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Get answers to all your tricky questions about reducing, reusing and recycling at home.
Help us keep our city clean and green by reducing, reusing, repairing and recycling.
Drop off tricky household items like clothes in great condition, electronics, polystyrene, x-rays, bicycles and blister packs from tablets or pills. Recycle It Saturday is on 9am to 3pm, Saturday 18 May at Alexandra Canal Depot. For City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra council residents only.
The 4Rs are part of the waste hierarchy. These are a set of priorities ordered from most preferred to least preferred actions. By following these steps, you can help address the growing waste problem and climate emergency.
We have a range of programs to help businesses, community groups and apartment buildings improve sustainability and reduce waste.
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By reducing your waste, you’re helping to care for the environment, reduce climate impacts, save precious resources and money. Plus, it makes you feel good!
If we don't make changes to how we manage waste, by 2030 we'll be sending over 100,000 tonnes of waste to landfill every year. That's 1.5 times what we currently produce.
When waste is buried, it decomposes over time and emits greenhouse gases that warm the earth. Sending waste to landfill also means valuable resources used to create products are lost forever and we need to keep replacing them with more raw materials.
We all have a part to play in reducing waste. Small and consistent changes at home can add up. Together we can achieve our zero waste goal by 2030.
Get answers to all your tricky questions about reducing, reusing and recycling at home.