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FROM REDLAND CITY COUNCIL
Have you ever wondered what happens to your recycling after the truck empties your yellow-lid recycling bin?
Redland City Council operates a dedicated fleet of up to six recycling trucks that travel more than 1.3 million kms every year to make more than 1.6 million recycling bin collections across the mainland and our six island communities.
A total of 9333 tonnes of kerbside recyclables was collected in 2024-2025. That’s a lot of recyclables being kept out of landfill and instead ending up in the circular economy.
The recyclables collected on Redlands Coast is transported to VISY Recycling’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Murarrie.
This is where the materials you placed in your recycling bin are sorted, cleaned and processed for re-manufacturing back into the packaging we all buy.
Material such as hard plastic, paper, cardboard, glass, aluminium and steel is transformed into new packaging for food and other products.
It’s quite possible your discarded tuna can will be turned back into a tuna can, or your cardboard box will be re-manufactured into a new cardboard box.
It is a great process, but it could be even better.
Unfortunately, each year about 17 per cent of waste put in kerbside red-lid waste bins on Redlands Coast could have been recycled.
This equates to more than 7300 tonnes of missed recycling opportunity that instead ends up in landfill.
Three top tips on how to make the most of your recycling:
- Set up a separate container in your kitchen or garage to collect as much recycling as you can
- Download the RecycleMate app or check out Council’s A-Z of waste and recycling so you know what to recycle and how
- Consider a larger recycling bin if you need more space – it’s just a $30 one-off set up fee and no additional costs
Thanks Redlands Coast for helping to get our waste sorted.
