Recycling Update

Mornington Recycling Trailer 

• Crib Point - 28 April - 16 May, St Joseph's Primary, Martin St, Crib Point

The recycling trailer is available for residents to drop off their unwanted clothing and small electrical items (no batteries, embedded or otherwise) 

The trailer takes items such as clean clothing, hats, shoes, bags, sunglasses, bed linen and towels (NOT doonas or pillows) and electrical items such as hair dryers, toasters, drills, mobile phones, tablets and laptops.

How does this help?

Australians are some of the largest generators of electronic waste (e-waste) in the world and currently only 20% of e-waste is recycled worldwide. A range of non-renewable resources are used in e-waste. Recovering these valuable resources, reduces further depletion of limited reserves. Learn more about e-waste recycling.

Likewise, Australians created 800,000 tonnes of textile waste per year. Only 26% was recycled, the remaining went to landfill.

Where does my recycling go?

94% of items collected are diverted from landfill.

Of the textiles:

• 70% is rehomed locally or in global communities
• 15% is recycled into rags
• 9% is converted in biofuels
• 6% is landfilled in Australia (note that this material comprises non-compliant textile materials such as carpet, rugs and illegal dumping including clothing placed outside the trailer that becomes soiled due to weather impact.)