From The New Daily (22/6/24)…
How to recycle even more things in Australia
In the first edition of our recycling guide, we asked readers if they had any items they wanted to know how to recycle, and they certainly did.
After sorting through all 129 responses – a shout out to the person who commented ‘wooden toilet seat’ – we’ve narrowed the list to 32 new items:
Aerosol cans and spray paint
Bedding and fabric
Books
Broken glass
Bubble wrap and soft plastics
Cardboard box with tape or labels attached
Ceramics
Coffee pods
Computers
Glossy cardboard
Make-up
Milk bottle lids
Mirrors
Needles/syringes
Old pens
Pizza box
Polystyrene
Shoes.
Small wood pieces
Sporting goods
Tea bags
Tissue
Toothbrushes
TVs
UHT milk cartons
Video tapes
Whitegoods
X-rays
Bamboo and wood cutlery
Barbecue gas canisters
Biodegradable plastic bags
Blister packs
Car battery
Compostable coffee cups
Cooking oil
Corks
Dead animals
Drink cans
Food scraps
Garden waste
Glasses
Light bulbs
Medication
Mobile phones
Old clothing
Old hand tools
Old power tool batteries
Paint
Paper
Plastic chip packets
Plastic drink bottles
Single-use coffee cups
Small batteries
Small electronics
Vapes/e-cigarette
Read the article to learn more about recycling each of these.