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You can recycle toothbrushes and coffee pods, but advocates say the sector needs help
Did you know you can recycle toothpaste tubes, medication blister packs and old make-up? If you didn’t, you’re certainly not alone.
Key points:
- Recycling services are available for items that don’t go in council recycling bins
- Many of the services are free but very few Australians know about them
- The sector is very small and industry players say tougher rules are needed for it to grow
None of the items can be put in kerbside recycling bins, and recent research by Monash University found only about 5 per cent of Australians had used services designed to keep the hard-to-recycle items out of landfill.
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