Talk:Recycling in Australia

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Rebuilding this article

Hi everyone,

Over the past few days I have redone this article, adding new information and restructuring it. I have added sections on:

-History

  -Early recycling efforts (1920-1950)

  -Second wave of recycling (1970-2017)

  -Post operation national sword (2018-present)

-Incentives

  -Costs

  -Education

-Household

  -Recycling

    -Metals

    -Glass

    -Paper, cartons, and cardboard

    -Plastic

  -Food and garden organics

  -Hard rubbish collections

  -Drop off locations

    -Transfer stations

    -Store drop offs

    -Unconventional waste

      -Electronic waste

      -Soft plastics

      -Polystyrene

      -Batteries

      -Light bulbs

      -Automotive

      -Printer cartridges

      -Paint and chemicals

      -Coffee pods

      -Textiles

-Commercial and industrial

-Construction and demolition

Once completed, I also removed duplicate information from the article on Waste Management in Australia

Please feel free to add anymore information and expand on the work that I have already done. If you'd like to contribute, but don't know what to do, consider working on the history and expanding on and adding new topics in the unconventional waste section. HoHo3143 (talk) 06:48, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

The introduction focuses very much on household recycling, which is only a fraction of Australia's total recycling (13%), and I think it is incorrect to suggests that recycling isn't dominant given that we recycle 60% of Australia's waste, so I am going to expand the introduction to provide a greater overview of the nature of recycling in Australia. JenLouiseM (talk) 03:09, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

I note that the History section is very much focused on households, and could do with some additional attention given to recycling in C&I and C&D sectors (which currently makes up 87% of all recycling!) JenLouiseM (talk) 03:40, 3 June 2023 (UTC)