The Age: These common plastic items can’t be recycled, but everyone throws them in the wrong bin anyway
Some plastic can be recycled via the kerbside bins, but a lot can't. Are we sorting plastic right at the source?
MRA’s Ron Wainberg sat down with Madeleine Heffernan from The Age to discuss plastics recycling and break down common recycling myths and why contamination is crippling Australia’s kerbside systems.
Despite good intentions, everyday plastics like soft plastics, cling wrap, and certain containers are contaminating recycling streams because they’re thrown in the wrong bin.
Read the full article as a pdf below or visit The Age website.
