Community Skills for Climate Action - A community training program
Yarra Council is partnering with Darebin and Moreland Councils to offer a community training program to support people to work together to take effective action on climate change.
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Your recycling questions, answered
Since introducing the purple bin for recycling glass in Yarra we’ve received a few questions on how (and why) our recycling has changed. To help remove any confusion here are your top five recycling questions, answered. -
E-bikes return to Yarra
E-bikes will return to Yarra from Monday 14 December 2020, following a temporary pause during COVID-19. -
Yarra, let's go 100% renewable
Join others in the Yarra community to create a city powered by 100% renewable energy. There are four main ways you can take action. -
It's time to shape your future
We’re an inclusive and diverse community here in Yarra, with different interests, needs and hopes for the future. What do you want your future to look like? -
Our recycling changes from 23 November. Get ready to join the revolution!
Now that Yarra has a purple-lidded bin for glass recycling, and we’re working with a local recycling processor, it’s time to get ready for our recycling to change. -
Got questions about the Recycling Revolution? Get answers by watching our Q&A session
Our Waste Minimisation team hosted a few online information sessions in September. Watch a video of the session to help answer any questions you may have about waste and recycling in Yarra. -
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A recycling revolution is coming! New glass bins will change the way we recycle in Yarra
From November we are introducing a new glass-only recycling bin. -
The recycling revolution is coming to Yarra!
In June, Yarra Councillors voted to roll out a separate bin for recyclable glass later this year to improve how we recycle. -
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Yarra Council commits to ambitious climate emergency plan
Yarra Council has unanimously adopted its first Climate Emergency Plan, which is only the second of its kind in Australia. -
Responding to the climate crisis during COVID-19 recovery efforts
Yarra Council is calling on the State and Federal governments to cut emissions and improve environmental outcomes as part of post-coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery efforts. -
Changes to your waste service
We want to make some changes to your waste and recycling service to help us reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and so we can all recycle better. The roll out of these changes has been delayed due to COVID-19. But we hope to bring them to you in the 2020/21 financial year. -
Plotting a sustainable future
Urban agriculture – the process of growing, producing and recycling food in an urban environment – is thriving in Yarra. -
Yarra welcomes Victorian Government commitment to transform recycling
Yarra City Council welcomes the State Government announcement today of a 10-year plan to transform recycling in Victoria by introducing, in partnership with councils, a new approach to household recycling. -
Electric bus trial in Yarra a first for Victoria
One of the first Victorian constructed, fully electric, zero emissions buses is being trialled on the 246 route through the heart of the City of Yarra by Transdev Melbourne. -
Revolutionising waste in Yarra
Our trial changes to waste and recycling in Abbotsford are going so well we’re considering rolling this new service out to the rest of Yarra.