There are many ways to live more sustainably by conserving nature and natural energy resources.
Please note: School incursions are temporarily on pause.
Be waste wise
There are plenty of ways to be waste wise. If we all do our bit, we can make a big difference.
Check out the below tips or Great Sort for more ideas.
Below are a few tips on how you can get waste wise:
- Recycle properly - view our Waste and Recycling Guide
- Look for items with less packaging or buy in bulk
- Look for products that come in recycled or recyclable packaging
- Use reusable coffee cups and water bottles
- Use reusable bags
- Create plastic free lunch boxes for school or work
- Dispose of food scraps and garden waste by composting, keeping chickens or using a worm farm
- Attend a City of Swan recyclable goods drop off day
- Visit the Foodwise website for ways to reduce food waste
- Visit the Love Food Hate Waste website for better ways to buy, cook and save food.
- Chatterbox game
- Design a fourth bin lesson plans
- FOGO bin colouring sheet
- FOGO crown
- FOGO find 'n' seek black and white version
- FOGO find 'n' seek colour version
- FOGO word scramble
- Mascot colouring sheet
- Strawberry ice cream lesson plans
- Strawberry ice cream worksheet
- Waste management crossword
- Waste management word search
- Waste sort challenge
- Waste starts with you worksheet
The City of Swan has waste education games for hire. The games teach kids about bin sorting, recycling, and sustainability, in a fun interactive way. Games include:
- Bin sorting activity
- Litter bingo
- Memory game
- Mini bin card sorting activity
- Puzzles
- Sustainable city floor map game
- Sustainable house floor map game
- Talking My Language kits (multilingual learning resource)
- Waste and ladders floor map game
- Waste sort tabletop game
- Waste themed books
You can book games and activities for up to one week. Collection is at the City of Swan Depot, 212 Great Northern Highway, Middle Swan. Please contact us to check equipment availability before completing the booking form.
Games and activities
Bin sorting activity
Try your recycling knowledge by sorting a bag full of materials into the correct bin or locations.
Litter bingo game
Use bottle tops to match the called piece of litter. The first one to match all the pieces shout BINGO wins!
Memory game
We have lots of litter in one of the City of Swan parks; find them all to clean up the park.
To play the game, all pictures need to be turned over, each player has a turn at remembering where the matching picture is located. When you match a pair, take it off the board, the game is finished when the park is cleared. The person with the most pairs wins.
Mini bin card sort activity
Place the correct coloured card into the correct bin. Building an association between the item, colour, and bin. Great for young kids!
Puzzles
Complete the puzzles to learn about recovering finite resources to help our planet. Great information and messages on the back of the puzzles as well!
Sustainable City floor mat game
Find all the items on the list in the Sustainable City game. Can you find the other items in the City that are not listed?
Sustainable House floor mat game
Roll the dice and land on actions and questions about sustainable living. Answer correctly and you move forward, get it wrong and be slowed down. First one to finish wins!
Talking My Language kits (multilingual learning resource)
A multilingual interactive self-correcting learning resource. Designed to assist those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to better understand the three-bin system and how to sort their waste. Available in 5 languages (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog and Vietnamese).
Waste and ladders floor mat game
Take turns to roll large foam dice and move across the 3x3m vinyl floor board. Moving up the ladders and down the rubbish trucks. First to the end wins!
Available to loan in the two and three bin system.
Waste sort tabletop game
Test your waste sorting knowledge to place all the ikons on the correct coloured bin lid.
Waste themed books
These books are most suitable for primary school ages.
Strawberry Ice Cream Saves the Planet – A book about the Chapman family who return home to the City of Swan, to the new three bin system. They learn correct waste sort practises as well as other waste minimisation concepts along their journey of managing their waste.
Plastic Free – Zara’s homework is to have a plastic-free weekend. Join her to lean ways to remove plastic from our lives and make a positive change for the environment.
Please contact us to check equipment availability before completing the booking form.
The incursion cycles students through various stations where they engage in fun, interactive activities related to the City’s three-bin kerbside collection system. These activities have been designed by teachers and include a complementary takeaway item to encourage students to continue their learning and initiate discussions at home.
The program has been designed for primary school students, after-school care and guide groups. Best suited to ages 8+.
These incursions are FREE. Bookings are available for one or multiple sessions to fit in with school schedules and volume of students.
Interested in booking one? Reach out to us at resourcerecoveryeducation@swan.wa.gov.au
Worm farming is a great way to turn your kitchen scraps into useful garden products, such as worm castings and 'worm wiz'.
Here at the City of Swan, we host worm farming workshops for residents and anyone who attends is eligible for a $130 subsidy on the cost of a worm farm! Find out more about these workshops on our events calendar.
Visit our waste services page to find out about:
- Bin services
- Recycling
- Verge collections
- Hazardous waste.
Want to reduce your impact by making your own every day products? Or maybe you'd like to make your own special gifts? Our handy recipe cards give you the tools to create your own sustainable:
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