With the hotter months fast approaching, now is the perfect time to start preparing your garden for the summer heat! One of the biggest challenges that you face in Australia is keeping your plants adequately watered, so they thrive whilst being water wise at the same time. At Kimbriki’s EcoHouse and Garden Pete and the […]
1st July, 2020 Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre has implemented a free mobile phone and battery recycling program (such as AA, AAA, C, D, 6V, 9V and button batteries). This is a free service. Household quantities only – up to a 2 litre container of batteries and 10 mobile phones per drop off. Mobile phone must […]
Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises Pty Ltd and MCELS Pty Ltd united on the 10th June, 2020 to officially open the next landfill cell at Kimbriki after independent verification of the integrity of the lining system. This fully engineered cell includes a composite lining system with leachate capture structures in accordance with the NSW EPA’s best practice […]
Sunday 22 March 2020 At approximately 5.15pm today a fire occurred on the public (small vehicle) transfer station at the Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre. Site security video shows a smoulder starting in rubbish tipped by customers earlier in the day. The fire was attended by Rural Fire Service vehicles and was quickly under control with […]
2 March 2020 Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre is now accepting unwanted and unused paint at Kimbriki free of charge under the Paintback® Scheme. Kimbriki is an approved Paintback® collection site providing Australian households and Trade Painters a convenient, responsible and free disposal point for unwanted paint. Responsibly deal with waste paint after painting. Declutter your […]
Local Native Bee expert, Dan Smailes will tell us all about: the different types of Native Bees and the vital work they do in pollinating plants in our gardens how to take care of them how to split the hive each year how to collect the honey they produce Bookings are essential. Click here […]
This silly season, the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) is reminding one and all to dispose safely of all batteries. It may come as a surprise to people to know the number of batteries that are put in household yellow recycling bins. The confusion may come from the fact that batteries […]
Correct pruning is beneficial to your trees and shrubs to increase durability and strength; remove dead and diseased wood; improve cropping, regrowth and aesthetics as well as the general health of your trees and shrubs. New plants can be expensive and creating new ones from seed collected or prunings from friends can be a fun, […]
Learn the basic skills to grow some of your own organic herbs and vegetables. We will set up and plant a new garden together. Food grown using natural organic methods is healthier for you and your family and healthier for the living soil; and the environment. Everyone can do this. Come and learn with us! […]
An exciting workshop on building and managing a wicking bed – a self-watering garden. What is a wicking bed? Wicking beds are a unique garden with a water tank at the base. They are designed so the water ‘wicks upwards’ into the soil, like a candle wick. These gardens are self-watering for times when […]