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Issue 19 - May 2011

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CleanOut your household chemicals

Safely dispose of your unwanted and potentially hazardous chemicals at your nearest free Household Chemical CleanOut collection.

Do you have out-of-date or unused household chemicals in your kitchen, bathroom, laundry, garage or garden shed that you don't know what to do with? More >

Winery to halve power costs with Energy Saver

Simple changes to the refrigeration and processing machinery at the Hunter Valley site will enable significant opportunities for energy saving.

Mark Davidson, the Managing Director of Tamburlaine Wines, initially thought he had misheard his Environment Manager when an energy audit of the winery's Hunter Valley operations revealed how much money it could save each year. More >

Save Power Challenge results in great savings to participants

Energy assessor Jason Boyd helped households cut their power use as part of the Saving Power Challenge.

The Save Power Challenge, a partnership between News Limited and the Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet to promote ways to save power, has resulted in the six participating homes and small businesses in Sydney and regional NSW achieving huge cuts in their power bills. More >

Newsflash

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes - Entries close Friday 6 May. >

Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Sustainable Cities – Entries close Monday 6 June. >

Banksia Environmental Awards – Entries close Friday 22 July. >

Concession card holders save up to 20 per cent on their power bills. >

Save Power Kits will be available in many local libraries across the State from March. >

Living Sustainably

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OEH 2011/0266 | ISSN 1833-2153

Please note that as of 4 April 2011, the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet.

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