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PROBLEM WASTE
Christmas Trees
You may remember in the lead up to Christmas we mentioned that over the Christmas period, many items end up being disposed of incorrectly. Unfortunately, even with all our efforts, we still received many decorative Christmas items that had been disposed of incorrectly and one of the more problematic items was Christmas trees.
As a general reminder, items such as Christmas trees made from real or synthetic materials should never be placed into your Recycling Bin.
Synthetic Christmas trees that can no longer be used, should be stored until your next junk verge collection and then placed on the verge for collection.
Small real Christmas trees can be chopped up and placed in the green topped bin. Alternatively, they can be taken to the RRRC Green Waste Facility in Canning Vale or put on the verge at the time of your green waste collection.
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In 2016, more than half a million volunteers removed more than 15,000 tonnes of waste from over 7,000 sites across Australia.
Register your school or business to be a participant in Clean Up Australia Day or find a site to volunteer at by visiting cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/
Clean Up Australia Day – Sunday, 5 March 2017
Business Clean Up Day – Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Schools Clean Up Day – Friday, 3 March 2017
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World Wetlands Day commemorates the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance on February 2nd 1971.
Wetlands are essential for human health and prosperity. They provide us with fresh water, ensure our food supply, sustain biodiversity, store carbon dioxide and reduce the impact of extreme events such as floods, droughts and cyclones. They are also a major source of employment globally.
You can catch the Recycle Right team at the upcoming 13th annual WA Wetland Management Conference held on Thursday 2 February 2016 at the Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre. To find out more about how you can get involved, visit cockburnwetlands.org.au/world-wetlands-day/
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Wasteless Pantry – changing the world, one pantry at a time.
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Wasteless Pantry is all about helping you to live a fuller, yet less wasteful life, by providing you with bulk groceries, as well as home goods and reusable containers.
This is mainly achieved by adapting the way you shop to:
• eliminate disposable packaging,
• source food locally and sustainably,
• be more community minded, and
• only buying what you need.
Wasteless Pantry is set in the beautiful Perth Hills in Mundaring. The store retails bulk groceries and whole foods, dry and liquid. This includes coffee beans, loose tea, nuts, baking goods, gluten free, organic foods, personal hygiene and cleaning basics. Also offered are a range of eco friendly reusable containers, produce bags and other products that support the zero waste ideal.
It’s truly the most rewarding way to shop!
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It’s that time of year when the kerbside starts to look more like a jungle as people place their green waste out for kerbside collection.
If you’ve got too much for your next green waste collection, you can always deliver to the RRRC’s Green Waste Facility. With competitive gate fees, central location, and open Monday through Sunday 8am to 4pm (please arrive 15 minutes prior to closing to avoid disappointment), you can help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and do your bit for the environment.
The following items can be delivered:
- Tree loppings and shrub prunings up to 1.5 metres in length and 350mm in diameter
- Palms (max cut lengths 300mm)
- Bags or boxes of leaves or grass clippings (bags and boxes must be taken away after delivery)
The following items cannot be processed:
- Weeds and root materials
- Sand and soil materials
- Dug out lawn
- General rubbish
- Junk or white goods (these will only be collected during the annual junk verge collections)
You can even watch a virtual tour to find out what happens to your green waste after you’ve dropped it off or it’s been picked up from the verge. For more information, visit recycleright.wa.gov.au/verge-collection/green-waste-delivery/.
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Why not make Recycling Right your new year’s resolution? We have a great tool to help you to put the right thing in the right bin so we can recover the maximum amount of waste.
Free to download from the App Store or Google Play.
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Tours of the Regional Resource Recovery Centre
Our next community tour is scheduled for Saturday 4th of February at 1pm. See first-hand the machinery that sorts your co-mingled recycling and discover some of the alternatives to landfilling.
Bookings are essential. If you’d like to organise a visit to find out what happens to your waste, please call Emma on 9256 9528 or via email tours@smrc.com.au
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Would you like to join the Waste Recycling Education Network?
 If you are interested in waste and sustainability, educating the community and making a difference, the Waste Recycling Education Network needs you!
All it takes is a few hours of your time to attend a meeting and assist with a community waste education project. Everyone is welcome to join.
The group meet on a Thursday every two months and will be involved in some exciting projects in the community in 2017. If you have any questions or would like to talk about joining, you can contact Taryn Davis at the SMRC on 9329 2700 or email tdavis@smrc.com.au
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