Keep up recycling excellence Noosa

There has been a lot of media attention on recycling since China decided to impose restrictions on importing recyclable material. However, Noosa Council is encouraging its residents to keep up their excellent recycling efforts.

Mayor Tony Wellington said, “According to Visy, our contractor for processing recyclables, Noosa's collected recycling material is not going into landfill.

“Visy has confirmed that it will continue to accept all of Noosa’s recyclables for processing at the Bli Bli Materials Recovery Facility. Visy segregates the contents of our recycling bins into plastics, glass, aluminium, steel, paper and cardboard.

"Noosa Shire residents are well-versed in sorting recyclables from general waste. Our local contamination rates are less than 5%. This is far lower than most other local government areas.

"But there is still room for improvement. For example, plastic bags are one of the major contaminants in yellow-top bins. Remembering not to put plastic bags in the recycling bin would reduce our contamination rates even further. The same goes for plastic wrapping that arrives on the newspapers delivered to driveways.

"Australia currently has limited markets for household recyclables. Noosa Council is working with the Local Government Association of Queensland which is putting pressure on the Queensland State Government to arrive at solutions to the current recycling crisis.

"The take-home message, however, is that Noosa residents can be assured that the correct materials placed in their yellow-top bins are not going into our landfill."

To find out all the things that can go in your recycling bin please visit Council's website.

27 April 2018