Sustainability News...
Every little change, as small as you may think it is
can have a big impact on our world!
Set yourself a goal.
Maybe one new action a week.
Get the whole family involved.
Let us help!
Below are some simple changes you can make at home.
Before you put something in the landfill bin, STOP and think.
CAN WE SAVE THIS WASTE FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT?
How to recycle things that don’t go in the co-mingled recycling bin | ||
| Type of waste | What to recycle and useful links | Where to recycle and its uses |
soft plastics (for example, chip packets, bread bags, shopping bags)  Do the SCRUNCH test! If the plastic CAN be scrunched up (into a ball), it can be placed in a REDcycle Program drop off bin. If it CAN’T be scrunched, it should be recycled at home via kerbside collection. CLING WRAP - IS NOT RECYCLABLE, IT MUST GO IN LANDFILL. |  | Some packages have one of these signs on the label.   Coles and Woolworths have collection bins |
 Toothpaste tubes and caps, manual toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, toothbrush and toothpaste tube plastic packaging, floss containers. |  | St Joseph’s has a collection box in the office. |
Plastic Bottle Tops  |  | St Joseph’s has a collection box in the office. We then drop off to a collection point. |
Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs | Plastic Bread Tags - 
| St Joseph’s has a collection box in the office. We then drop off to a collection point. |
 |  Office works recycles textas, markers, pens and refillable pencils. | St Joseph’s has a collection box in the office and we pass them on to Office Works |
| Battery Recycling |   | Aldi stores or Battery world, have collection points. |
 | RECYCLING AT HOME - IN YOUR CURBSIDE COMINGLED RECYCLING BIN https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Your-Property/Rubbish-Recycling/Bins/Recycling |
| Type of waste | How to recycle this waste. |
Foil, for example:
|  Must have no food stuck to it. If it has food scraps - like cheese - put it into landfill. Make into a ball if you have enough to make a tennis size ball, if not put foil scraps into like material, like a used soft drink can |
| Plastic bottles | Plastic bottles - no food residue - wash out No bottle tops - remove and recycle at St Joe’s Remember only milk, water and soft drink bottle tops - all other tops go into landfill. |
Glass bottles, jars
| Glass Bottles - no food residue - wash out Metal tops need to be removed and can be recycled by putting into a tin can. Crimp the can so the lids don’t fall out and place in the recycle bin. |
Paper / Cardboard
Metals
Glass
| Comingled recycling bin: No food Residue |