Recycling at Home

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What happens to CD’s and DVD’s? The collected CDS & DVDS are sent to Terracycle for recycling with 98% of the product can be reused.

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X-ray films contain silver in the form of halides, which can be extracted and converted into pure silver, which then can be reused.

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Reading glasses are sent to Lions Recycle for Sight Australia. An initiative to deliver used glasses to those in need and reduce landfill.

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What happens to old cartridges? All of the cartridges are sent back to Close the Loop ™ in Melbourne and hand sorted and their brand and type recorded.

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What happens to mobile phones and accessories? More than 95% of the materials in mobile phones, like metals, plastic, and glass can be reused into other products.

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What happens to batteries when they are no longer needed and how are they recycled? They are recycled are processed to recover the plastics and metals, some of which are used to manufacture new batteries.

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B-cycle Battery Safety Awareness Campaign

B-cycle wants to raise awareness and change current behaviours around household battery disposal 🔋 B-cycle is about creating a responsible battery lifecycle – from buying better batteries for the planet, to safe use, and recycling. Unfortunately, 90% of Australia’s used batteries end up in landfill, where they can leak toxic materials into the environment. B-cycle […]

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