Queensland Flood Appeal

Many of us have either friends or relatives that live in Queensland. A practical way for the Penrith community to assist our Queensland neighbours in their time of need is to make a donation to the Queensland Government Premiers Flood Relief Appeal. Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so at their local bank branch, online or via telephone. For more information on how to donate click here.

How about an early Spring clean?

Now is the perfect time to get in and have a clean up around your house. How come? Because in February Penrith is hosting two FREE drop off services – an E-Waste disposal day and the Chemical Clean Out and – so get in now and clean up around the house!

The E-waste drop off day is being held on Saturday 19 February 2001 at Jamison Park, from 9am to 3.30pm. This is a perfect opportunity to dispose of items such as including televisions, computers, and small kitchen and household appliances. They will pulled apart, sorted and the materials will be recovered to be recycled into new items. For more information, please click here


The Chemical Clean Out is being held on Saturday 26 February 2011 at Jamison Park, from 9am to 3.30pm. The Clean Out allows you to safely dispose of items like solvents & household cleaners, floor care products, ammonia based cleaners, fluorescent globes and tubes, household batteries, car batteries, motor oils, fuels and fluids, paint & paint related products, pesticides, herbicides, poisons, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, pool chemicals, hobby chemicals, acids and alkalis. For more information, please click here

So get in and now and have a clean up in the house and the garage so you’re ready to take your items down to the clean ups!

Library Carpet Continues to Clean Up

Most people have probably never thought about the carpet in Penrith library. To be honest, we hadn’t either. The good news is the library staff have - and the result is some amazing savings in energy and water use.

The carpet was replaced when the library was refurbished back in April 2008. When choosing the new carpet, the library staff made sure it was environmentally friendly and also cost effective. The new carpet is made from fully recyclable materials, so it can be remade into new carpet at the end of its lifespan. Also, due to its design it only requires ‘dry’ vacuuming. A traditional carpet requires a wet shampoo style cleaning, which uses a lot of water and energy. So far, by only having to use the dry vacuum the library has saved:

* 8710L of water – that’s the equivalent of 120 x 4 minute showers!
* 0.43 tonnes of CO2 emissions – that’s the equivalent of running 10 x 25W compact fluoro globes for 1500 hours!