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Living with Purpose is back for season four! ♻️ Hosted by @jamiedurie , this season is all about showcasing inspiring ways organisations are taking part in the circular economy. In episode 1, Jamie is at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show teaching us how organics, mulches and materials are supplied, recovered and reused to deliver an even more sustainable show. Stay tuned for episode 1!

Did you know that our work with Councils goes beyond being a just a receiver of municipal waste material? We work directly alongside Councils to support not only their resource recovery journey but empower their broader communities too. Hear more from our own Tania Hall and Waste and Recycling Strategic Advisor, Joseph Agostino, in Season 2, Episode 2 of our Living with Purpose Podcast - 'Working in Partnerships with Councils'. Available on our Spotify and Youtube channels now.

International Compost Awareness Week – ‘Feed the Soil that Feeds Us’ Soils, compost, and mulch are at the heart of Repurpose It and our resource recovery efforts. With every load delivered, incoming FOGO load received, we strive to highlight how important the material beneath our feet is. From our Living with Purpose series, to our procurement and commercial teams, we live and breathe soils. So come along with us, we’d love to share the joy of soils with you.

Living With Purpose - Season Four is here! ♻️ In our first episode, host @jamiedurie is on the ground at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show where Repurpose It is proud to be a 2026 Industry and Sustainability Partner. Learn from Dan Foreman from Danscapes, and be inspired by Yarra Valley Water and Melbourne Polytechnic, as Jamie shows how repurposed organic materials can help our gardens and landscapes thrive. Stay tuned for Episode Two.

With the 2026 AORA (Australian Organics Recycling Association) Conference kicking off this week, take a listen to our GM of Business Development, Ashley Johnston, about why organics recycling is such a tremendous resource recovery stream to work with. Full episode; 'Living with Purpose: Industry Collaboration' available on Spotify and YouTube

Did you know that Repurpose It was recently selected as finalist for the @citywhittlesea business awards - community contribution category? We're so thrilled to have our hands-on learning programs with the @yprlibrary , @whittleseatechschool early learning and schools across the Whittlesea community recognised! Repurpose It is proud of our award-winning resource recovery processes and we're excited to have a robust community facing program that reinforces and complements our Epping base of operation. Winners announced in the coming months.

ICYMI – In Case You Missed It – Repurpose It on Garden Gurus What happens to the materials that come from your FOGO (Food Organics Garden Organics) bins once they’ve been treated, screened, pasteurised, matured and tested? They end up in award winning gardens like @jamiedurie at the @melbflowershow (MIFGS)! We were delighted to showcase the array of materials that our resource recovery facilities process and highlight the importance of our quality control process. Watch here as Jamie Durie and our own Thom Fox talk to @thegardengurus host, @cochrane.trevor , about the positive impact having sustainability at the forefront of MIFGS has on community understanding and engagement.

We're all so proud of the work that was put into the lead up, main event and cleanup of the @melbflowershow this year and we're thrilled to share a great wrap up on how the team at Repurpose It contributed to the most sustainable show yet! More info at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show News Page and our IG Stories.

School Holiday Sustainable Storytimes Across Mitchell Shire! We’re so excited to be celebrating the wonders of compost, seeds, soil and FOGO these school holidays with the fantastic library teams of @mitchellshirecouncil Bring your children along for a free, fun-filled, hands-on storytime that explores the mysteries of the soil beneath our feet. Come along to learn more about exactly what happens to your food and garden scraps when you lift that green-lidded FOGO bin, where it goes, and what it gets turned into. Details: Friday 10th April Beveridge Library Corner Lithgow Street and Mandalay Circuit, Beveridge 9.30-10.30AM Monday 13th April Broadford Library 113 High St, Broadford 9.30-10.30AM Wednesday 15th April Kilmore Library 12 Sydney St, Kilmore 9.30-10.30AM Friday 17th April Seymour Library 125 ANZAC Avenue, Seymour 9.30-10.30AM

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Wrap-Up What a mammoth month of March it’s been! Repurpose It was one of the primary sustainability partners of this year’s @melbflowershow Our own garden was centred around showcasing the FOGO journey, bringing our education program to life for thousands of visitors to see. The concept from pen and paper to the tangible was made possible by the extraordinary garden visionary, Dan from @danscrepes We’re proud to have had significant touchpoints across multiple award-winning gardens this year including @ratio.consultants , @timelessoutdoors , @oliveragardendesign , @calibre_gardens , @valleycareinc , @yvwater , @melbpoly , and @instyle_gardens and their incredible showcases. Equally as special are the stories and processes that bookend the five-day show, the bump-in and bump-out procedures. As one of the primary sustainability partners across the show, we bulk delivered literal tonnes of organic bark, mulch and soil materials across the garden with the longer-term vision of having that organic material return to our sites for recovery. This is by no means a small feat. The team communicated and supported landscapers, labourers, visitors, gardeners and contractors either through deliveries or on the tools, about the importance of source separation. This approach ensured the most amount of material could be recovered with the minimal precious resources heading to landfill. To say nothing of the actual show itself, Repurpose It had community facing presence across the five days and four nights of the show. This included multiple news and media pieces to camera, co-hosting public panels, industry night events and our very own special twilight event with our esteemed partners celebrating not just Repurpose It’s engagement in the landscaping and design space but also Bark King’s historic fifty plus years of operation. A huge shoutout and celebration also goes to our good friends and all round tremendous PR firm, @flourish_pr for capturing everything from @jamiedurie and his award-winning garden, to our bump out and clean up!

It’s drizzling at the @melbflowershow but don’t let that dampen your spirits! Grab an umbrella and check out our friend’s great gardens: @semkenlandscaping @instyle_gardens @jamiedurie @timelessoutdoors @shapescapersteel @oliveragardendesign @landscaping_victoria Repurpose It is also down at B63 chatting about all things recycled and landscaping. Perfect weather for a 🦆 or three.

🌱🪱 Our Pre-Kinder and Kinder children at Where we Grow Craigieburn enjoyed a wonderful sustainability incursion with Mr Thom from the Repurpose-It Education Program. 💙🤍✨Through hands-on exploration, the children learned all about worms, composting, and how food scraps can be recycled to help care for our environment. ♻️ They loved observing the worm farm, recognising familiar food scraps like banana peels and herbs from our garden, and many even bravely held the worms! 🐛👏 With stories, discussion, and the catchy rhyme “Things you eat, things you grow, pop them in your FOGO!”, the children are beginning to understand how small actions can make a big difference for our planet. 🌍💚 #Sustainability #EarlyLearning #WhereweGrow #Craigieburn #Childcare