February 19, 2020Posted in: Community, Environment, Events

Wingecarribee Shire Council is encouraging residents and community groups to step up and help keep the Southern Highlands beautiful at a Clean Up Australia Day event on Sunday 1 March 2020. 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of Clean Up Australia, the nation’s largest community-based environmental event. Council’s Sustainability Environmental Project Officer, Marnee Harlor, said it’s...
February 5, 2019Posted in: Community, Events
Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling on residents to lend a hand on Clean Up Australia Day for their chance to win a home compost bin. Clean Up Australia’s Managing Director, Terri-Ann Johnson, explained the importance of continuing founder Ian Kiernan AO’s work. “Ian firmly believed that every single one of us can and should make...
April 10, 2018Posted in: Environment, Events

Hundreds of residents and students across the Shire have used the nation’s largest community-based environmental event to tidy the Shire and in the process collect over a tonne of discarded litter. The rubbish was collected from a record 26 registered sites across the Shire in March as part of national Clean Up Australia Day. Council’s...
February 14, 2018Posted in: Environment, Events

Locals will be once again lending a hand in tidying up the Highlands as part of this year’s national Clean Up Australia Day event to be held on Sunday 4 March. Echoing the sentiments of national Clean Up Australia Day campaign, founder and Chairman Ian Kiernan AO, Wingecarribee Shire Mayor, Councillor Ken Halstead encouraged locals...
March 17, 2016Posted in: Environment, Events
Dozens of residents across the Shire have used the nation’s largest community-based environmental event to tidy the Shire and in the process collect 1.3 tonnes of litter across the Highlands. “That’s the equivalent in weight of a small car,” said Council’s Sustainability Project Officer Kimberly Elliot. The rubbish was collected from a total of 17...