Divert and Earn Program
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Divert and Earn

What's included, how it runs, and how your team is supported. Intake closes 31 Oct, 2026.

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3–6 month program · from $15,000 + GST
Our sustainability industry experts support you every step of the way.

What's included

Divert and Earn

4 seats included · from $15,000 + GST
  • A Basic Resource Recovery Audit — a 2.5-hour online session for your Business Manager, in Week 0
  • Your full hybrid training pathway — online Welcome and Cleaners Briefing sessions in December, and the in-person Divert and Earn Workshop (catered) in Term 1
  • 10 × one-on-one, one-hour coaching sessions with your CAS coach — including access to sustainability industry experts (10 hours total)
  • Industry-standard systems and tools to build your people and your processes
  • The system for your Sustainability Skills Centre (optional), with your team trained to run it
  • Containers for Change and circular partner introductions for your school
  • A control chart of auditable diversion and recovery data for grant applications
  • Capability uplift for cleaning and operations team from day one — no extra time added to their roster
  • A resource kit, plus workbooks and posters
  • Online networking events
  • A media release kit for Recycle Week
  • Recognition as a Climate Action School (for 2027)
Deposit to secure your place: $5,000 (due 7 Nov 2026) Extra seats: $155pp online · $275pp in-person Recommended consumables — PPE (aprons, gloves, eyewear, hand wash, first aid), an additional cost to your school: Allow ~$200pp

How it runs

Training runs as a hybrid program including online briefings, 5 hours face to face for the whole operations team and a CAS coach.

A Climate Action Schools facilitator leading a training session, with LEAN tools on screen for the room.
Your team learns sustainability tools alongside industry specialists.
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Training · hybrid delivery

The Training

Four sessions delivered - your team leaves with the roadmap and the tools to run it.

Online
Delegates Welcome Q&A
2 Dec 2026 · 9–10:30am
Online
Cleaners Briefing
3 Dec 2026 · 7:30–8am
Online · Week 0
Waste Audit — Business Managers
19 Jan 2027 · 9–11:30am · bring your 2026 bills
In person
Divert and Earn Workshop
5 hours · catered · 10 locations, Term 1 2027
then
2
Coaching · ongoing

Your coach keeps you on track

10 one-on-one, one-hour sessions with your CAS coach — including access to industry experts, such as Sustainability specialists, when you need them (10 hours total).

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3
The system · optional Sustainability Skills Centre

You bring it to life

We provide the system and train your team to run it. Setting up a physical Sustainability Skills Centre is optional and entirely up to you — how you apply the system is your call.

What your school brings

This is a co-design process — fit for purpose, and built around your school. No two schools are the same, and how you apply the system is up to you.

Staff sorting recyclables into their waste streams during a hands-on Divert and Earn workshop.
Co-designed with your team to suit your school.
  • One school lead/delegate — this doesn't take extra hours, just a change of behaviour
  • Your cleaning and operations team included from the first briefing — a little time upfront, designed to make their day easier, not add to their ongoing hours
  • An aerial map of your school
  • Your recent waste bills
  • Wifi access for your team
  • Curiosity, and an openness to change
  • A bin lifter in place, if you don't already have one — this can take time to arrange, so it's worth starting early (equipment isn't included)
  • Sign-off from your P&C or business manager to receive Containers for Change / circular income
Tell us what you want to get out of it, and we'll work together from there.
Where it happens · optional

A working space, not a recycling shed

The Sustainability Skills Centre (SSC) is a purpose-fit working space inside your school where your team recovers resources using industry-standard tools — cans, bottles, paper, glass, organics and e-waste. What used to cost you money to send to landfill becomes savings, and circular income for your P&C through Containers for Change.

Most schools have it running day to day within the first term — staffed by your cleaning and grounds team, with your CAS coach checking in along the way. It takes a little time to set up, but from there it's designed to make their day easier, not add to their ongoing hours.

Inside a Sustainability Skills Centre: bins, a resource recovery station and safety signage set up in a dedicated school workspace.
When it happens near you

Ten locations, Term 1 2027

In-person Divert and Earn Workshop dates below — part of your school's hybrid training pathway alongside the online audit and December sessions.

9 FebSouth BrisbaneMetro
10 FebLoganMetro South
11 FebGold Coast
16 FebIpswichMetro West
17 FebToowoombaDDSW
19 FebMackayCentral
23 FebPetrieMetro North
25 FebSunshine Coast
1 MarCairns
3 MarTownsville
Regional workshop delivery proudly supported by Cummins.
What happens next

Four easy steps to start your journey

1

Submit your interest

Five minutes, via the sign-up form — this also lets us know who your delegate is. Intake closes 31 Oct, 2026.

2

A 15-minute call

We connect to discuss next steps and assist your delegate to understand their role.

3

Secure your place

A $5,000 deposit (due 7 Nov 2026) locks in your school's position.

4

Attend the welcome session

Join other schools on the Divert and Earn journey to kick things off together.

Is your school ready to lead?

Not sure it's the right fit? Start with a free 30-minute Leadership Briefing.

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The schools that join this year will be the ones leading sustainability in their community next year — the ones other schools call when they're ready to start.
Places for the 2026/27 intake close 31 October. Not the right year? Tell us when to come back.