Single use, disposable coffee cups are NOT recyclable through the yellow lid recycle bin! Why? They are lined with plastic and/or wax which is very difficult to separate from the paper. They are also contaminated with coffee and milk residue. Public place recycle bins are often a slurry of coffee Read more…
Poor kerbside behaviour by South Australian households is creating $20 million each year in extra waste management costs, according to industry experts.
On Monday 10 August, Four Corners aired an American story about plastic recycling history and issues from America. Click here to view the preview of the story. The story reflects a situation occurring in America and doesn’t reflect what is occurring here in Australia/South Australia. Through NAWMA our plastics collected Read more…
Compostable containers include 100% paper, cardboard, wood, rye straw or bioplastic products with no lining or additives. Which Bin? These items can be composted by placing them in your green bin along with any left-over food or drink. Examples include: cardboard pizza boxes cardboard burger boxes cardboard clam shells paper Read more…
MEDIA RELEASE, 29 May 2020 New research reveals that more than half of all landfill waste in metropolitan Adelaide is unrecovered resources that could be recycled simply by using the correct recycling or green organics bin. Much of it is food waste that goes to expensive landfill and harms the Read more…
A new research project aims to understand household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill. It will promote a circular economy where the nutrients from food waste go back into the compost industry, and ultimately save greenhouse gas emissions from damaging our Read more…
Why waste it? Many of us are using this time at home, while social distancing, to de-clutter and clean up. Here is a list of options to help declutter and spring clean your home, shed and garden. Please be mindful of the items you are disposing of and avoid wasting Read more…
In late October and early November of 2019, East Waste, embarked on the largest and most comprehensive kerbside bin audit ever undertaken in SA. The audit included 2,143 bins from 700 households from East Waste’s seven Member Councils. The information from the audit will not only benefit East Waste’s services Read more…
A positive outcome of the panic buying and self-isolation associated with responding to Corona Virus is that we may think twice about how much food we are wasting. Our latest East Waste Councils bin audit showed: 30% of what we throw in the landfill bin is food 48% of food Read more…
A Redwood Park man has returned home to find these branches anonymously dumped in his green bin. This could be a sign of things to come, with councils preparing for an increase in household waste with more people working or isolating at home. Article and images: Ben Cameron, The Messenger Read more…