Village Zero Sandringham

A BIG THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT EXHIBITED, VOLUNTEERED AND VISITED. YOU MADE THE FIRST SANDY ECO EXPO A GREAT SUCCESS! "SEE" YOU ALL NEXT TIME!

We are excited to welcome everybody to the inaugural Sandy Eco Expo (SEE).

SEE will be held at the Sandybeach Centre at 2 Sims Street,

Sandringham, on Saturday 11 May from 12pm - 4pm.

Get ready for a great, fun, interesting day!

The expo will include information stands, repair workshops for bicycles and more, a garden produce swap area (bring your lemons, herbs, veggies and fruit), a second-hand clothes market, a one-day only collection of specific recyclables, screening of The Clean Bin movie, many demonstrations and speakers and more. 

Here's what you can bring on the day! We're collecting: 

• Mismatched containers and reusable cups
• Polystyrene for recycling
• Plastic lids with the symbols 2 and 4. Milk, juice, tetra paks and soda lids. Any lids up to a Nappi San lid size as long as they're clean and foam inserts are removed. 
• Doona covers, sheets, pillowcases, blankets that are clean and in reasonable condition
• Elastic
• Wool

Here are the giveaways and prizes on the day!

• Five free professional assessments of Bayside businesses with recommendations to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs (worth $1,000 each)!
• Two Returnr Workplace Micropools 
• Door Prize - a fresh farm box
• Original Sandy painting by Marion Riskin to be auctioned on the day

We've got lots of great participants who will be running stalls and stands and more, including:

• Evitat - a web platform guiding smart, sustainable renovation decisions 
• Ladies Back on Your Bike - a ladies cycling group for all levels of female cyclists
• Upparel - textile recovery and recycling organisation
• Green Moves - sustainability consulting company based in Bayside
• Sandy East Primary School - all you need to know about nurdles and a hunt!
• Amalocal - a local farm produce to your doorstep service
• Bayside Council
• Village Zero Sandringham
• BCCAG - Bayside Climate Crisis Action Group
• 3191 Beach Patrol
• Gardenworld - nurseries and solutions in Elwood and Braeside
• Future Recycling - managers of the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre
• Styrocycle - reducing expanded polystyrene (EPS) waste sent to landfill to Zero
• Rethink Recycling - sustainability and building a circular economy
• The Clean Bin Project Movie - Is it possible to live completely waste-free?
• Dutch Cargo - (light) electric vehicles, bikes and cargo bikes as everyday transport
• Little Renters - affordable, sustainable children's clothes beyond the cycles of buying and selling
• BYOcontainers - helping communities embrace reusable containers 
• Roving Refills - eco-friendly, low-miles, water-safe detergent product refills to reduce plastic waste
• Howzit Brew - mobile cafe
• Our Kinds - the next step in convenient, clever, reusable cups

More to come... 

You can access the current program of events and appearances here: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQgwJBK4-Mj1Tkq6UGsbG0OF5wqwXiib/view?usp=sharing

CONTACT US

To express interest in being part of the second-hand room, please email

allisonharding@me.com

For general information about the expo, please email

Kate Stitfold kate@villagezero.com.au

SEE is the result of community groups Village Zero Sandringham, Bayside Climate

Crisis Action Group (BCCAG), 3191 BeachPatrol, and the Sandy Beach Community

Centre joining forces.

Village Zero Sandringham has been working with Sandringham traders and the

community since 2022, educating on avoidance and reduction of single-use

packaging and introducing recycling initiatives in conjunction with the Sandy Beach

Community Centre and Bayside City Council.

BCCAG is a non-profit community organisation that works to reduce the impact of

climate change and promote sustainability. We do that by creating and delivering

information, facilitating action and influencing decision-makers.

3191 BeachPatrol has been active in Sandringham for 10 years. The volunteer

group organises community clean-ups of the beaches and foreshore areas. In 2023

the group removed more than 400kg of litter, including more than 1500 recyclable

items.

Changing Waste Patterns is a consultancy designed to assist businesses in changing their waste habits, effectively reducing their ongoing costs while enhancing their relationship with community and environment. The consultancy was founded in 2024 by Kate Stitfold, who is a founding member and volunteer at Village Zero, Sandringham.