Please note our offices and libraries will be closed on Monday 10 March. Bin collections are not impacted by the public holiday. Visitor Information Centres and Transfer Stations in Daylesford and Creswick will open as usual.
The pool season will finish on Monday 10 March 2025. Additional pool hours and resourcing has been organised for Thursday and the long weekend.
The Victorian Government banned single-use plastics from sale and supply from 1 February 2023. This includes drinking straws, cutlery and plates, drink stirrers and sticks, cotton bud sticks and expanded polystyrene food and drink containers.
Items made from conventional, degradable and compostable plastics, including bioplastic and oxo-degradable materials are also included in the ban. The ban applies to retail and hospitality businesses, suppliers and other businesses, organisations and not-for-profits such as hospitals, sports clubs and schools.
There are many great reusable options and alternative single use items to be considered. Get ideas from Sustainability Victoria.
Other options are:
Here are some useful resources:
Victorian Government
Accepting reusables and reusable solution
Campaign asset library