Bin-spections resume
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Binspections are back on the agenda after being put on hold due to the recent COVID-19 lockdown.
Earlier this week, we re-started up our Bin-spection program to lift the lid on Bayside’s recycling habits with our dedicated bin-spectors checking 5,000 randomly selected food and green waste and recycling bins.
With a simple lid lift, the bins are being visually checked to ensure the right things are going in the right bin.
We’re leaving feedback, via a bin tag, with tips on how to get your recycling right with reminders of which items can be recycled.
In the first week of the program, 940 bins were inspected and about 45% of those recycling bins contained at least some contamination.
Soft plastics were the most common form of contamination. Soft plastics are any plastic that you can scrunch up easily and it doesn’t revert to its original shape e.g. muesli bar wrappers, chip packets, pet food bags, plastic bags, etc.
Soft plastics do not belong in your recycling bin. Instead, they can be recycled via REDCycle’s soft plastics recycling program with drop off locations at major supermarkets, Beaumaris Library and at Council’s Corporate Centre in Sandringham. Alternatively, they should be disposed of via your general waste bin.
No private or identifiable information is being collected with all waste and recyclables to be disposed of as per the normal collection process.
Your questions answered
Why are we doing this?After a challenging year and the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of our purchasing behaviours have changed impacting our recycling habits. We want to help the community recycle right.
Our bin health checks are a great opportunity to refresh our knowledge and reduce our contamination rates.
Refresh your recycling knowledgeIf you are unsure about what goes in what bin, visit our What can go in your bins webpage or our comprehensive A-Z Waste & Recycling Directory.
What can go in your bins
A-Z Waste and Recycling Directory
What happens to our recycling and food and garden waste?Learn how your recyclables and food and garden waste is processed by visiting our what happens to my recycling or food and garden waste pages.
What happens to my recycling
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