EnviroMatters-Spring-Summer-2020_

Level up your recycling game! National Recycling Week 9–15 November 2020

Did you know council’s Recycling and Refuse Centres offer free drop-off of a range of items? bicycles cardboard paint** car batteries e-waste (TV’s, computers, IT accessories)** steel and scrap metal (including aluminium cans) glass bottles and jars motor oil.

Think outside the yellow lid kerbside recycling bin – there’s so many ways to recycle in Ipswich.

** not available at Rosewood Recycling and Refuse Centre. See Ipswich.qld.gov.au/waste for more details.

Containers for Change for eligible drink containers

Want to know more? Recyclingnearyou.com.au lists drop-off locations for a wide range of waste materials. Ipswich Bin App lists what you can recycle in your yellow lid kerbside recycling bin.

REDcycle bins at shopping centres for scrunchy soft plastics ALDI, Battery World and some Officeworks stores for household battery drop off

Free household chemicals, gas bottle and listed items drop-off day

Saturday 12 September 2020 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Accepted items:

domestic BBQ gas bottles marine distress flares and small arms ammunition household chemicals.

For more information ask the weighbridge attendant, visit Ipswich.qld.gov.au/waste or phone (07) 3810 6666 . Ipswich residents only (proof of residency required).

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