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Victoria’s biggest celebration of sustainability in schools is back! The 2025 ResourceSmart Schools Awards are now open, and we can’t wait to hear all about the amazing work schools, students, teachers, and volunteers have been doing to create a greener future.

Romsey Tennis Club has turned recycling into a winning strategy – both for the environment and their club!

This January, our partnership with St Albans Business Association Group (SABGAI) and Springvale Asian Business Association (SABA) came to life at the vibrant Lunar New Year festival celebrations in St Albans and Springvale.

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with the Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) to encourage more sporting clubs, stadiums, and facilities to embrace recycling and sustainability.

It took six months, but Hazel and Arthur have the Nintendo Switch they’ve been saving for, one drink container at a time.

At Kew High School in Melbourne’s inner east, there’s a waste revolution going on. The school’s Eco Crew have transformed how students and teachers dispose of their drink containers, and they’ve turned the results into cash through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme.

Over the past year, Abbot Thích Phước Thể of Lien Tri Temple in Braybrook has become the driving force behind his temple’s fundraising through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme. It is an idea that has profound impact for both the environment and community faith.

Over the past two months, tennis clubs across the state have gone head-to-head in an exciting competition, thanks to the recent partnership between Tennis Victoria and CDS Vic.

For Beach Patrol and Love Our Street volunteers, there’s all that and more. They’re making a measurable difference to the amount of litter in their areas, and the data they’re collecting shows how much of a difference Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme makes.