Do you know what can go into our recycling bins?
This National Recycling Week (November 11 to 17), Mackay Regional Council is encouraging residents to check out the new sorting guide available on council’s website.
Recycle Mate is a web-based app which provides users with tailored information to ensure it is relevant to our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
Recycle Mate can be accessed on council’s website or directly via Recycle Mate’s website or mobile phone app.
Users can search or simply take a photo of the item they wish to dispose of and within seconds find out which bin it can go into – it’s that easy!
Mayor Greg Williamson said anything that council could do to assist residents in “recycling right” was a positive step forward.
“Council is committed to reducing our contamination levels. Contamination is simply putting the wrong item in the wrong bin,” Mayor Williamson said.
“Common contamination items we find at the MRF range from nappies and green waste to bottle top lids and soft plastics,” he said.
“Contamination is costly – council pays a fee to dispose of contaminated recycling to landfill, so anything we can do to reduce the rate of contamination, benefits not only our environment, but our ratepayers.
“We understand that it can be confusing, especially when what each council accepts as recycling can differ from region to region.
“Recycle Mate eliminates the confusion by ensuring the information is specific to each council and their recycling facility.”
With National Recycling Week kicking off on Monday, November 11, now is the time to get familiar with what can and can’t be recycled.
To find out more head to mackay.gov.au/sortmywaste
Recycle Mate is a nation-wide project led by the Australian recycling industry though strategic direction from the Austrian Council of Recycling (ACOR). Both state and federal governments have invested in the app as part of a joint waste management strategy.
Council's new website feature is making recycling easier than ever
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