National Recycling Week November 2017
Celebrate National Recycling Week in 2017 by taking part in FREE community events!
Discover how to reduce your waste on the Zero Waste Shopping Tour and see what happens to your yellow-top recycling bin at the Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility.
Registrations are now open.
Places on each of the tours are limited and bookings are essential.
For more information, please contact Waste Education by email WasteEducation@emrc.org.au or phone (08) 9424 2222.
National Recycling Week 2017 Tours in Perth's Eastern Region
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Zero Waste Shopping Tour
Monday 13 November
10.00 am to 12.00 pm
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Start National Recycling Week by taking part in our Zero Waste Tour to see in action how to purchase grocery items with your reusable containers. Facilitated by the Wasteless Pantry, we will visit a butcher, bakery, bulk food store and green grocer as well as having all of your questions answered. The tour will be based in Mundaring but there will be a bus with a pick up from Midland Train station.
Open to residents of the Cities of Bayswater, Belmont, Kalamunda and Swan, the Town of Bassendean and the Shire of Mundaring.
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Register here or on the link below.
Spaces are limited.
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Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility Tour
Tuesday 14 November
9.30 am tour or 11.00 am tour
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During National Recycling Week, see how your yellow top recycling bin is sorted at the Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility in Guildford. Join in for a tour of the facility to see what happens once your recycling bin has been collected from the kerbside. There are two tour times available. Please note that children under the age of 18 are unable to attend.
Open to residents of the Cities of Bayswater, Belmont, Kalamunda and Swan, the Town of Bassendean and the Shire of Mundaring.
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Register for your preferred your time here or on the link below.
Spaces are limited.
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Places on each of the tours are limited and bookings are essential.
Register for the Zero Waste Shopping Tour at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/zero-waste-shopping-tour-national-recycling-week-tickets-39178507972
Register for the Cleanaway MRF Tour at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cleanaway-materials-recovery-facility-tour-national-recycling-week-registration-39178642374
Recycling at work and home
Battery recycling
EMRC runs a battery collection program for residents and schools. To find out more about how and where you can recycle your household batteries, click here.
Light globe recycling
Do you have used light globes at home? You can drop them off at a number of locations around Perth's Eastern Region. The globes will be collected and recycled, click here to find out more information.
Recycling at work
Work places across the country are becoming more sustainable. If you want to motivate or educate fellow staff members whilst making a difference at work check out the Planet Ark website for more information.
Recycling at home
There are endless amounts of different packaging available nowadays, its hard to know what should go into the recycling bin at home? For an A to Z list of what items can be put into the yellow-top recycling bin click here.
