Five materials you can recycle
The 5 materials you can recycle in your yellow lid bin.
Knowing what items can go in your yellow lid bin will help make sure we’re recycling as much as we can and recycling correctly.
Recycling helps reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfill which is good for the environment and your community. It also creates jobs and contributes to economic growth.
Let’s get our recycling sorted Queensland.
The 5 materials you can recycle in your yellow lid bin.
Meet Erin and learn about sorting your hard plastic recycling.
Meet Baker and learn how to make sorting your recycling simple.
Meet Pete and learn about recycling metals in your yellow lid bin.
Meet Tyler and learn about sorting your paper and cardboard recycling.
Meet Narfis and learn about recycling glass in your yellow lid bin.
Meet Crystal and learn why it’s important to keep your recycling loose when it goes in your yellow lid bin.
Links to more information about recycling and waste reduction.
You can check your local council’s website for more details.
Meet Erin and her twins. Erin seeks balance in life. She recycles hard plastics like shampoo, laundry and milk bottles in her yellow lid bin. Good job, Erin. Good job, kids. Let's get it sorted.
Hard plastics can be recycled into new products, such as garden furniture, piping, and decking.
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Some of the common hard plastic household items you can put in your yellow lid bin are:
You can check your local council’s website for more details.
Meet Baker. Baker takes the shot and the crowd goes wild. He keeps a separate basket for recycling and gives himself three points every time he uses it. Good job, Baker. Let's get it sorted.
Using a separate basket for recyclables is a simple and effective way to make recycling easier. Having a dedicated container to place your glass, metals, paper and plastic items into helps separate recyclable materials from general waste.
You could have a separate basket in the kitchen, bathroom and laundry and once the items are empty or used, it’s effortless to sort them and make sure they’ll be placed in your yellow lid bin.
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Meet Pete and Kate. Pete likes to smell good and Kate is eating a wrap before touch football. They recycle aerosol cans and alfoil in the yellow lid bin. Good job, team. Let's get it sorted.
Recycling aluminium and steel saves resources and uses less energy than producing these metals from raw materials. Items made from aluminium and steel from around the home can go in your yellow lid bin.
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Some of the common metal household items you can put in your yellow lid bin are:
You can check your local council’s website for more details .
Meet Tyler. Tyler counts his macros. But on his birthday his only wish is for pizza. Tyler recycles the pizza boxes and wrapping paper in his yellow lid bin. Good job, Tyler. Let's get it sorted.
Every year, over 300,000 tonnes of paper and packaging is sent to recyclers to be turned into new products. Paper and cardboard can be recycled into other items such as toilet rolls, egg cartons and other packaging.
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Some of the common paper and cardboard household items you can put in your yellow lid bin are:
You can check your local council’s website for more details.
Meet Narfis. He's cooking for his grateful but nervous mates. He might not get the recipes right, but he puts all the glass bottles and jars in the yellow lid bin. Good job, Narfis. Let's get it sorted.
Glass bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing quality, making it a highly sustainable material.
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Some of the common glass household items you can put in your yellow lid bin are:
You can check your local council’s website for more details.
Meet Crystal and Myles. Crystal dances like no one's watching. She keeps it loose with her recycling, too, making sure it's not in the bag when it goes into her yellow lid bin. Good job, Crystal. Let's get it sorted.
It is important to keep your recycling loose when it goes into your yellow lid bin so it can be processed properly.
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Soft plastics, like plastic bags can’t be recycled through your yellow lid bin. This can cause contamination and may lead to recyclable materials being sent to landfill. Keeping it loose also means it can be sorted and processed more easily and efficiently.
For more information about recycling and waste reduction:
Recycling – let’s get it sorted, 14 Mar 2024, [https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/circular-economy-waste-reduction/recycling]
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