Today we'll look at the recycling of aluminum cans. Did you know the whole process can take as little as 60 days for the turnaround. Aluminium is unique in that it can be recycled indefinitely without losing its natural characteristics and it takes just 5% of the energy to recycle it as it does to make new aluminium. Manufacturers have cut energy and greenhouse gases through aluminium recycling and now the public can help ensure [...]

Today we are going to look at some of the stuff we find in the skip bins namely toys. Unwanted toys in good condition are always welcome at Life Line or Vinnies.Recycling toys like this has a twin fold effect by saving the environment and making a child happy. Mark (one of our skip bin drivers) saved this fury little friend from the skip bin.He rode shotgun in the front of the skip truck till [...]

Shopping centres lead the way in changing how we think of disposing rubbish. Installation of recycling bins in Westfield centres across Australia has seen recycling volumes of bottles and cans triple in one year from 542 tonnes to 1492 tonnes. The contamination rate of incorrect rubbish being placed in recycling bins is only 6% which is more efficient then even local council kerbside collection schemes.Westfield work within the guidelines of the Australian Packaging Convention and [...]