Environment

Edendale Community Education Farm

Situated on the banks of the Diamond Creek in the heart of Eltham, Edendale Community Education Farm offers a range of environmental information and educational programs.

Edendale also has an Indigenous Plant Nursery on site which produces and sells plants and products. For more information, visit Edendale.

Clean Up Australia

Clean Up Australia works with communities to clean up, fix up and conserve our environment. For more information, visit Clean Up Australia.

Mobile phone recycling

To help save our planet's precious resources as well as keep potentially toxic ingredients safe from causing human health problems, Nillumbik Shire Council have organised several drop off stations to take broken or functional mobile phones:

Nillumbik Operations Centre

290 Yan Yean Road, Plenty
Phone: 9436 3555
Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 8am-4pm
Operations Centre Office open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Nillumbik Civic Centre
Civic Drive, Greensborough
Phone: 9433 3111
Open Monday 8.30am-6.30pm and Tuesday–Friday 8.30am-5pm

Edendale Farm Environmental Education Centre
Gastons Road, Eltham
Phone: 9430 6222
Open: Monday - Sunday: 9am-4.30pm

For more information on disposing of mobile phones, visit Clean Up Australia.

Electronic recycling

If you've got old TVs lying around or a computer monitor that isn’t getting much use, don’t just throw it in the bin. Recycle it. Officeworks run the Bring IT Back program where you can take old electronic devices in store and have them recycled.