{"id":17553,"date":"2021-05-10T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/?post_type=change&p=17553"},"modified":"2021-05-10T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:32:36","slug":"change71-get-to-know-your-bins","status":"publish","type":"change","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/change\/change71-get-to-know-your-bins\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know your bins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know your rubbish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bin night, right? So many bins, so little time. But taking just one minute, out of the 1440 we have each day, to put the right thing into your kerbside bins is more than just our civic duty. It can help save a tonne of landfill. Like, 67 millions tonnes of it a year. Some Australian states are recycling up to 70% of what they throw away, by recycling properly. How? Simply by knowing what can and can\u2019t<\/a> go into each bin.<\/p>\n

Putting the right thing in the right bin is the easiest way to make sure more rubbish gets recycled. And less gets buried underneath us as toxic, expensive landfill. Added bonus: recycling right reduces our use of raw materials, which are finite. (Finite. That\u2019s the scary opposite of infinite).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut mum, why can\u2019t someone else do it?\u201d Automated sorting machines have the filthy, stinkin\u2019 honour of separating what\u2019s in your kerbside bin, at the recycling plant. But when a plastic bag contaminates your bin-full of recyclables, the sorting machine can\u2019t separate the good from the bad. Meaning the whole load goes to landfill. What a literal waste.<\/p>\n

Instead of spending squillions upgrading recycling plants to separate cling wrap from cabbage, there\u2019s this amazing technology called YOU to do the job instead. Here\u2019s some hot tips to help us all do better on bin night:<\/p>\n