Australia is in the middle of National Recycling Week ( 11-17 November 2024)….a brain child of Planet Ark back in 1996.
https://planetark.org/programs/national-recycling-week
Back then the council provided households with a black lidless crate a bit like this to put our paper cans and glass bottles in
That and an ordinary sized garbage bin was it. Both sat up on the nature strip Monday morning waiting for two sets of garbos (bin men) run along pick them up and toss the contents into the back of the relevant trucks…
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Now we are all proud possessors of these three monsters
(and one man drives and operates a ‘claw’ that empties the bin
into the side of his truck)
The amount of rubbish has increased- the size of ‘the bins’ has definitely increased……and so has the waste management fee in our council rates!.
The state government (Victoria) has been ‘standardising’ recycling so there’s also the possibility of another bin (with a purple lid) being needed in the future 😧
https://www.vic.gov.au/Standardising-household-recycling-across-Victoria
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Visy is the company my council (Shire of Yarra Ranges) uses to dispose of the contents of our recycling bin. There are leaflets and booklets advising what can and can’t (shouldn’t) be put in these bins but – that doesn’t sink in with some people or they just can’t be bothered.
You can read the post Sue (My Quiet Life In Suffolk) wrote on Mid Suffolk’s upcoming changes…..HERE.
Is the same (or similar) happening where you live?
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https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/nationalrecyclingweek/
https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/materials/ – interesting read
Still Waters 