Kerbside

Recycling

Guide

Can you identify what items can be put in your kerbside recycling

(yellow) bin?

YES

Paint tins can be recycled when empty or paint completely dried out.

Please avoid and reduce polystyrene

/ styrofoam where possible. Especially takeaway containers as they are easier avoided—ask store

for alternative.

Soft plastics can be recycled at Coles Berri through their REDcycle Program. Please avoid

and reduce soft plastics where possible.

YES

All aerosol cans (e.g. deodorant, air freshener) can be recycled as long as they

are empty.

YES

Clean foil rolled into a ball the size of a tennis ball can be recycled

This is a mixed material item and current recycling technology cannot separate the

materials to recycle.

This is a mixed material item and current recycling technology cannot separate the materials to recycling them.

Buy bamboo products instead to reduce plastic waste.

YES

Small metal items like beer bottle tops, wire from around sparkling cork, pull rings etc. are too small to be picked up by the machinery’s magnets so are likely to end up in landfill, UNLESS you collect them in a can (soft drinks, baked beans, corn etc.) with top squeezed tight.

YES

All light globes can be dropped off at the checkout counter of the Renmark Mitre 10 store to be recycled.

Fluorescent light globes are banned from landfill, this means they can’t go into your red lid rubbish bin either. They can be disposed of free of charge at Council’s Waster Transfer Station .

Batteries cannot go in your kerbside bin. Please drop off small household batteries at the Council office or Aldi

Supermarkets for recycling. Buy rechargeable batteries to reduce your waste.

YES

YES

YES

Small plastic items like straws and bottles lids are lost / fall through the machinery so cannot be recycled UNLESS you collect them in a clear plastic container or bottle (including milk or juice cartoons).

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

This is a mixed material item and current recycling technology cannot separate the

materials to recycling them.

This is a mixed material item, the outside of this paper is coated in a thin plastic. Try to purchase

unwrapped paper if possible to avoid and reduce.

Scrunch Test:

If the plastic is rigid it can be recycled, if it is scrunchable it can’t be recycled.

Biscuit tray (yes) vs. wrapper (no)

Strawberry punnet (yes) vs. cling film (no)

YES

YES

Riverland’s waste provider, Clean Away, has the technology to recycle these items in domestic quantities.

AVOID, REDUCE and REUSE before you RECYCLE

Coffee Cups, can they be recycled in the Riverland?

Yes! But make sure you AVOID, REDUCE and REUSE before you RECYCLE

Good news Riverland! Our kerbside comingled recycling (provided by Cleanaway) accepts coffee cups from households.

You may have assumed that coffee cups couldn't be recycled in our comingled kerbside bins because they are made from a material called liquid paper board (LPB). This is a combination of paper and plastic which allows these cups to hold liquid without leaks. But we have recently learnt this isn’t the case in the Riverland.

Renmark Paringa Landcare still advocate AVOID, REDUCE, REUSE and then recycling. Take-away coffee cups are easily avoided and there are many trendy keep cup or travel mug options available now and cafes willing to also avoid single use item. And if sporting your very own keep cup hasn’t inspired you to stop using take-away cups maybe this will...There are studies into the plastic lining contains micro-plastics which in combination with hot liquids may not be great for human health!

But you can rest easy this morning if you forgot your keep cup, because you can RECYCLE your take-away coffee cup but please write yourself a reminder to bring your cup with you tomorrow.

Knowing how to recycle correctly using your recycling bin at home, in public places or at work helps increase the amount of material that can be recycled. If you place waste and recycling items in the wrong bin, it causes ‘contamination’. High levels of contamination means materials are not recycled and are instead sent to landfill.

QUICK TIPS Never put your recycling in plastic bags – place loose

recyclables straight into your recycling bin Read any bin stickers, flyers and signs on or around your

bins to make sure you place materials in the right bins Make sure recyclable items are not heavily contaminated

with food, liquids or hazardous materials Fold cardboard boxes down flat to fit more in your bin Clean your takeaway food containers to enable them to

be recycled Empty food tins can be recycled if they are cleaned Take the lids off bottles and empty out any residual liquid Only certain plastics are recyclable yellow lid bin – split

plastic into types rigid vs scrunchable. If rigid they can be recycled and scrunchable not.

Generally plastics are recyclable, however some councils also recycle numbers 3, 4, 6 and 7 plastics. Check your recycle bin sticker to see what plastics are accepted in your area or call your local council.

If you are unsure, ask us or your local council – you may save some materials from ending up in landfill.

