Much of what we currently send to landfill is actually valuable material that could be reused, repurposed or recycled.
This year’s National Recycling Week (NRW) theme, ‘What goes around, comes around’, is all about providing simple and actionable tips that enable Australians to keep those valuable materials in circulation, whether at home, work or school.
Running from 13 – 19 November, NRW provides an opportunity for residents and workplaces to learn simple methods of reducing their environmental footprint and preventing waste. Residents can host or join recycling themed events, brush up on their recycling knowledge with educational resources, learn about new developments in recycling policy and technology or discover tricks to reduce what they are sending to landfill and ensure resources don’t go to waste.
The average Stonnington household with a food and green waste bin sends about 319kg of food and green waste each year to be turned into compost. It’s not hard to see why recycling food and garden scraps is one of the easiest ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and feed your garden.
Discover how you can recycle your food waste at home with a food and green waste bin or visit one of our food waste drop-off points. You’re also invited to attend our free Composting and worm farming for beginners session presented by Sustainable Gardening Australia on 25 November at Pheonix Park Library.
The creators of NRW, Planet Ark, has a number of tools and tips to enable Stonnington households and workplaces to get involved and start reducing waste this National Recycling Week and beyond.
