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 have designed the colour coded bins and signage to make sure it was the same across all states.
Other shopping centres have been slow to implement these recycling trategies. Westfield currently only make up 18.7% of all shopping centres across mainland Australia.A little thought can make a positive difference when throwing rubbish in these bins.
