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Welcome to Talking Rubbish!
Waste is a huge part of our everyday lives yet it's something we don't often think or talk about with friends and family. We want to get the conversation started and get you Talking Rubbish so that we can all be better informed about the waste and recycling issues and practices in our Shire.
This is a forum where you can have your say about the waste and recycling topics that matter most to you and your family.
So ask us a question, tell us a story, let us know about a recycling myth you needContinue reading
Welcome to Talking Rubbish!
Waste is a huge part of our everyday lives yet it's something we don't often think or talk about with friends and family. We want to get the conversation started and get you Talking Rubbish so that we can all be better informed about the waste and recycling issues and practices in our Shire.
This is a forum where you can have your say about the waste and recycling topics that matter most to you and your family.
So ask us a question, tell us a story, let us know about a recycling myth you need busted or a recycling champion in your local neighbourhood ........Let's start Talking Rubbish!
The holiday season is a wonderful time of year where family and friends gather together and celebrate with parties, gift giving and lots of food! All of the fun and festivities tends to generate much more waste than normal so we'd love to hear what you are doing to reduce your waste this festive season.
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What happens to items put in your kerbside recycling bin???
Ever wondered what happens to the materials placed in your yellow lid reycling bin?
Collection trucks bring recyclables to the Perthwaste / Suez recycling centre in Bibra Lake, 20km south of the Perth CBD. The recyclables are unloaded into an area called the “tipping floor”.
From the tipping floor, recycling is placed onto a conveyor belt to commence processing. Recycling is then sorted by Material Recovery Facility (MRF) machinery or by hand into “material streams” of:
Glass
Newspaper
Mixed paper
Cardboard
Steel
PET plastic
HDPE plastic
Aluminium cans
Once separated, the different streams are baled (except glass which can't be baled) and sent for remanufacturing into new products.