10 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR WASTE www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/waste 2 Refuse and reduce the amount of waste you generate Buy less, avoid items with packaging, re-use and repurpose, and visit repair cafes to fix broken items. 1 BIN IT RIGHT! Put recyclable material and green waste in the right bin. Visit the Town’s website to see what goes in each bin. 3 KEEP IT LOOSE Put your rinsed recyclables in the bin loose. Materials in plastic bags can’t be recycled in your kerbside recycle bin and end up in landfill. KEEP PLASTIC BAGS OUT OF YOUR RECYCLING BIN Plastic bags and soft plastics can be recycled via Redcycle bins at any Coles or Woolworths store. Visit www.redcycle.net.au to learn about which soft plastics can be recycled. OUT OF YOUR RECYCLING BIN Keep bagged material, soft plastics, nappies, food and garden organic waste and clothing out of your recycling bin! 5 ReDUCE FOOD WASTE Reducing the amount of food waste you produce helps the environment and also saves you money! Visit lovefoodhatewaste.com for ideas and tips to reduce your food wastage. 4 6 PROCESS FOOD WASTE Install a worm farm, Compost bin or bokashi bin to process your scraps and improve your soil. Or, join Sharewaste to share your scraps with a local composter/worm farmer. Visit sharewaste.com or download the Sharewaste app to find out more. 7 SAY NO TO FAST FASHION Come along to our seasonal clothing swaps to freshen up your new season wardrobe. Check the Town’s website for details. 8 KEEP HAZARDOUS WASTE OUT Keep hazardous materials out of your kerbside bins including batteries, fluorescent light globes and e-waste. Visit the Town’s website for information. 9 10 SAY NO TO SINGLE USE Say no to single use plastics. Be prepared by carrying reusable shopping bags, coffee cup, cutlery and drinking straws.

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10 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR WASTE

www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/waste

2Refuse and reduce the amount of waste you generate Buy less, avoid items with packaging, re-use and repurpose, and visit repair cafes to fix broken items.

1 BIN IT RIGHT!Put recyclable material and green waste in the right bin. Visit the Town’s website to see what goes in each bin.

3KEEP IT LOOSEPut your rinsed recyclables in the bin loose. Materials in plastic bags can’t be recycled in your kerbside recycle bin and end up in landfill.

KEEP PLASTIC BAGS OUT OF YOUR RECYCLING BIN

Plastic bags and soft plastics can be recycled via Redcycle bins at any Coles or Woolworths store. Visit www.redcycle.net.au to learn about which soft plastics can be recycled.

OUT OF YOUR RECYCLING BINKeep bagged material, soft plastics, nappies, food and garden organic waste and clothing out of your recycling bin! 5 ReDUCE FOOD WASTE

Reducing the amount of food waste you produce helps the environment and also saves you money! Visit lovefoodhatewaste.com for ideas and tips to reduce your food wastage.

46PROCESS FOOD WASTE

Install a worm farm, Compost bin or bokashi bin to process your scraps and improve your soil. Or, join Sharewaste to share your scraps with a local composter/worm farmer. Visit sharewaste.com or download the Sharewaste app to find out more. 7 SAY NO TO FAST FASHION

Come along to our seasonal clothing swaps to freshen up your new season wardrobe. Check the Town’s website for details.

8KEEP HAZARDOUS WASTE OUT Keep hazardous materials out of your kerbside bins including batteries, fluorescent light globes and e-waste. Visit the Town’s website for information. 9 10

SAY NO TO SINGLE USE Say no to single use plastics. Be prepared by carrying reusable

shopping bags, coffee cup, cutlery and drinking straws.