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Education & Tours

COVID-19 UPDATE
All school tours and classroom bookings are delivered as per Queensland Education Guidelines. Staff are operating under our COVID-safe eco-catchments tours plans, that are provided to all schools once booking is confirmed.

Townsville City Council offers free Education Tours to schools, TAFE, university groups, businesses, and the wider community. The Resource Recovery team offer tours to our Material Recovery Facility to help our community understand where the material in our yellow-lidded recycling bin ends up, as well as classroom visits to discuss waste and recycling with students.

Townsville Resource Recovery curates their waste education sessions to strengthen knowledge of correct waste and recycling behaviours and promote Council’s resource recovery services. The education sessions support outcomes within the Australian curriculum whilst fostering a sense of environmental care and intrigue for solutions.

Presentations and Tours

Choose between a tour or a classroom visit to suit your needs. To avoid disappointment, please book your tour at least 2 weeks in advance.

Business groups and community groups wishing to book a visit with one of our education officers, please contact customer service on 13 48 10.

Materials Recovery Facility Tour

Discover where the magic of recycling takes place and join the recycling revolution.
Classroom/School Visit

Have a resource recovery educator visit your classroom or school to talk about waste and recycling topics of your choice.

Virtual Tours

Our virtual tours have been optimised for Google Chrome and some features may not be available in other browsers.

How to use the waste virtual tours

  • Use the navigation panel on the left-hand side of the screen to select an area of the site to tour.
  • If visible, use the white flashing arrows to navigate around each area.
  • Click and hold your mouse down while moving it up, down, left or right to further swivel and navigate around each site.
  • Click on either the blue information or question icons to open them and display more information or images.
    • Some information and question icons may not be displayed until you move to the next white flashing arrow.
    • Be sure to click on each arrow before you finish the tour to ensure you have not missed anything.