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Rethink Waste Tasmania is seeking an Engagement Officer to join our team with Cradle Coast Waste Services located in Devonport. If you’re passionate about waste reduction, resource recovery and love getting out in the community this job is for you.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

In South Africa a plastics company, Zibo, buys the bread tags for a small amount per kilo. The tags (high impact polystyrene, type 6 plastic) are recycled, being made into seedling trays. The proceeds are used to provide wheelchairs for the needy.

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.

Rethink Waste Tasmania is a partnership between Cradle Coast Waste Management Group, Circular North, and TasWaste South—supported by the by the Tasmanian Government through the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board.

Rethink Waste Tasmania’s partner Circular North has announced the launch of its Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Grants for 2025.