Sydney shoppers will continue to benefit from free 15-minute parking on retail main streets, with the City of Sydney extending its popular parking trial a further two years.
Demand for the free 15-minute tickets continues to grow, with more than 35,000 tickets now issued every month, representing nearly 40 per cent of all transactions on ticket machines.
Ticket machines provide the 15-minute tickets in village main streets in Pyrmont, Potts Points, Darlinghurst, Glebe, Surry Hills, Redfern and Newtown.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the free 15-minute tickets accommodate shoppers who need to make quick stops at local shops and cafes, and in turn give local businesses a boost.
“We introduced the free 15-minute tickets to make local shopping easier, which is good for both residents and businesses,” the Lord Mayor said.
“It’s been a popular change, with many shoppers taking the 15-minutes to grab a park and run quick errands.
“It’s also been a great way to increase turnover of parking spaces for residents and retailers who may need them for their businesses.
“This change is one of many the City is introducing to deliver a parking scheme that is flexible and convenient and makes the most of the limited on-street parking available in our busy city precincts.”
The tickets are available for parking on Harris Street (Pyrmont), Macleay Street (Potts Point), Glebe Point Road (Glebe), William Street (Kings Cross), Crown, Victoria and Oxford streets (Darlinghurst), Redfern Street (Redfern) and King Street (Newtown).
To support the extension of the trial, the City is seeking an amendment to NSW road rules to ensure all drivers display a ticket.
Under existing road rules, the City cannot legally compel the display of a free ticket, making it difficult to monitor misuse and overstaying. A rule change would improve the parking available to genuine shoppers.
The current locations for free 15-minute parking will be maintained while the City seeks support for these changes, and may consider adding several new parking zones to the program in the future.
Sydney Park’s brick chimneys – a striking symbol of Sydney’s industrial past – will be repaired as part of a program to preserve the legacy of Sydney’s building blocks.
The brick chimneys at Sydney Park in St Peters will undergo repairs to ensure they are structurally sound and can be preserved in line with the City of Sydney’s conservation plans for the precinct.
The chimneys have contributed to the streetscape of the Princes Highway and Sydney Park Road, as well as Sydney Park itself, since their construction in the late 19th century.
Once bushland and orchards, the area became a brickworks because of the rich clay beds that lie underground. The kilns were built in 1893, baking bricks for hundreds of Sydney homes and businesses.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said it was important to protect the rare historical landmark in one of Sydney’s best loved parks for future generations.
“The Sydney Park chimneys are of great historical and cultural importance to our city,” the Lord Mayor said.
“They are a powerful reminder of the heritage of the area, before the creation of Sydney Park turned it from a forgotten eyesore into the green haven at the heart of community life it is today.
“These essential repairs will protect the chimneys so residents and visitors alike can continue to enjoy this renowned Sydney landmark for years to come.”
The works will commence mid-year and include removing vegetation growing in the mortar, repairing and reinforcing cracked bricks and mortar, external bracing of one chimney, rebuilding the top section of another chimney, and installation of lightning protection to all four chimneys.
The Sydney Park brick kiln and chimney precinct is south of King Street, on the corner of the Princes Highway and Sydney Park Road. It contains substantial remains of the brickmaking industry that once dominated the area.
In the late 1940s, the brickworks’ 60-metre-deep brick pits, where the bricks were cured and cooled, became a waste depot and this activity continued for almost 30 years. It was subsequently developed into Sydney Park and is now owned by City of Sydney.
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Green Square residents and visitors will soon enjoy two new tree-lined streets in the heart of the town centre, with work now underway on the major north–south and east–west connections.
The new streets are part of the City of Sydney’s plans to prioritise walkers and bike riders throughout the fast-growing Green Square area, with hundreds of new trees, extra-wide footpaths, elegant street furniture and separated cycleways.
The new Geddes Avenue will connect Botany Road in the west and Portman Street in the east, while Paul Street will run between the future Zetland Avenue in the north and Geddes Avenue in the south.
The works will also include an upgrade of the eastern side of Botany Road next to the Green Square plaza. Construction is expected to be complete in 2017.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the transformation of Green Square was a unique opportunity to create a lively, accessible and welcoming town centre that puts people first.
“Green Square is one of the fastest-growing areas in NSW, so creating a safe and connected network of streets, that are destinations in their own right, is essential,” the Lord Mayor said.
