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Most sustainability programs ask a business owner to sit through training before they see any benefit. LoopLab Yarra flips that order: it starts by looking at what's actually happening on site. Cirque du Soil's fully funded program walks up to 18 City of Yarra businesses, hospitality venues, retailers, offices, manufacturers, through a site waste assessment, tailored mentoring and a practical Circularity Action Plan, built around real opportunities in their own operations rat

What started as a Container Deposit Scheme collection point in Kyabram has turned into a small circular economy. Kyabram Community and Learning Centre's Reuse and Renewal initiative now recovers containers for fundraising, paper and cardboard for fire starter bricks, and textiles through the "Rags in a Bag" program, while donated clothing, blankets and sleeping bags go straight to people who need them. A volunteer craft group turns spare fabric into quilts and beanies for pre

5,000+ people. 672 garments rehomed. 336kg of textiles kept out of landfill. Three giant puppets built from recycled junk. That's Creative Circularity, Frankston City Council's Tidy Towns finalist entry in Behaviour Change Campaigns and Education, and proof that sustainability messaging doesn't have to be earnest to work. It just has to be interesting. Instead of another pamphlet, Frankston built circular economy principles into things people already show up for: festivals, e

Meet Indigo Regen, Tidy Towns finalist in Behaviour Change Campaigns and Education. Beechworth has a food waste problem, like everywhere else. Indigo Regen's answer isn't a lecture. It's a seat. Cool Seats are raised garden beds with a hinged lid: drop your food scraps in, and worms do the rest. Five are now installed around town, outside the Early Years Learning Centre, Quercus Neighbourhood House, Beechworth Montessori, the Old Beechworth Gaol and Bandit Café. Each one dive