Noosa to celebrate National Recycling Week

Noosa Council will host free, fun and informative activities for residents before and during National Recycling Week from November 11-17.

Emma Menzies, Noosa Council Waste Education Officer, said residents are doing a terrific job when it comes to recycling, but there’s always room for improvement.

“National Recycling Week is the perfect opportunity for all of us to have a closer look at what we’re throwing into landfill and whether it could be recycled instead,” she said.

“Last year we diverted 52 per cent of our waste from going into landfill and by teaching our youngsters good recycling habits, we can continue keeping valuable materials out of landfill and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.”

Activities include a free movie night, recycling activities for children and a “give a sheet for the planet’ event for residents to drop off clean and sorted linen.

A free tour of the Noosa Landfill and Resource Recovery Centre will also give residents an idea of what happens to their waste after it leaves their bin.

The National Garage Sale Trail will return over two weekends in November. Last year 2270 Noosa residents took part in the event, turning unwanted items into more than $17,000 and diverting more than 20,000 kilograms of items from going into landfill.

Residents are also encouraged to download the council’s free AI-powered online Recycle Mate app.

In an Australian-first project, the council partnered with Recycle Mate, an initiative of the Australian Recycling Industry, to create the custom web-based program especially for Noosa locals.

Menzies said that residents can submit what items they want to recycle or no longer need and the app will provide a list of Noosa-specific options to either recycle the item or donate it for repair and reuse.

For more information, www.noosa.qld.gov.au