“We want to make sure the area is easy and enjoyable to get around, whether you’re travelling by foot, bike, public transport or car.
“We’re excited to see the streets in the town centre starting to take shape and look forward to the continued development of this thriving new community over the next few years.”
The works include:
Geddes Avenue – this wide avenue will include a single travel lane in each direction, along with a third central lane providing right-turn bays, accessible pedestrian islands and three signalised intersections. A two-way cycleway on the southern side of the street will be separated from traffic by a wide median strip featuring street trees and gardens.
Paul Street – the northern section of Paul Street will include two lanes in each direction, along with right turning lanes at each intersection to improve traffic flow. A new bus stop will be located on the western footpath, providing a direct pedestrian connection to the plaza, and new garden beds will separate the footpath from the road.
Botany Road – an upgrade of the eastern side of Botany Road will see new traffic lights installed at the intersection with Geddes Avenue. The bus layover and shelter area fronting the Green Square plaza will be adjusted to improve pedestrian access, and new kerbs, paving, street lights and trees will be added.
The City has committed $540 million over the next 10 years for the delivery of the Green Square town centre, a 13-hectare site at the centre of the Green Square development area.
As well as extensive streetscaping and infrastructure works, the City is building world-class community facilities, including an aquatic centre, library and plaza, childcare centre, creative arts hub and three new public parks.
The City has worked closely with utility companies, transport providers, commercial developers, its expert design advisory panel and local residents and businesses over two years to develop and refine the designs for the town centre streets.
The area will eventually have 30,500 new dwellings, including about 10,000 now under assessment or construction. When fully completed, Green Square will have a population of up to 61,000 people and provide around 21,000 permanent jobs – many of which will be in the new town centre.
Four new childcare centres built by the City of Sydney will soon open their doors, creating 294 much-needed places to help meet the demand of inner-city families.
The new centres are in Alexandria, Darlinghurst, Annandale and Green Square and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said with more families choosing to live in the inner city, the City was committed to supporting them by meeting current and future demand for child care.
“We are using every lever at our disposal to meet the demand for childcare in our city, from planning approvals through to our own construction budgets,” the Lord Mayor said.
“We introduced a Childcare Development Control Plan, which encourages all developments over a certain size to provide space for a childcare centre. Our planning staff have also negotiated new childcare centres through voluntary planning agreements.
“We’ve also been building our own centres, with construction of four new centres in Alexandria, East Sydney, Annandale and Green Square due for completion by the end of this year.
“Since June 2013, this work has resulted in a net increase of 967 new operating places and more than 2,500 places in the development pipeline. Overall it’s an increase of more than 3,500 places, which means we will meet the demand for new spaces – making the City of Sydney one of the few governments in Australia to prioritise and meet this important need.”
The City’s 2013 childcare needs study identified a shortfall of 3,100 places that year estimated to climb to a 3,400-place gap by 2016 if action was not taken.
In response, the City committed $56.1 million for the development of new centres, with excess funds set aside for future spaces.
The centres are located at Bourke Street, Darlinghurst (60 places); Huntley Street, Alexandria (80 places); The Crescent, Annandale (80 places); and the former South Sydney Hospital site at Green Square (74 places).
A proposed childcare centre at Sydney Park cannot go ahead because of landfill excavation concerns. City staff are now investigating childcare in or near the Ashmore Estate. A skate park is being considered for the Sydney Park site.
One of the new child care providers will be Goodstart Early Learning, one of Australia’s largest early learning providers and not-for-profit social enterprise that provides high quality early education and care for over 71,000 children across Australia.
Goodstart will provide priority access to children with additional support needs, children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and children who speak a language at home other than English.
The centres will also provide affordable places to children from low-income families, and maintain a minimum number of childcare places for the 0–2 year age group and maximum staffing levels to allow for full uptake of places.
The Lord Mayor said the centres would provide quality education for children and support for working parents.
“These much-needed spaces will allow parents and carers to continue working or to take up further study,” the Lord Mayor said.
“Children who attend our centres will have access to an educational program that will develop their skills and knowledge, and help them reach their full potential.”
The City is also looking at creating additional outside school hours care places at the Joseph Sargeant Centre in Erskineville. This would provide up to 60 new OSHC places.
