Recycling

Know Your Waste and Win!

Parramatta City Council in partnership with its waste and recycling contractor, Cleanaway are embarking on an ambitious resident engagement and education strategy that aims to reduce contamination of the recyclables service and maximise recyclables recovered. The ‘kNOw Your Waste and Win’ bin tagging project will reward households that are found to recycle correctly. The project will be widely advertised in the LGA prior to commencement through Council rates notices and on Council’s website and in local newspapers, encouraging residents to do the right thing with their recycling bin for their chance to win great monthly prizes.

What is recycling?

Recycling means making new products from old ones! We can call this ‘closing the loop’ as these new products are then purchased again, recycled and purchased again. This process saves precious natural resources and has a real environmental benefit.

What can be recycled?

Do Recycle All Plastic Bottles and Containers Do Recycle Paper and Magazines Do Recycle Milk and Juice Cartons
Do Recycle Cardboard, Cereal Boxes and Egg Containers Do Recycle Glass Bottles and Jars Do Recylce Steel, Aerosol and Aluminium Cans

Please don’t place the following in your recycling bin:

Dont Recycle Plastic Bags Don't Recycle Nappies Don't Recycle General Household Rubbish
Don't Recycle Garden Organics (these go into the Garden Organic Bin) Don't Recycle Food Scraps Don't Recylce Building and Construction Waste
These items contaminate acceptable recyclables and may result in a whole truck load of recycling being disposed of to landfill rather than being processed.