Waste educationActivity sheet

It’s important to recycle other household items too...

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• Household batteries, light globes, and mobile phones can be recycled at some of our Lake Mac Libraries and The Community Recycling Centre (CRC).

• Paint, oil and all batteries at the Community Recycling Centre at Awaba.

• Electronic waste (E-waste) can be put in a separate pile on your bulk waste pick up and it will be recycled or it can be taken to the Community Recycling Centre.

• Unwanted clothes can be donated to charities.

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You can reduce the amount of waste you produce by saying ‘ARRR’ to waste – Avoid, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle when buying things or deciding what to do with unwanted things.

Complete the words

Match the rubbish with what it is turned into:

1 Colour the garbage bin lids - red, yellow or green2 Draw a line from the rubbish to the right bin.

Recycled item: Recycled into:Glass bottles and jars Bulletin boards, mats, mulch, hoses

Plastic bottles Compost, mulch

Newspaper and cardboard Bottles, jars, tiles, building materials

Tyres Pens, pencils, paper, cereal boxes

Garden waste Bottles, carpet, containers, clothes, decks

Garbage Recycling Green waste

These people

so please make sure you put the right things in your yellow bin.

Visit recycleright.com.au for more information

Glass bottles and jars = Bottles, jars, tiles, building materials. Plastic bottles = Bottles, carpet, containers, clothes, decks. Newspaper and cardboard = Pens, pencils, paper, cereal boxes. Tyres = Bulletin boards, mats, mulch, hoses. Garden waste = Compost, mulch

Scrunchy plastics

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Image courtesy of Remondis - Central Coast region