The City has a long-term commitment to child care, directly operating one long day care centre, one occasional care centre, two pre-schools and six out-of-school-hours care programs. The City also leases a further 17 centres to not-for-profit and commercial child care operators. By 2018, the City will own and either operate or lease 25 childcare facilities and seven out of school hours care facilities.
Sydney shoppers will continue to benefit from free 15-minute parking on retail main streets, with the City of Sydney extending its popular parking trial a further two years.
Demand for the free 15-minute tickets continues to grow, with more than 35,000 tickets now issued every month, representing nearly 40 per cent of all transactions on ticket machines.
Ticket machines provide the 15-minute tickets in village main streets in Pyrmont, Potts Points, Darlinghurst, Glebe, Surry Hills, Redfern and Newtown.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the free 15-minute tickets accommodate shoppers who need to make quick stops at local shops and cafes, and in turn give local businesses a boost.
“We introduced the free 15-minute tickets to make local shopping easier, which is good for both residents and businesses,” the Lord Mayor said.
“It’s been a popular change, with many shoppers taking the 15-minutes to grab a park and run quick errands.
“It’s also been a great way to increase turnover of parking spaces for residents and retailers who may need them for their businesses.
“This change is one of many the City is introducing to deliver a parking scheme that is flexible and convenient and makes the most of the limited on-street parking available in our busy city precincts.”
The tickets are available for parking on Harris Street (Pyrmont), Macleay Street (Potts Point), Glebe Point Road (Glebe), William Street (Kings Cross), Crown, Victoria and Oxford streets (Darlinghurst), Redfern Street (Redfern) and King Street (Newtown).
To support the extension of the trial, the City is seeking an amendment to NSW road rules to ensure all drivers display a ticket.
Under existing road rules, the City cannot legally compel the display of a free ticket, making it difficult to monitor misuse and overstaying. A rule change would improve the parking available to genuine shoppers.
The current locations for free 15-minute parking will be maintained while the City seeks support for these changes, and may consider adding several new parking zones to the program in the future.
From app innovators to ground-breaking medical researchers, beauty salons to pop-up art galleries, the roll call of finalists in this year’s Sydney City Business Awards showcases the diversity of businesses flourishing in inner-Sydney.
A record 40 city businesses will vie for awards across 11 categories as part of the 2016 NSW Business Chamber Business Awards sponsored by the City of Sydney.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the calibre of businesses making the cut highlighted the strength of Sydney’s small to medium sector.
“Small and medium sized businesses are the engine room of our city, representing 85 per cent of our businesses and contributing an estimated $20 billion to the local economy,” the Lord Mayor said.
“These awards showcase what our businesses are doing well, and put them on a bigger stage.
“As Sydney undergoes one of the biggest transformations in its history, with the building of a new light rail network and the pedestrianisation of George Street, it’s great to see new businesses emerging and established businesses going from strength to strength.”
NSW Business Chamber Chief Executive, Stephen Cartwright, said the awards finalists highlighted the calibre of local businesses and business leaders.
“As you would expect from a competitive marketplace like central Sydney, the quality of finalists is incredibly high. These awards are a great way to recognise the outstanding achievements of Sydney’s local businesses,” Mr Cartwright said.
Ron Allum of Deapsea Services, who helped movie director James Cameron make a record-breaking deep sea descent in 2012, has been short-listed for a business leader award. His St Peters-based company provides technical solutions and new technologies for clients from around the world.
“I’m honoured to be recognised as a business leader in the city that I grew up in. It means a great deal, particularly when I consider the highly talented pool of business leaders and innovators that also call Sydney home,” Mr Allum said.
“I hope that my unique business experiences will inspire other entrepreneurs and innovators to believe in themselves, their ideas and the network of businesses around them.
“These awards are a great opportunity for Sydney businesses to build strong connections and grow further.”
