Resource Conservation Benefits Recycling helps conserve valuable natural resources such as timber, water, minerals, oil, and coal. By reusing materials instead of extracting them from the earth, we reduce the pressure on ecosystems and protect biodiversity. For example: Water Conservation Through Recycling Recycling isn’t just about saving raw materials –t also plays a role in
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Understanding Plastic Recycling Codes: The Basics Knowing what plastic items are accepted in your mixed recycling bin can be confusing. A helpful place to start is by checking the bottom of the item for a plastics identification code. Click here for a one page printable guide. Complete Guide to Each Plastic Code (1-7) Code 1
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Over the long weekend in Victoria I drove past my local charity shop and was appalled to see the number of both bagged and unbagged clothing and other goods that had been left outside the door of the shop. From a quick glance I could see that much of these items would deemed as rubbish.
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If you’ve been up early or out late you may have seen a street sweeper or two cleaning up around your neighbourhood. But you probably haven’t thought about exactly what the job entails. Our Property Services division has been cleaning up the streets of the Kingston municipality 9 years. Here’s a bit of an overview
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If you consider the function of footpath and street sweeping you probably think it’s all about keeping the streets looking good and safe in terms of removing waste and debris. However it actually plays a more important role in regards to the environment and our health. Debris collected by street sweepers includes sediment, rubbish, metals,
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Sustainable living is arguably an overused term and can be interpreted in a number of different ways. I understand it to mean living in a way that you take on board some environmental responsibility and do what you can to reduce the resources and energy you are using. There are some very easy ways you
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We all know recycling is important and we should be doing it where we can, but sometimes life gets busy and little details like checking what should be disposed of where or taking it out to a separate bin can seem like a hassle. The key is to make recycling easy for yourself and your
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Let’s look the process for recycling plastic bottles and containers – this is the last waste stream that makes up your mixed/commingled recycling. It can be confusing working out what can be accepted as far as plastics go into the mixed recycling. The easiest thing to do is to look on the base of the
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The third waste stream within your mixed/commingled recycling is aluminium and steel. By these we mean aluminium cans (such as soft drinks) and steel tins that your canned vegetables, baked beans etc come in. The aluminium and steel are sorted from the other waste streams at the materials recovery facility (MRF). Steel is picked up
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Following on from paper and cardboard recycling, let’s take a look at the method for recycling glass. Glass is one of the few materials that can be recycled endlessly without losing quality – but not all glass is created equal. Here’s what you need to know about recycling glass bottles and jars. What Glass Can
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