1. Waste Smart
There is no such thing as waste – only stuff that’s in the wrong place!

2. Living Simply
Story of Stuff
Waste

3. Nothing leaves the planet, whatever we produce, use or discard stays here somewhere. Our responsibility should not diminish because we are not directly aware of where our waste ends up. David Suzuki

4. The amount of waste I throw out each month fits in a one litre milk carton.
- David Suzuki

5. The average West Australian produces 117 kg of waste a month, or around 100 one litre milk cartons.

6. 40 Years Ago…

8. What we throw out in WA Other Plastics Metal Glass Paper & cardboard
Food
Waste
Garden
9 %
3 %
Non
-recyclable
Plastics
Recyclable
2 %
8 %
Organics
Suitable for composting, mulching or worm farming
24 %
25 %
Food Waste
29 %
Garden Waste

9. Making Choices 9

10. Waste Composting Facility - green top bins

11. Materials Recovery Facility – yellow top bins

12. Yellow-topped bin is for ALL paper, glass and plastics.
Green-topped bin is for anything organic that can be composted or broken down naturally. WET ORGANIC ONCE ALIVE
Yellow-topped bin is for ALL paper, glass and plastics.
DRY NON ORGANIC
NEVER ALIVE

13. Tim’s Signs (they seem to work!)
This bin goes to our HOME COMPOST BIN Use it for – vege scraps left over food scraps (no meat) NO PLASTIC CONTAINERS OR PLASTIC BAGS
This bin goes to our
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTER
Use it for – meat scraps and bones, used tissues, hair, used bandaids, sanitary products, nappies, fish and chip wrappers.
NO PLASTIC CONTAINERS OR PLASTIC BAGS
This bin goes to our
RECYCLING AND SORTING CENTRE
Use it for – all glass (even broken), cans, tins, all plastic containers (empty and rinsed) meat trays, plastic bags, broken cups or plates, all paper and cardboard
NO WET OR ORGANIC MATERIAL

14. And our kitchen

15. See the RRRC for yourself
Living Smart Tour
Saturday November 23rd
1.30 pm
Operating visits during the week
Please call for more information or to make a booking

16. Plastic Freo Jess and Nathan

18. No Such Thing As Waste