There are 11 categories in the 2016 Sydney City regional awards. The finalists in these categories are:
Excellence in Innovation – for businesses that have made significant contributions to their industry through the introduction or improvement of an idea, method, technology, process or application;
Oracle Liquid
Build My Body
Mobiddiction
StudyandWork
Meld Studios
The Office Space
Australian Apps Group
Excellence in Sustainability – for businesses working to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment or provide products and services that have positive environmental outcomes;
Tigertail Australia
Flagstaff
Employer of Choice –for businesses that have put in place strategies and initiatives to create stimulating and supportive workplace environments for their employees;
Meld Studios
Sitback
Redback Conferencing
Paper Moose
Big Wave Digital
Excellence in Business Ethics – for outstanding business people who have achieved business success while acting in an ethically responsible way;
Wealth Efficiency
Fortis Financial Services
Market Intelligence Agency
Excellence in Small Business – for businesses with less than 20 employees that have attained significant and sustainable growth in the 2015/16 financial year;
Station Five
Think China
South Sydney Business Chamber
Melissa Young Beauty
Fourth Wall
Infinity Property Agents
acquire@DESIGN
Mobiddiction
Randall Communications
The Recruitment Alternative
Ivy Coat Companion Goods (Vetco Australia)
Metro Realty
Sydney Headache and Migraine Centre
Big Wave Digital
Excellence in Business – recognises a business with more than 20 full time employees that has attained significant growth and is able to demonstrate strategies that achieved profitable and sustainable growth;
HOME789
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Redback Conferencing
Sitback
Meld Studios
Young Entrepreneur – for inspirational young business people who have built a successful business through their own commitment and passion;
Lambros Photios – Station Five
Johnny Wong – Think China
Melissa Young – Melissa Young Beauty
Fabian Di Marco – Build My Body
Emilya Colliver – Art Pharmacy & Culture Scouts
Nick Hunter – Paper Moose
Andrew Kilday – The Performance Factory
Young Business Executive – for young business people who have achieved outstanding results in a business environment;
Imogen Hayes – DMG Fine Wine
Sara Gonzalez – Redback Conferencing
Business Leaders Award – for business people and professionals who have provided inspiration to a new generation of upcoming business leaders;
Tracey Mellor – Reward Gateway
Midu Chandra – Mobiddiction
Steven Deveraux Stanford – Vetco Australia
Rene McKenzie Low – City West Housing
Ron Allum – Deep Sea Services
Walton Chu – HOME789
Aleisha Claire Davis – The Shepherd Centre
John Kevin – Fortis Financial Services
Dr Neil Sharma – Eye & Retina Specialists
Jeffrey Tan – DMG Fine Wine
Excellence in Export – for businesses that are forging a strong reputation for Australian products and services in international markets; and
Think China
Local Chamber of Commerce – recognising the achievements of a Local Chamber in supporting their members to maximise their business potential
South Sydney Business Chamber
A final award, 2016 Business of the Year, will be awarded on the night to the company considered the best ‘all-rounder’, with superior performance in all aspects.
All Sydney City Business Award winners will be announced at the NSW Business Chamber awards ceremony in SydneyTown Hall on 21 July. Those winners will then go on to compete in the state finals of the NSW Business Chamber Business Awards gala dinner in November.
The City is also a sponsor of the state-wide award for ‘Excellence in Small Business’, which will be presented at the November awards ceremony.
Cultural and creative organisations across Sydney have the opportunity to bring their ideas to life in an affordable, multi-purpose creative space in Paddington.
The City of Sydney is seeking creative and community-minded candidates to occupy its two-storey, 663-square metre space at Paddington Town Hall for 15 months, at a reduced rate.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the City’s accommodation grants helped make Sydney more liveable, inclusive and creative.
“Opening up City-owned properties gives community groups and creative organisations the space they need, and sometimes couldn’t otherwise afford, to work on projects that improve our city,” the Lord Mayor said.
“Our accommodation grants program currently supports 67 organisations across 44 City sites, including artist cooperatives, community services, education programs and childcare services.
“We are employing all of the tools at our disposal – from planning and regulation, to grants and sponsorships, to making use of our City properties like Paddington Town Hall – to foster a genuinely creative city culture.
“We do this because we want our city to be recognised internationally for its cultural life, just as it is already recognised for its natural beauty.
“This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic and creative minds to contribute to the local community through creative initiatives that encourage community development.”
The space, located at 247 Oxford Street, Paddington, was previously occupied by Metro Screen and includes a green screen studio with an upper-floor editing suite, several office spaces, meeting rooms and classrooms.
Given the existing amenities, preferred tenants are organisations that have a cultural or creative focus and:
Work in film, video, production, or events, or projects who work with these groups;
Will make use of the premise’s equipment and facilities;
Are a sector-focused organisation with considerable expertise in the arts industry; and
Have a thorough management plan for delivering the proposed service.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how their project plan will utilise all areas of the premises and deliver cultural outcomes.
