Muswellbrook Garden Improver
Our Garden Improver is a Pasteurised Garden Organics Mulch created from garden organics waste, including the lawn clippings, prunings and raked leaves you put into the green-lidded bin. That waste provides the raw material for pasteurisation and, after a careful and closely regulated process, produces a high quality product for your use.
Check out the infographic below and Gene the Gardener will take you through the Green Lid Bin Journey – full circle from bin to garden and around again.
Correctly using the green bin by only depositing garden organics waste and keeping garbage items out ensures Council is able to produce a high quality product for your use.
Garden Improver Mature Batch Lab Results
TopBatch 210330MUS Lab Results M3688
Product sold from March to August 2023
Batch 20220429 Lab Results P4568
Product sold from October 2023
Love Food Hate Waste Tracking Survey 2017, State of New South Wales and the Environment Protection Authority 2018Waste is an increasing problem in Australia. By reducing waste, we can save a lot of money. A survey in NSW found that the average household throws out about $3805 each year. On average, up to 40% of a household bin is food.
Community Education
With the help of the Waste Wranglers, the Sustainability Unit runs a community education program aimed at raising awareness in the community about waste. Our biggest focus is diverting food waste from landfill.
The Sustainability Unit offers:
- Tours of the Muswellbrook Waste Facility for educational organisations (by appointment only).
- Waste audits for schools or businesses.
- Bin stickers for residents and businesses in Muswellbrook Shire.
- Waste Wranglers puppet shows.
- Picnic at the Hub activities at the Sustainability Hub.
- Worm farms and compost bins for sale with tips, bin stickers and free worms.
- Clean Up Australia Day activities.
- Waste fact sheets and information on what goes into what bin, how to compost and how to make a worm farm.
- Financial incentives for waste management products and initiatives (subject to change and conditions).
Contact Council’s Sustainability Unit on 02 6549 3700 for more information or to book an activity, and follow us on Facebook at Sustainable Futures – Muswellbrook.
Compost Bins and Worm Farms
Contact Council to purchase a compost bin or worm farm. Download your free guides below.
Rethink Your Waste - Start a Compost Bin
Rethink Your Waste - Start a Worm Farm
Clean Up Australia Day
In 2020, over 750 community members supported Clean Up Australia Day, sending a powerful message to the community that littering and illegal dumping is not acceptable.
Community Clean Up Australia Day – 1st Sunday of March each year.
Schools Clean Up Australia Day – Friday before Community Clean Up Australia Day.
Business Clean Up Australia Day – Tuesday before Community Clean Up Australia Day.
Muswellbrook Shire Council hosts events in Muswellbrook and Denman and supports other organisations to host their own events. Events and activities should be planned at least a month before the date so necessary resources can be provided.
To register an event or activity go to https://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/
