Community Resources

Sustainability at Home

Information on ways to reduce waste at home and local recycling options

Polystyrene

Recycling options for clean (ie no sticky tape, labels, dirt etc), white, rigid polystyrene packaging foam from electrical goods, furniture, homewares and toys can be recycled through the following options (charges may apply):

1. Electronics Recycling Australia, 301 Grand Junction Road Ottoway (drop off weekdays 8am-4pm only)

2. NAWMA's Resource Recovery Centre, gate 3 Bellchambers Road, Edinburgh North (drop off any day of the week)

3. Coolfoam, 25 Barfield Crescent, Edinburgh North (drop off weekdays 8am-3pm only)

4. Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre, 32 Scott Creek Road, Scott Creek (drop off 7 days per week 9am-4pm)

5. All Axis, 9 Maxwell Road Pooraka (drop off Monday - Friday 7am-5pm)

6. Return it to the store where you purchased the goods from eg. Harvey Norman, Good Guys, Bunnings etc and ask them to recycle the packaging. They are likely to have a compactor for the polystyrene at their premises and will then send this off for recycling as it is much cheaper to recycle it than pay for a landfill skip for it. It also encourages these retailers to put pressure back on their suppliers to choose more sustainable and easily recyclable packaging such as moulded cardboard instead.

Taken from https://www.whichbin.sa.gov.au/tips/please-make-your-recycling-bin-a-no-foam-zone?

Medical

Bottles and tubes containing out of date or left over medication can be returned to any pharmacy for proper disposal. This stops the medication seeping into the ground

Blisterpacks - Post to TerraCycle via Flora&Fauna Recycling Program https://www.floraandfauna.com.au/recycle (you pay for postage, they pay for the recycling and give you a credit to use at the online shop)

Beauty

Plastic makeup and skincare containers (including palettes, mascara and lip gloss tubes spray nozzles and pump mechanisms), toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, shampoo and conditioner bottles, razor handles, floss containers and anything else beauty and body related that is in plastic packaging. We also now accept blister packs, Pela phone cases, Dirt Laundry pouches and hosiery (clean). - Post to TerraCycle via Flora&Fauna Recycling Program https://www.floraandfauna.com.au/recycle (you pay for postage, they pay for the recycling and give you a credit to use at the online shop)

Toothpaste

Household

Bread Tags

Dishs

Electric Toothbrushes - https://www.terracycle.com/en-AU/brigades/colgateelectric-au?

Razors

Coffee Capsules

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Pens

Bottle Camps

Disposable Gloves

Hairnets and Ear plugs

Office Supplies

Shipping Materials

Art Supplies

Balls

VHS Tapes

Batteries

Light Globes

Toner Cartriges

Electrical Waste

Paint

Old clothing no good for wearing - H&M, Zara and Upparel (Manrags) have donation bins

• • https://www2.hm.com/en_us/hm-sustainability/lets-change.html/close-the-loop

  • https://www.zara.com/au/en/sustainability-collection-program-mkt1452.html

  • https://upparel.com.au/clothing-recycling/

Bras in good condition - https://www.upliftbras.org/drop_off_bras.html

Clothing in good condition - multiple good will shop options available in every area

Shoes in good conditiona - Shoes for Planet Earth

Old quilt covers, sheets and towels - Sheridan have dontation bins in their stores or donate to an animal shelter

Pillows & Doonas - nothing available

Links

• • https://www.terracycle.com/

• https://www.floraandfauna.com.au/recycle