26 January 2023
Media: Fair Go
Topic: Public place recycling
Enquiry
*NOTE:Further questions following previous response provided 7 October 2022
What is your estimate of the percentage of the collected recycled material that ends up in landfill?
What is the cost per tonne of recycling achieved through Public Place recycling
What is the cost per tonne of recycling achieved through home recycling schemes?
Response
From Public Place recycling bins, it is estimated that around 80% of the collected recycled material ends up at the landfill due to high levels of contamination (dirty recycling and non-recyclable material).
If the bins aren’t contaminated, the cost is the same as below, as the same systems are used.
$360.00 /Tonne