• Littering costs Australia
over $1billion per year
to clean up
• 76.6% of rubbish
surveyed in CBD’s is
cigarette butts!
(Source: http://
www.buttoutaustralia.com.
au/index.asp?pgid=4
2011)
• Littering costs Australia
over $1billion per year
to clean up
• 76.6% of rubbish
surveyed in CBD’s is
cigarette butts!
(Source: http://
www.buttoutaustralia.com.
au/index.asp?pgid=4
2011)
If you need more room for your recycling you can order a bigger bin for a one-off fee of $30. The new bins are 340 litres.
Go to www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/waste or call 1300 427 472
Rethink your rubbish
While I was in our local computer shop (Total IT in Ferny Grove) yesterday I asked about e-waste. He said they were happy to accept it and would take it to the e-waste facility at Ferny Grove Transfer read more
In 2009 – 2010 Moreton Bay Regional Council received approximately 660825 tonnes of waste from commercial operators and residents.
Reused: 41% or 268569 tonnes
Recycled: 28% or 185424 tonnes
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Thanks Emma for finding and posting this. It is an excellent site.
An e-newsletter has been sent to all the members of the Towards Zero Waste Subgroup letting them know about it and suggesting they consider read more
Enoggera Ward Large Items Kerbside Collection
Brisbane City Council is offering FREE collections of your
unwanted household items from the kerbside in front of your home.
Please find listed below the read more
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On the subject of recycling bins I have gained the impression from several discussions that these are not used as much as they might be due to some anxiety about precisely what can and cannot be put read more
BCC is changing the colours of rubbish bin lids. A new crimson-coloured lid will be for general waste and it is hoped the colour will remind people to rethink their rubbish habits. Yellow lids will read more
Dr Krrishna Kanduri from DERM – Waste Exchange Registers
Industry metabolism – what goes in what is done with it what come out
Has to be captured to understand the total footprint of the industrial read more
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