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RNY Factsheets
- Easy Guide to Composting (813kb pdf file)
With kind permission from the Office of Environment and Heritage - NSW - Easy Guide to Mulching (635kb pdf file)
With kind permission from the Office of Environment and Heritage - NSW - Easy Guide to Worm Farming (867kb pdf file)
With kind permission from the Office of Environment and Heritage - NSW - Festive Season Green Guide (3.12MB pdf file)
- Food Scraps Recycling Factsheet (289kb pdf file)
Food scraps don't have to be sent to landfill! Check out these environmentally-friendly options for your household or workplace. - Garden Cuttings Recycling Factsheet (285kb pdf file)
Compost or mulch your garden cuttings and trimmings - find out how! - Milk and Juice Carton Factsheet (329kb pdf file)
- NT Container Deposit Scheme Factsheet (825kb pdf file)
Northern Territory Container Deposit Scheme factsheet - National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme Factsheet - A Guide for Householders and Small Businesses (501kb pdf file)
This factsheet provides householders and small businesses with essential information about the new Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. - Plastic Bags Factsheet (520kb pdf file)
Information about plastic bags, biodegradable bags, handy hints to reduce plastic bag usage and more. - Power Tool Batteryback Pilot FAQs (332kb pdf file)
Find out all you need to know about the Power Tool Batteryback pilot in Brisbane. - Product Stewardship Factsheet (844kb pdf file)
This factsheet provides information about the growing trend of product stewardship or extended producer responsibility in Australia. - Rechargeable Batteryback Trial Customer FAQs (425kb pdf file)
Find out all you need to know about the Rechargeable Batteryback trial in Toowoomba. - Return Unwanted Medicines brochure (880kb pdf file)
- Test Doc (9kb pdf file)
Test Doc - The 12 Do's of Christmas (376kb pdf file)
Quick tips on how to 'green up' your festive season!
Recycle Right Posters
- Container Deposit Scheme-NT Poster Adaptable (283kb pdf file)
Adaptable poster for the CDS scheme - Container Deposit Scheme-NT bottle poster (403kb pdf file)
- NT Container Deposit Scheme promotional poster (403kb pdf file)
NT Container Deposit Scheme promotional poster - Recycle Right Milk and Juice Cartons Poster (141kb pdf file)
- We recycle here sign (304kb pdf file)
Media Releases
- 'Tis The Season To Recycle - Media Release 7 December 2011 (134kb doc file)
Whether it's Christmas on a budget or a Christmas of splurging, Planet Ark is asking all Australians to undertake some simple actions to reduce their environmental impact this festive season. - 11th April 2013 - Aussies to Set World Record e-Waste Collection - Media Release (122kb pdf file)
- 12th May 2016 - It Pays To Recycle - Cash For Containers Scheme announced in NSW (103kb pdf file)
This week the NSW Government committed to implementing a 10-cent container deposit scheme, covering most drink containers between 150ml and 3L that display a NSW CDS label. Eligible containers, like plastic bottles, aluminium cans and single-serve flavoured milk can be taken to a collection depot or placed in a reverse vending machine to reclaim the 10 cents. - 1st December 2015 - 'Appy' Christmas gift from Planet Ark (179kb pdf file)
Planet Ark has teamed up with RecycleSmart to release a new, free smart phone app designed to answer all those tricky waste and recycling questions; it's a Christmas gift to use year-round. - Adaptable Council Media Release (136kb doc file)
Planet Ark has prepared this adaptable media release to help councils promote recycling during the busy festive season. - Aldi Battery Recycling Radio Grab 1: Congratulations Aldi (1.59MB wav file)
- Aldi Battery Recycling Radio Grab 2: Keeping batteries from landfill (2.92MB wav file)
- Aldi Battery Recycling Radio Grab 3: Collection bins in every store (3.69MB wav file)
- Aldi Battery Recycling Radio Grab 4: Help support battery recycling (3.71MB wav file)
- Council adaptable media release (82kb doc file)
- Give Food Waste the Flick this Festive Season (224kb pdf file)
Alarming new figures show the the average Australian household is throwing out the equivalent of three week's worth of groceries each year - Planet Ark supports new supermarket battery recycling scheme (113kb pdf file)
Household battery recycling is set to become easier with ALDI's launch of its Activ Energy Battery Recycling Program, a new free in-store recycling service for common household batteries which is being launched across all stores today. - RNY Festive Radio Grab 1: The 12 Do's of Christmas (2.14MB wav file)
- RNY Festive Radio Grab 2: Find solutions on RecyclingNearYou (2.77MB wav file)
- RNY Festive Radio Grab 3: Planning Groceries and Gifts (2.72MB wav file)
- RNY Festive Radio Grab 4: Saving Food and Money (2.93MB wav file)
- RNY Festive Radio Grab 5: Festive Recycling Solutions Found On RecyclingNearYou (4.62MB wav file)
Reports
- Australian Government Factsheet on National TV and Computer Recycling Scheme (297kb pdf file)
- RNY council services threshold report 2012 (23.47MB pdf file)
A review of the availability of council kerbside recycling services for different material types. - Recycling Near You Annual Report (2011) (237kb pdf file)
For the third year in a row, computers and other electronic items were the most popular search enquiry on Recycling Near You. - Recycling Near You Annual Report (2012) (218kb pdf file)
For the fourth in a row, finding responsible recycling options for electronic waste remained the most common question for visitors to Planet Ark's RecyclingNearYou. - Recycling Near You Annual Report (2013) (280kb pdf file)
Computers and other electronic items remains the number one priority for visitors to Planet Ark's RecyclingNearYou.com.au site. - Recycling Near You Annual Report (2014) (333kb pdf file)
Visits to Planet Ark's RecyclingNearYou website have demonstrated that when manufacturers and retailers take responsibility for the items they produce or sell, consumers will be ready to play their part in recycling them. The combined e-waste category has again topped the list of most searched materials. - Recycling Near You Annual Report (2015) (565kb pdf file)
Download a PDF version of this report. - Recycling Near You Report May 2009 (644kb pdf file)
Recycling computers and other electronics has emerged as the number one concern for visitors to Planet Ark's Recycling Near You web site - Taking the Byte Out of Waste II (2010) (975kb pdf file)
Finding recycling options for Computers and Electronics has remained the number one concern for visitors to Planet Ark's RecyclingNearYou (RNY) website for the second year in a row. - Temp TV Scheme FAQs by Sustainability Victoria (149kb pdf file)
Other Documents
- Garage Sale Trail Unsold Items Guide (206kb pdf file)
This guide will tell you what to do with unsold stuff from your garage sale. - Mobile Muster Mailing Label (114kb pdf file)
- Powertools Batteryback FAQ's (332kb pdf file)
- Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme August 2012 (812kb pdf file)
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