A celebration of the Norfolk Wave!

Do yorlyi remember the beautiful sculptures that Margi Sampson was workshopping with the community back in January?

Plenty salan donated things like plastic lids, wiring, and even beach clean-up debris to create a colourful and eye-catching mural of recycled materials. The mural consists of two big turtles dedicated to Gab Beaumont and Michelle Hayes. These two women have been, and continue to be, sources of great inspiration for environmental advocacy within our Norf’k community. They led by example and left a legacy of sustainability and stewardship. They will be the ever-watchful eyes over our work at the Norfolk Wave. Beside these turtles swim schools of fish crafted entirely from recycled plastics and wiring. Our ocean was saved from these pollutants, and the community of little fish are symbolic of the colourfulness and diversity of life that we can preserve by looking after our environment.

We’ll unveil these beautiful sculptures during a celebration on Saturday, 2nd September. We want to invite all yorlyi to an official opening ceremony of The Norfolk Wave Recycling Centre! We’ll follow with entertainment from the Papahaia Drummers, live music from Anson King, and a fish fry. We challenge you to bring something fun and interactive you’ve created from recycled/reclaimed materials. We’ll also take the opportunity to take anyone interested in our new setup and processing facilities at the Centre on a small tour.

Date: Saturday 2nd September

Time: 4-6 pm

Location: On the grass outside The Norfolk Wave Recycling Centre

Yorlyi kam luk orn!

A few notes fram raun aa Centre.

- Improvements

After two weeks of operations, we’re already seeing vast improvements! After experiencing the Centre for themselves, people grasp the importance of clean materials. We’ve had some absolute champions coming through with clean materials we can salvage 100% of! As well as some legends that are advocating within their own workplaces for a better setup and practices. Yorlyi know who you are, thank you! Remember yorlyi, bring us clean materials so that we can recycle into quality product.

• Reduced baling

As a result of good cleaning and sorting, we’ve already diverted so much from baling and export for landfill. While it’s still early days, and we’re far from our target of >90%, the average weekly bales have reduced substantially! We don’t have numbers to share yet but we definitely will soon. As we can salvage more materials on the Recyclapod, increase education about the importance of cleaning materials and choosing sustainable options, and gain confidence and efficiency in our processing, these export amounts will only go down.

• Please, no residential dumping in C&D

We’ve noticed that a few people have been dumping residential materials in the construction/demolition area. We’re not sure if this is accidental or deliberate. A quick reminder that the new drop-off point for residential is at our roller doors under the lean-to. We always try to have someone ready to help and avoid confusion as people are visiting for the first time. If you’re worried your materials aren’t properly sorted, please just come to us. We can help you with tips on how to improve. Wii nor gwen nehsi! If your materials are leftover from the old sorting method and haven’t been cleaned, bring them to us, and we’ll salvage what we can. Or if you’re worried about the confidentiality of sensitive documents, C&D is definitely not the place. We’ll have a commercial shredder installed soon, and you can destroy any sensitive documents with zero risk of breaching confidentiality.

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Thaenks f aklan

Mandi, Lil, Nat and the Revolve Your World team