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'It started with a couple of batteries and light bulbs.
Every few months, Victoria Collis would take hard-to-recycle items to a
collection centre.
She then realised she could help other people in her Sydney apartment building
do the same, so she set up two buckets in a shared area.
"Then I had three buckets and four, and now we're close to 50 buckets," she
said.
Every time Ms Collis researched an item, she found more bits and pieces that
shouldn't go into the curb-side recycling bin, but that could be recycled or
reused with a bit of effort.
Now Ms Collis collects unwanted fabrics, sports balls, shoes, broken glasses,
soy sauce fish, contact lens containers, blister packs, pump and spray heads,
hair and bread ties, toothpaste tubes and bottle tops.
Her local council collects about 12 types of products, so she bundles those up
weekly.
She also takes glass jars to a food co-op, plastic plant pots go back to the
hardware store, and anything that can be used in arts and crafts to a local
daycare centre.
Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, fabrics and empty makeup containers go to
companies that recycle the materials in their own merchandise.
Ms Collis said at the start of her recycling journey, she spent an hour or more
every day researching where various items should go.
Now the process is faster, but she wishes recycling was easier for everyone.
"It's difficult for people that try to do the right thing," she said.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
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