What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?
- Trucks containing more than 10% of rubbish have to dump their contents. Since May 4th last year 1960 truckloads of recycling have ended up up at the Kate Valley landfill, costing the council and ratepayers about $1.9m.
What is going into peoples recycling bins?
- There are still people putting items that belong in the red bins, that don't belong in the recycling bins. There are items such as bagged waste, soft plastics, that don't belong in the recycling. Since it has been happening to has caused problems for the organisations that help and deals with our everyday waste.
What is the current penalty?
- Bins have been removed from the city council due to the amount of rubbish and waste that has ended up in the wrong bins due to the lazy people. It has been happening all around the country. Many other people have received warnings because of their recycling habits.
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