9 November 2020
This National Recycling Week, 9-15 November 2020, Shoalhaven City Council are asking residents to renew their commitment to recycling and help ensure the Shoalhaven community is doing all it can to minimise waste and maximise recycling by understanding what can and can’t be recycled.
Mayor Amanda Findley was keen to get behind the recycling message.
“Recycling is an important part of sustainable living. By recycling, you are ensuring valuable resources do not go to landfill and you are also reducing energy from producing new materials from scratch.
“National Recycling Week is a good time for us all as consumers, to think about the choices we make when purchasing. Try to choose metal and glass packaging over plastic, as metal and glass can be recycled indefinitely,” Mayor Findley said.
Mayor Findley recently toured the West Nowra Waste Depot and was impressed with the passion and innovation behind the current and impending waste management practices in place at Shoalhaven’s recycling and waste depots.
“The Shoalhaven kerbside recycling trucks collect a staggering 12,000 tonnes of recyclable materials from 55,000 households annually.
“Over 30,000 tonnes of recyclable material is collected from our Recycling and Waste Depots annually. These include items that can’t go in the yellow bin, such as electronic waste, batteries, gas bottles and scrap steel.
“The team are working to set up a glass recycling plant at West Nowra, which will be operational soon and will supply glass sand for the Nowra Bridge construction project.
“It is pretty special to be able to see recycled material generated from the Shoalhaven being used to construct major projects here in our neighbourhood.
“I encourage all Shoalhaven residents and visitors to learn what can and cannot be recycled at our Waste Depots to ensure we minimise our landfill footprint and increase the life of recyclable materials.
“Recently, you would have received a Yellow Bin Guide in the mail, which helps you to make the right decision on what goes in the yellow bin, what goes in the red bin and what can go to local REDcycle collection points and our Waste Depots" Mayor Findley said.
If you don’t have a copy of the Guide, you can hop online and download it from Council’s website. Visit: www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/For-
Shoalhaven City Council also have a number of informative videos featuring Waste Warrior Wombat, which take you through what can and can’t be recycled from around the home. See the Waste and Recycling YouTube playlist here: http://bit.ly/sccwaste
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| Mayor Amanda Findley and local celebrity-Garbo Wayne Jones on a recycling run. |
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