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Can batteries be binned, what to do with greasy pizza boxes, what is a scrunch test, can takeaway coffee cups go in the recycling bin and should recycling be bagged? Discover the answers to these questions and more.
Visit SiteFibre-based products including paper towels, cardboard or paper packaging, tissues or pizza boxes are no longer accepted in the FOGO bin. The exception to this rule is paper used to wrap food scraps (for example a kitchen caddy lined with newspaper), and Australian Certified Council approved compostable kitchen caddy liners used to contain food scraps.
Visit SiteOpen your kitchen cupboard and no doubt you’ll have food packaging galore made of soft plastics. Think bread bags, pasta packets and biscuit wrappings. But once you've used the product, what happens to the packaging?
Visit SiteWhether you're doing your part for the environment, teaching kids about recycling or fundraising for a cause, Return and Earn has become part of life in New South Wales.
Visit SiteIn a Senate Environment Committee report handed down last June, one of Australia's largest recycling companies, Visy, lamented a household habit that it said "may doom tonnes of other recyclable items to waste". They called it 'wish-cycling'.
Visit SiteB-cycle is Australia’s official battery recycling Scheme. The Scheme is administered by the Battery Stewardship Council, Australia’s national battery stewardship organisation. B-cycle offers convenient Drop off points for all Australians and businesses to recycle their used batteries.
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