Proposals will also be considered for sharing of space, with a lead organisation directly managing the multiple entities. The successful applicants are expected to be able to move into the property in late 2016.
Applications close on 25 July. For information on the application process, including details on how to register for the property inspections times, visit cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/accommodation-grants
City workers and visitors should stop by Hyde Park next month to hear soul and hip-hop from renowned local vocalist and songwriter David Lehā, known as Radical Son.
The not-to-be-missed gig on Monday 4 July will feature Sydney-based Radical Son live on stage at 12.30pm at the City of Sydney’s free NAIDOC in the City event.
Radical Son has earned a unique reputation for his talents as a powerful soul singer, rapper and spoken word artist.
The performer, whose music and stories are guided by his Indigenous heritage from the Kamilaroi nation of Australia and the South Pacific nation of Tonga, said he can’t wait to perform for Sydneysiders as part of NAIDOC Week 2016.
“I love being involved with Indigenous events and I’m proud to be part of showcasing Indigenous performers. This is a chance for everyone to come together and celebrate our culture, heritage, history and achievements,” Radical Son said.
“My music encourages the human spirit to approach life through love and compassion which charts a course from hopelessness to healing and this is what NAIDOC represents to me.”
NAIDOC in the City is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and includes a range of exciting, original music and dance acts, a marketplace, food stalls, information stands, and cultural and sporting activities for the kids, from 11am–3pm.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said it was a great opportunity to celebrate and enjoy the rich culture of Sydney’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
“This is a rare chance to see a rising star from Sydney’s Indigenous community in the centre of our city,” the Lord Mayor said.
“NAIDOC in the City isn’t just a terrific chance to enjoy the entertainment and activities on offer, it’s also an opportunity to pay respect to the Elders past and present who have worked tirelessly to preserve and keep their culture alive and well.”
Live music performances will feature throughout the day on the main stage, with a talented line-up stretching from hip-hop to soul and pop. The line-up includes Redfern-based reggae fusion group Green Hand Band and 15 year old singer-songwriter Mi-kaisha.
NAIDOC Week, from 3–10 July, is a national program that celebrates the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which grew from the first political groups seeking rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the 1920s.
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2016 is Songlines: The Living Narrative of Our Nation. The themegives all Australians the opportunity to learn about the Dreamtime, when the earth, people and animals were created by ancestral spiritual beings who created the rivers, lakes, plants, land formations and living creatures.
Dreaming tracks criss-cross Australia and trace the journeys of ancestral spirits as they created the land. These dreaming tracks are sometimes called songlines, as they record the travels of ancestral spirits who sang the “land into life”.
NAIDOC in the City, Monday 4 July, 11am–3pm, Hyde Park North
NAIDOC in the City is produced by 33creative.com.au
Main Stage Program
11am Opening Ceremony
Commencing with a Welcome to Country by Uncle Chicka Madden, accompanied by a traditional smoking ceremony to cleanse the space by Matthew Doyle.
11.10pm Jax and Daz from Muggera Dancers
Two of our community’s best, bringing a fusion of hip-hop and culture.
11.50am Jessie Lloyd
Originally from the tropics of North Queensland, Jessie Lloyd us an award winning composer, performer and cultural practitioner of Indigenous music and song.
12.30pm Radical Son
With music and stories guided by his Indigenous heritage from the Kamilaroi nation of Australia and the South Pacific nation of Tonga, Radical Son has a unique ability to deliver as a soul singer, rapper and spoken word artist.
1.30pm Green Hand Band
Drawing musical influences from soul, reggae and desert rock genres, Redfern-based Green Hand Band raise awareness of issues such as recovering from addiction, spiritual empowerment and love.
2.30pm Mi-kaisha
Mi-kaisha’s mother is from the Dharumbal people of Central Queensland and her father is Tongan. She started learning piano at the age of five and was a featured artist on ‘The Sapphires’ soundtrack at the age of 11. At 13 Mi-kaisha competed in the ‘The Voice Kids’ being part of Team Madden’s top 10.
A Sydney Park project that cleans and reuses the equivalent of 340 Olympic-sized swimming pools of local stormwater runoff a year has been honoured with a 2016 Good Design Award.