RECYCLING TIPS

Things you CAN’T put in your standard yellow lid recycling bin Plastic bags Food Nappies Polystyrene foam Syringes and sharps Clothes, shoes, towels and fabric Toys Garden waste and dirt Electronics (e-waste) – computers, phones, radios, headphones Batteries and car parts Waxed cardboard Broken crockery and tableware Cooking oil, chemicals, paints and liquids

More ways you can recover, recycle and reuse Some things that you can’t put in your standard recycling bin can still

be recycled, reduced or reused through other means:

Plastic bags, bread bags, biscuit packets, pasta and rice bags; frozen food / veggie bags, confectionery bags, cereal box liners can often be recycled at local supermarkets (Coles Redcycle Program)

Items such as mobile phones, printer cartridges and other electronic waste can be recycled at select retailers and Council for free

Clothes, shoes and toys can be taken to your local charity bin or shop

Buy in bulk – by choosing products with less packaging you can help reduce waste

Reusable shopping bags can be used to avoid plastic bags

Use rechargeable batteries in household items

Compost your kitchen scraps or use a worm farm

Reuse scrap paper as notepaper and open envelops

Only print items when absolutely necessary and use double sided printing

RECYCLING TIPS

E-Waste

Did you know that e-waste is banned from landfills? All electronic waste (such as televisions, computers and computer equipment, phones, kettles and hair dryers) and white goods are banned from landfill. This means you cannot put these items in your general waste or recycling bin. Good news, these items can be disposed of FREE of charge at Council’s Waster Transfer Station, Government Road, Renmark or Clean Away Waste Transfer Station, 92 Hoskin Rd, Monash.

Mobile Phones Dispose of mobile phones via the Mobile Muster Program. Take your old or unused phone into Council’s main office at 61 Eighteenth Street, Renmark.

Small Household Batteries Residents are welcome to drop off small household batteries (used in torches and other small items) at the Council office at 61 Eighteenth Street, Renmark.

Light Globes Fluorescent light globes are banned from landfill because they contain harmful chemical and mercury, this means they can’t go into your red lid rubbish bin. Light globes can be dropped off at the checkout counter of the Renmark Mitre 10 store. The light globes will then be recycled instead of going to landfill and it will prevent mercury contained in some globes from harming the environment. They will take: Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) Fluorescent tubes Incandescent globes Halogen lamps, tubes and bulbs.

WASTE TRANSFER STATION

750 Government Road, Renmark

For further information, please contact Council on

8580 3000 or visit: https://www.renmarkparinga.sa.gov.au/wastetransferstation

DrumMuster Renmark Paringa Council takes part in the DrumMuster program each month, which enables you to dispose of empty chemical containers. This takes place at Council’s Waste Transfer Station (Government Road, Renmark) on the last Friday of the month (unless a public holiday). To participate you must make a booking.

To identify is plastics can be recycled or not use:

The Scrunch Test If the plastic is rigid it can be recycled, if it is scrunchable it can’t be recycled. For example:

Biscuit tray vs. wrapper

Strawberry punnet vs. cling film

Renmark Paringa Council accepts all plastic types as long as they are rigid and not polystyrene / styrofoam.

PLASTIC

IDENTIFICATION CODE

Ever wondered what the tringle with the number in the middles means? It is the Plastic Identification Code used by manufacturers.

It is important to know that these symbols identify the plastic type, not whether or not it can or cannot be recycled.

Three Bins System: Recycling (yellow lid)

What can I put in my recycling bin? Items that can go in the recycling yellow lid bin are included in A-Z list below. The main groups we ask people to think of are glass, (rigid) plastic, metal, paper and cardboard. Little bits of plastic should be collected in a clear container or bottle.

Aluminium foil should be balled to about a tennis ball size- little pieces get lost in the process but a ball will respond to the eddy current which separates it from the rest of the recyclables.

Common contaminants are soft plastics, polystyrene, broken crockery, shredded paper and light bulbs.

Three Bins System

General Waste (red lid)

What can I put in general waste bin? The few items that cannot be recycled or composted need to go in the general waste (rubbish) bin. Such as disposable nappies, sanitary items, soft plastics (such as plastic bags, film and wrappers), polystyrene, broken crockery broken glass, clothing, shoes, toothpaste, food and cosmetic tubes, food scraps, pizza boxes heavily greased, and mixed materials items (like toothbrushes) should all go into the red bin. Common contaminants are recyclables and garden waste. In addition e-waste, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs are BANNED from landfill so therefore cannot be placed in your general waste (red lid) bin.

What can I put in my green bin?

Anything that grows can go in the green bin including organic matter such as grass clippings, flowers and plants. Green-lidded bins in Renmark Paringa can, at this stage, only accept garden greens. (Once the capping of the landfill is complete, it is likely that commercial composting will begin and then food scraps, pizza boxes, paper towels, shredded paper, etc will be accepted but that may be a couple of years away). Common contaminants are plastic pots and textiles like clothing and soft toys!

Three Bins System:

Green Waste (green lid)

HOME COMPOSTING

HOW TO START YOUR OWN COMPOST AT HOME?

Step One Find a place to put it and something to put it in

Step Two Collect / Fill

Step Three Turn compost regularly

Step Four Wait

Step Five Use it

Compost favourites: Fruit and vegetable peelings Vegetable oil Eggshells Flowers, leaves, prunings Newspaper Teabags and coffee grounds wood ash

Compost dislikes: M e a t a n d d a i r y

products Bones Large branches Diseased plants Magazines Pet droppings Weeds

HOME WORM FARM WHAT TO FEED YOUR WORMS

Worms like: Vegetable scraps Tea leaves Coffee grounds Newspaper Manure (well aged) Vacuum dust Egg cartons (soaked)

Worms dislike: Onion peel Garlic Citrus Dairy Meat

HOME COMPOSTING

WHAT TO ADD TO YOUR COMPOST