It’s National Recycling Week!       7 - 11 November 2022

How well do you know understand the important role you can play?

National Recycling Week was founded in 1996 as an opportunity for Australians to take waste and recycling into their own hands by improving their recycling knowledge and building better recycling habits. According to Planet Ark’s research, since then the annual recycling rate in Australia has increased from just 7%, or 1.5 million total tonnes recycled, to more than 60% of all disposed materials. That means we have gone from recycling just 1.5 million tonnes of material recycled to a massive 43 million tonnes each year.

This year, National Recycling Week which runs from 7 - 13 November is reminding Australians that Waste isn't Waste until it's Wasted. Much of what we currently send to landfill is actually valuable material that could be reused, repurposed or recycled. This is a time when everyone is encouraged to learn simple methods of reducing their environmental footprint and preventing waste.

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Planet Ark Recycling Guide

Remade in Australia Campaign

8 March 2022

The Australian Government is helping industry to transform recycled rubbish into all sorts of things that definitely aren’t rubbish. Like old plastic bottles into playgrounds, used tyres into brand new roads and mobile phones back into cutting edge electronics

Australian Government Action – The way we manage waste in Australia is changing. They are working with industry to recycle community waste, convert it into valuable resources and help protect our environment.

The National Waste Policy Action Plan aims to reduce total waste generated in Australia by 10% per person and achieve an 80% average recovery rate from all waste streams by 2030.

Compostable Doggy Bags

8 March 2022

Compostable doggy bags have been ordered and are to be trialed  on the Barmera Lakefront.

Compostable bags are made of plant materials and breakdown during composting process into non toxic components; whereas biodegradable bags contain additives that, over time will break the plastic down into smaller sized pieces. However, this could take many decades to disappear.

Climate Smart SA

18 January 2022

Read the latest news in the Climate Smart SA e-newsletter and find out about actions being taken to address climate change in South Australia.

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Recycling handheld batteries and mobile phones

18 January 2022

E-waste is one of Australia’s fastest-growing waste streams. 345 million handheld and household batteries are used every year but 94% are not recycled and it is estimated that 24.5 million unused mobile phones are being stored in homes around Australia.

All batteries contain harmful substances that can damage the environment when improperly disposed of into landfill. Woolworths has announced free collection units in their supermarkets to provide a household battery and mobile phone take-back scheme.

Collection units have been installed and are available at the Woolworths Berri store.

You can place the following items in the Recycling Unit:

1. All handheld batteries regardless of type or brand, including button batteries, AAA, AA, A, C, D and 9V.
2. All brands of mobile phones, their batteries, chargers and accessories.
3. Mobile wireless modems.
4. Wearable technology such as smartwatches and fitness trackers.

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2020 Country to Canberra Leadership Competition

Congratulations to Deepkiran Kaur on winning a position in the national program

Young women are taking on the war on waste in South Australia's Riverland region, creating and sharing strategies to change the way locals think about their rubbish. Sixteen-year-old Deepkiran Kaur is a member of the Berri Barmera Council's environment and sustainability committee and provides an authentic voice for the youth in the region.   video

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What is ShareWaste?

Is a program to connect people who wish to recycle their kitchen scraps with their neighbours who are already composting, worm-farming or keep chickens. Now you can divert waste from landfill while getting to know the people around you!
https://sharewaste.com/