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Recycling sector welcomes Budget boost but calls for mandates to drive demand for recycled material – ABC News
Have you ever thought about what happens to a glass bottle you chuck in the recycling bin? It could end up in the road you drive on. The Government’s hoping $250…
When you throw a glass bottle in the recycling bin, you’ll be hoping its journey doesn’t end in landfill so where does it go?
The bin is emptied and its contents driven to a recycling facility, where the glass is sorted and separated from other waste, like paper and plastic.
A 2019 Department of Environment report found about 30-40 per cent of recycled glass is lost in the collection and sorting process.
The contents of recycling bins are separated and sorted at Suez’s facility in western Sydney.(ABC…
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