Waste less food
Use these 8 ideas to help you cut back on food waste, From smart storage and freezing leftovers find out how you can cut down on your waste.
What Goes In The Yellow Recycling Bin?
Posted on: July 10, 2020
For the first time everyone in WA has the SAME guidelines on what can and can’t go in your recycling bin.
Items in bags
Give your items the best chance of being recycled by placing them in the bin loose. The sorting machines can’t do their job otherwise! Once items arrive in your local recycling sorting station they’ll be separated by a range of automated systems. You can read more about this in our article about what happens to waste once it’s picked up from your kerb.
Nappies
Believe it or not, nappies are one of the biggest contaminants in WA’s household recycling bins. In fact, according to one metropolitan sorting station in the region of 200 nappies are found in recycling every single day. Regardless of what they are made from, nappies should only ever be placed in the general waste bin. Only the cardboard box they come in can be recycled.
Items with stuff still in them
Empty and clean is the mantra when it comes to good recycling practices! Wash out any remnants of food or, for example bathroom items like soap, conditioner and shampoo, before you put the empty container in the recycling bin. This helps to prevent contamination and improve recycling rates.
Plastic lids
Small plastic lids, like those found on milk and soft drink bottles need to be removed and placed in with your general rubbish. It may sound counter-intuitive, but these small items can wreak havoc with the sorting machines and reduce the amount that can be recycled in the long-run. Remember lids such as those from beer bottles, as well as larger ones such as the hard ones on yoghurt pots can still go in your yellow-topped bin.
Soft plastics
Since soft plastics recycling (like REDcycle) is no longer available, all soft plastics—anything scrunchable, like food wrappers, plastic bags, and cling wrap—should now go in the general waste bin.
Once you’ve got this five sorted, here’s a few more for you to remember to keep out:
- Batteries
- Lightbulbs
- Mobile phones
- Clothing
- Ropes and hoses
- Takeaway coffee cups
- Shredded paper
- Aerosols
For information on what you should be doing with all of these items visit our Recycle Better top tips.
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Non Recyclable Items
Did you know that not everything that has the recycle logo on it can actually go into your kerbside recycling bin?
Enlist your kids
Here are some easy and fun ideas to help inspire everyone in your household to join in the waste revolution.