The City of Sydney water re-use project harvests and treats up to 850 million litres of stormwater from Newtown’s Munni Street catchment each year. The water is used to irrigate the 44-hectare parkland and supply water to a neighbouring depot.
The elevated terracotta pipes that release the cleansed water into the park’s main pond are now a popular waterscape feature for visitors.
The project has won the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences category in the Good Design Awards – a prize given to products that have the potential to make a significant improvement to the quality of health, wellbeing or the environment.
“This is the City’s biggest environmental project to date and brought together design, science and sustainability to create a significant new piece of green infrastructure,” the Lord Mayor said.
“It not only improves overall water quality and habitat, it also educates residents and visitors on the importance of water management by allowing park visitors to connect to the concept of water capture and cleansing in a beautiful setting.”
Under the water harvesting plan, stormwater is captured, stored and then treated to deliver a new sustainable water supply to the wetlands, Sydney Park, and potentially for nearby industrial use. There is also potential for other water users across the local area to access the clean water.
Director of Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Dolla Merrillees, called the Sydney Park water re-use development a ground breaking project.
“We have selected a project which highlights important contemporary issues such as sustainability and social innovation, and addresses the increasingly critical issue of our natural resources,” Ms Merrillees said.
“This community-focussed project illustrates how Australian designers are successfully responding to ‘real world’ problems, by planning our future cities and urban environment with a sense of social responsibility and purpose.”
The City’s water reuse project brought together Sydney firms Turf Design Studio, Environmental Partnership, Alluvium, Dragonfly and Turpin+Crawford Studio, who completed the two year project in October 2015.
The $11.2 million Sydney Park upgrade was co-funded by the City and the federal government. Work included:
Diverting stormwater through underground pipes;
Filtering water through a pollutant trap and series of bio-retention beds;
Revitalising the park’s wetland system to increase storage and improve water filtering;
Landscape improvement to create more recreation and play opportunities;
Connecting wetlands via a picturesque series of water cascades;
Improving the footpath network;
Installing new lighting, seating, and picnic areas;
Installing a dog water station to keep dogs away from the wetlands and give them somewhere to cool off;
Installing an artwork comprising a series of elevated terracotta channels that reflect the site’s history and aerate and distribute water throughout the wetland system; and
Providing information to park visitors about the water treatment and ecological function of the wetlands.
The project plans will be displayed in the Success and Innovation gallery at the Museum of Applied Arts and Science at Ultimo.
Sydneysiders can drop off unwanted e-waste and worn out power tools at a free City of Sydney collection, hosted by Bunnings Warehouse Alexandria, on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June.
The event coincides with World Environment Day, June 5, to raise global awareness for environmental action, and offers residents the chance to do their bit to keep unwanted electronic waste out of landfill.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore thanked Bunnings for hosting this City event at their Alexandria car park to help the community stop waste going to landfill.
“This is a great opportunity for people to do the right thing and drop off unwanted e-waste on a weekend trip to the hardware store,” the Lord Mayor said.
“Computer screens and TVs contain toxic chemicals such as lead, mercury and arsenic, which can leach out from landfills and into waterways. The City’s e-waste drop-off days keep growing in popularity, our most recent event in April collected a record-breaking 25.5 tonnes of e-waste.”
John Saliba, Complex Manager at Bunnings Warehouse Alexandria said that Bunnings is pleased to work with the City of Sydney on this important initiative.
“We are committed to offering sustainable solutions for customers, and this event is a great opportunity to provide a convenient way to responsibly dispose of unwanted products”, Mr Saliba said.
Since, the City’s collections began in 2008, 445 tonnes of electronic waste have been diverted from landfill through e-waste days.
The City’s April e-waste collection day at the Bay St Depot in Ultimo saw a total of 670 drop-offs, with TVs, computers and monitors among the most popular items brought in for recycling.
As well as operating quarterly e-waste events, the City’s range of new programs are making it even easier for residents to dispose of unwanted e-waste – including the introduction of battery, bulb and mobile phone recycling stations to neighbourhood service centres and libraries.
When: Saturday 4 June and Sunday 5 June, 9am – 3pm
The City of Sydney’s next Chemical CleanOut will be held at Sydney Park Depot on Barwon Park Road, St Peters on Saturday 16 July 2016 from 9am to 3.30pm.