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Reuse

Reusing products is better than recycling. Recycling still requires the use of precious resources like water and energy for remanufacturing. Reusing gives a product a longer life, saves resources and can be of value to someone else, once it is no longer of use for its original owner. Leichhardt Council provides Reuse options for your unwanted goods BEFORE they go to landfill.

The Bower Reuse Referral Service

Leichhardt Council supports The Bower to give you information on a range of enterprises and organisations who may want your unwanted items. T: 9568 6280 or visit http://bower.org.au/ 

SecondHand Saturday

Leichhardt Council runs SecondHand Saturday (SHS) - a giant neighbourhood garage sale held in individual households in certain zones throughout the year, on the Saturday prior to Council's General Household Clean up (there are 2 general household collections per year). SHS enables residents to participate in a program that promotes the value of resource conservation and reduced waste to landfill, whilst making a dollar or two and meeting their neighbours!

Residents in the participating zones receive an information brochure in their letterbox approximately 2-3 weeks before the event. Registered households (ie those holding a sale on the day) will be advertised in The Courier Inner City, on Council noticeboards, libraries, community centres and Council's website.

Watch out for the SecondHand Saturday adds in The Courier a few weeks prior to the event. Street lists will be available on the website from the Tuesday in the week of the SHS sale for the participating zone.

Registrations are now closed for all SecondHand Saturdays

Zone 9 - Saturday 23 May

ANNANDALE

 78 Trafalgar Street

LILYFIELD

 37 Church Street

18 Frazer Street

Zone 12 - Saturday 30 May

There are no garage sales for 30th May.

SHS will return in early 2010

Information for shoppers -   SecondHand Saturday information for shoppers - 122 KB

To find out the Zone for your street, check the streetzone list -  Street/Zone list - 57 KB

Zone map - indicative only, check street list above for details.