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Ballarat Eco Green

Ballarat residents, businesses and community groups have practical local options for producing energy, using resources thoughtfully and caring for surrounding waterways and habitat. Solar and battery installers cover household and commercial needs, while repair, reuse, bulk shopping, waste recovery and native-plant services support everyday decisions. Community organisations add education, volunteer projects and catchment restoration. The following services are distinct local or documented Ballarat-area options, ranging from providers with premises in the city to businesses that visit by appointment.

☀️ Solar Power & Home Batteries

Ballarat Solar Group

Ballarat Solar Group designs and installs grid-connected solar systems and battery storage for residential and commercial buildings in Ballarat. Its documented equipment choices include Tindo solar panels, Enphase microinverters, and battery options from Tesla, Enphase and Sungrow. The business also supplies and installs EV chargers and heat-pump hot-water systems, allowing related electrical work to be considered together.

Office 1/11 Selkirk Drive, Wendouree VIC 3355. ☎ 1300 449 458 — General enquiries.

xTechs Renewables

xTechs Renewables serves Ballarat by appointment within its Greater Victoria coverage. It designs and installs solar PV, home and commercial battery systems, EV charging and electrical upgrades. Its Ballarat service includes roof and shading studies, hybrid and export-limit-aware system design, monitoring setup, and support for off-grid and microgrid enquiries. The operator is based in Knoxfield rather than Ballarat and provides site visits for the local service area.

Unit 60/1470 Ferntree Gully Rd, Knoxfield VIC 3180. ☎ 1300 983 247 — General enquiries and site-visit bookings.

🔌 Home Electrification & Community Energy

BREAZE

Ballarat Renewable Energy And Zero Emissions is a volunteer-driven community organisation providing education, advocacy and project support around renewable energy, efficiency and electrification. Its Energy Champions help community members navigate government and industry offerings. Public activities include Smart Living Ballarat, Green Drinks and special events, while volunteers can assist at events, contribute expertise, campaign or support the organisation’s wider work.

East Ballarat. ☎ 0438 347 670 — Media enquiries.

♻️ Recycling, Reuse & Salvage

City of Ballarat Transfer Station

The City of Ballarat Transfer Station serves residents of Ballarat and surrounds with residential quantities of separated green waste, hard waste, household recycling, cardboard, textiles, e-waste, household chemicals and building materials. Its resale shed accepts unwanted usable items and sells goods such as bikes, play equipment and garage-sale items. Commercial waste is not accepted at the transfer station, so this facility is intended for household disposal and reuse.

119 Gillies Street South, Alfredton VIC 3350. ☎ 0459 859 861 — Transfer Station resale shed drop-offs and purchases.

Ballarat Repair Cafe

Ballarat Repair Cafe is a volunteer-run repair program operated through BREAZE. Residents can bring broken household items for assessment and repair, with volunteer repairers working to keep usable goods in service for longer. The second-Thursday session requires a booking, while the last Saturday session is walk-in. Attendees register an item and can wait while repairers work on it.

Barkly Square, 25-39 Barkly St, Ballarat East VIC 3350.

🛍️ Refill & Low-Waste Products

The Source Bulk Foods Ballarat

The Source Bulk Foods Ballarat offers more than 350 pantry and cooking products, including grains, nuts, seeds, herbs, flours, spices, oils, snacks and selected cleaning products. Customers can bring reusable containers and purchase the quantities they need. The store also provides select-and-collect orders and delivery to listed postcode areas; customers outside that delivery zone can use collection.

Shop 3, 1-3 Eastwood Street, Ballarat Central VIC 3550. ☎ (03) 5333 7404 — Ballarat store.

🌳 Conservation, Landcare & Habitat

Yarrowee Leigh Catchment Group

The Yarrowee Leigh Catchment Group supports Landcare and Friends groups across the Yarrowee, Leigh and northern Woady Yaloak River catchments, including Ballarat and Buninyong. It works with community members, landholders, schools and partner organisations on land and water management, biodiversity and restoration projects. Participation includes planting working bees, weeding and maintaining planting sites, education programs and school workshops.

Ballarat region and Buninyong. ☎ 0426 873 202 — General enquiries.

Lal Lal Wholesale Nursery

Lal Lal Wholesale Nursery supplies native plants to retail and wholesale nurseries, landscapers, developers and councils across Ballarat and beyond. Its range includes Eucalyptus, Acacia, Corymbia, Hakea, Banksia, Callistemon, Leptospermum and Allocasuarina, with locally sourced provenance seed used where possible. The nursery also offers contract growing and forward ordering for planting projects. Visits are by appointment only.

65 Kingfisher Dr, Lal Lal VIC 3352. ☎ 0400 331 767 — Nursery enquiries.

These services make it possible to take practical steps at different scales: plan solar or electrification work, repair a household item, separate materials for recovery, shop with reusable containers, choose native plants or join catchment activities. Local businesses, suppliers, environmental organisations and community groups with relevant Ballarat-area services are warmly invited to add or update their listing so residents and organisations can discover more grounded ways to participate.

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