEDIA RELEASES
Every Bit of
Metal Counts;
Gallery Without
Walls;
Pedro;
Tip of the
Iceberg;
SUCCESS STORY
A
partnership between FEO, City of Greater Bendigo, EcoRecycle
Victoria, Smorgon Steel and the Community. The Eaglehawk Recycle
Shop has been a great success story. It recycles about 4,000
tonnes per year, it has created 14 jobs, but most importantly it
gives people an opportunity to not only recycle, but to re-use
materials. Our customers say “Why wasn’t this started 30 years
ago?” Together with the recycling of green waste, concrete and
building materials it has extended the life of the Eaglehawk
landfill.
THE NEED FOR FURTHER EDUCATION!
However,
the Eaglehawk landfill will now be filled in five years. We need to
educate the wider community to reduce waste which is made up of
approximately one third commercial/industrial waste, one third
wheelie bin waste and one third domestic hard waste.
We need to
be pro-active.
* Work
with business to separate industrial waste.
* Work
with residents to use composting and only buy products in
recyclable containers and wrapping.
* Turn
green waste into a profitable business.
*
Establish Recycle Shops in other parts of the
region.
It is
proposed to employ a Waste Minimisation Officer to work with the
above groups of people and businesses.
It will be
cost effective because it will extend the life of landfills and
reduce waste into the future when waste will have to be transported
longer distances.
PARTNERSHIPS
FEO will
contribute $5,000 per year to employ the officer. We are looking
for a further 11 partners to sponsor the initiative. The officer
will work with business to reduce their waste costs, work in
neighbourhoods to reduce wheelie bin waste by promoting composting
and purchasing goods sold in recyclable containers. The Officer
will also work towards creating green waste as a viable business
and promote the establishment of community owned Recovery
Yards.
SORT
& SAVE
Through
partnerships between Eaglehawk Recycle Shop, City of Greater
Bendigo, and All Stone Quarries, the "Sort & Save"
campaign has just commenced. Sort & Save will
promote sorting domestic and industrial waste and will educate
communities in sorting waste, saving money on tip fees, reducing
greenhouse gases, etc.
Promotion of the Sort
& Save campaign has been supported by Southern Cross Ten.
[View advertising
campaign].
WE ALL CREATE WASTE!
Therefore,
we can all contribute to its solution. If we choose not to act,
waste costs will escalate dramatically. We have had the luxury of a
local landfill. An alternative will need to be found. Part of the
answer is to REDUCE waste now! Contributions are tax
deductible.
For
further information contact: Peter Cox, Future Employment
Opportunities Inc, 12 Hall Street Eaglehawk, 3556 Ph: 5446 1558
Email:feo@feo.net.au
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