Wollondilly Shire Council

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• Council supports Domestic Violence Safe Phone program

  In the lead up to Domestic Violence Prevention Month, Wollondilly Shire Council is taking part in the DV Safe Phone program and has installed a recycled phone bin at its Customer Service Centre.
  
  The DV Safe Phone program aims to repurpose old phones and give them to people in domestic violence situations to support their access to help when it is most needed.
  
  There are drop-off locations right across Australia, and the Council Administration Building in Menangle Street Picton has now been adde…

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• Recycle Office Waste

  Corporate social responsibility starts with people doing the right things at work. Ensuring our waste is recycled is a good step in this direction.
  
   
  
  About Recycling Office WasteSophisticated products assist us with our daily work, from printer cartridges and toners through to the specialist components used to manufacture and process our products and foods. To get these products we have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, alu…

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• Establish a recycling program

  Establish a recycling programMost businesses generate "waste" products that should be recycled, if only to prevent harmful chemicals entering our food chain.
  
  We have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, aluminium, mercury and acids. Recently we have realised that to use these resources efficiently and avoid them spoiling the environment, we need to create closed loops that allow us to move these technical materials fr…

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• No Junk Mail or Spam

  … across the Australian economy.
  
  And then there are those unsolicited sales calls at home.
  
  Our time and money is wasted and trees unnecessarily harvested. Stop this happening to you.
  
  How to do it now!
  Stop unsolicited sales calls at home
  Put your home phone number on the Federal Government managed Do Not Call Register.
  
  Stop junk mail hitting your letterbox
  Get a 'No Junk Mail' sticker or sign (from your local hardware store) and put it on your letterbox. Alternatively, a “No Adverti…

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• Recycle Technical Waste

  Replicating nature's nutrient cycle by creating closed loops for the recycling and reuse of those man-made (technical) elements of our consumption delivers efficiency, reduces cost and resource use, and protects the environment.
  
  We have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, aluminium, mercury and acids. Recently we have realised that to use these resources efficiently and avoid them spoiling the environment, we need to crea…

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• Dilly Doggy Day In Competition Terms & Conditions

  Colouring Competition1. The Competition is open to children up to 12 years.
  
  2. Entries will be judged in age brackets : 4 & Under / 5 -7 years/ 8-12 years and prizes will be awarded to 2 per category.
  
  3. Child must be a Wollondilly resident.
  
  4. Entries must be submitted by Wednesday 21st October and can be sent via:
  
  Post
  
  Wollondilly Shire Council
  
  Attn: Events Team
  
  PO Box 21, Picton NSW 2571
  
  Email
  
  Events@wollondilly.nsw.gov.au
  
  In person
  
  Drop them into the boxes located in Councils…

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• Wollondilly Council welcomes mobile tower at Wilton and calls for better connections across the Shire

  Wollondilly Council has welcomed the switching on of a new mobile tower at Wilton and called on the Federal Government to work with them to continue to improve digital connectivity across the Shire.
  
  The Wilton area has long been a black spot in terms of mobile phone coverage with drivers travelling along Picton Road also experiencing their phones dropping out as they pass through the area.
  
  Mayor Robert Khan said, “Residents in Wilton have waited many years for mobile coverage, so it is great t…

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• NatureMapr and the Wollondilly Nature Map

  About Nature MaprThe Wollondilly & Southern Highlands Nature Mapr (SHNM) is an exciting new citizen science tool to help you discover what is around you and for you to contribute to biodiversity monitoring in the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee shires. 
  
  What is it used for?Data collected by citizen scientists through NatureMapr helps to educate the broader community including the next generation of scientists and activists, and it can be used in the development of local biodiversity projects.…

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• Hours & Contact

  Wollondilly PreSchool Wollondilly PreSchool Hours & Contact Enrolments Standards & Relief Parent Resources Documents & Procedures Hours & Contact Wollondilly PreSchool Hours & Contact Enrolments Standards & Relief Parent Resources Documents & Procedures HoursWollondilly Preschool operates from Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.00pm. Our service only operates during NSW public school terms. The Preschool will be closed during school holidays…

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• Work Experience

  … time to arrange work experience opportunities, please provide as much notice as possible.
  
  Applications should be made in writing to work.experience@wollondilly.nsw.gov.au and include the following information:
  
  Name
  Place of Study
  Contact Details - Phone number and email
  Type of Placement - Include details of what you want to learn and undertake during your work experience placement
  Length of Placement
  Requested Dates of Placement
  Personal Availability
  Insurance Coverage Details
  Any Other Rele…

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• Free tax help with Wollondilly Library

  If you struggle with the complexities of tax time, Wollondilly Library will be providing free assistance for people earning $60,000 or less to complete tax returns with a trained Tax Help Volunteer.
  
  For your appointment you will require:
  
  •  Your myGov user ID and password – if you are unable to locate or remember your myGov details, or don't have a myGov account, our volunteers can help
  
  •  Your mobile phone to receive your myGov access code
  
  •  Your bank account details (BSB and account…

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• Medicine and Sharps Disposal

  … pharmacies. This service accepts domestic quantities of needles, lancets, pen needles and sharps only. Residents are to present all sharps in a secure and sealed container upon disposal.
  
  The participating pharmacies for both services include:
  
  Pharmacy
  Phone Number
  
  Appin Compounding Pharmacy
  (02) 4631 1488
  
  Bargo Caremore Pharmacy
  (02) 4684 1657
  
  Priceline Pharmacy Tahmoor
  (02) 4681 8713
  
  Picton Discount Drug Store
  (02) 4677 1294
  
  Pharmacy 4 Less Tahmoor
  (02) 4681 0224
  
  The Oaks Village Pharm…

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• Telecommunications Facilities (eg. NBN)

  Council has received a number of questions about mobile phone towers and other telecommunications infrastructure (eg NBN).   Click on the Frequently Asked Questions to find out more information.

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• Buy renewable electricity

  Every time you use electricity in your home greenhouse gases are belched out on your behalf. So buy the clean stuff!
  
  By purchasing 100 per cent Federal Government accredited GreenPower renewable electricity you are instantly switching your electricity dollar from a traditional coal-burning power plant to one of a combination of renewable sources of electricity generation (e.g. wind, hydro, biomass and solar) and stopping approximately 10 tonnes of CO2 / year (for an average home) from being rel…

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• Install solar hot water

   Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gases are emitted and no one gets hurt. Life is rarely this simple!
  
  The cost of energy is rising and the effect of pollution increasing. Water heating accounts for approximately 30 per cent of an average household's total greenhouse gas emissions and about the same proportion of total household energy use. Visit Climate Change for more information.
  
  Solar hot water systems are highly efficient in their use of solar energy (sunlight) to heat…

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