Recycling

Don't waste it, recycle it! Auburn City Council is dedicated to recycling as much waste as possible to ensure a sustainable environment for future generations. To enable our residents to recycle we provide a fortnightly collection service for recycling and garden waste on the same night as your domestic waste collection. Council works in partnership with Visy Recycling to provide you with the most efficient collection service.   Recyclable items include:  Non-recyclables include:     Aluminium and steel cans (rinsed out) Aluminium foil Aluminium food trays Empty aerosol cans Glass bottles and jars (rinsed out) Blue glass and white frosted glass Plastic soft drink bottles and milk bottles          (the lids can be included in your recycling) Plastic shampoo and detergent bottles Ice cream and take away containers Juice and cream containers Liquid cardboard (used in milk and juice cartons) Newspapers, magazines and cardboard Food scraps Noxious weeds Polystyrene / Foam products Crockery and cookware Nappies Syringes Cookware Paint cans Metal jar lids CDs and their cases Plastic wrapping Plastic bags Fluorescent light globes

Recycling facts:

• Auburn's recycling rate is 115.15 kilograms per household per year.
• Recycling one tonne of paper and cardboard saves 31,700 litres of water from being wasted and 13 trees from needlessly being chopped

• 17 trees can absorb the carbon monoxide emitted by a car during a year by locking up carbon in wood and releasing oxygen back into

• Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
• Producing 20 aluminium cans from recycled material uses the same power as making one from raw materials.
• Recycling one tonne of plastic saves enough energy to run a refrigerator for one month.

Click on the following link to find out more about why you should recycle: Why Recycle?

Test how much you know about recycling and reducing waste by playing the waste game