Latest Projects
‘SORT Your Load’ North West Tasmania
The Cradle Coast Waste Management Group (CCWMG) is encouraging residents to SORT their load before taking rubbish and recyclables to their local transfer station. Stacking your car or trailer in order of the transfer station drop [...]
E-Waste Drop-off Events
If old electrical equipment is taking up storage space or collecting dust in your home or business, then get sorted with your family and workmates, have a big clean out and bring unwanted items to [...]
Make the grade with kerbside recycling assessments
Kerbside recycling bin assessments are conducted a couple of times a year in North West Tasmania. Since the kerbside recycling bin assessments began in the Cradle Coast in 2014, there has been a 37% improvement [...]
Household battery recycling
The results of a recent waste audit have shown that people in north west and northern Tasmania do not have an environmentally friendly way to dispose of their used household batteries, with a significant number buried [...]
Free mobile phone recycling
Councils in the North and North West of Tasmania are accepting unwanted mobile phones and accessories for recycling. Check out the fact sheet below for more information. A project of: Cradle Coast Waste Management Group [...]
Waste composition audits
In 2010 the Cradle Coast Waste Management Group (CCWMG) & Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group (NTWMG) conducted a waste audit of the seven landfills in the region; this audit provided a snapshot of the breakup [...]
Kerbside recycling assessments
The search for great environmental outcomes knows no bounds in northern and north-western Tasmania – and two key groups are ready to get elbow-deep in rubbish to help out. The Northern Tasmanian Waste Management [...]
Public place recycling
The Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group (NTWMG) received funding from both Keep Australia Beautiful and Keep Australia Beautiful Tasmania to install dual waste and recycling bins throughout the council areas of Dorset, George Town, [...]
Signage unification
Both the Cradle Coast Waste Management Group (CCWMG) and the Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group (NTWMG) have five year waste management strategies. One action found within both strategies is the development and implementation of a communications/education plan [...]