Disposing of hard-to-recycle products has just become easier in the city following the introduction of new hubs for the community to sustainably dispose of their unwanted recyclable products,
The two “Reuse and Recycle Hubs” are located at the City of Adelaide Customer Centre on Pirie Street and the City Library in Rundle Place and they accept a number of different household items which can’t go into the home recycling bin.
Among the products they will accept are Batteries; Blister Packs; Eye Glasses, Sunglasses; Fluorescent Tubes; Light Globes; Mobile Phones’ Tablets plus Chargers and Accessories; Small Electronics (e.g. hair dryers, straighteners, electric toothbrushes, toys and speakers; Plastic Bread Tags; Printer Cartridges and X-rays.
The Reuse and Recycle Hubs were developed with design students and lecturers from the University of South Australia with the units made of nearly 100 per cent recycled materials.
Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Sandy Verschoor said the City partnered with several community organisations to repurpose a number of the items, with ZoosSA taking the old mobile phones and tablets, the Lions Club finding new homes for eye glasses, e-waste going to Electronic Recycling Australia and Minda Inc, and plastic bread tags would be made into new items by Transmutation.
The Lord Mayor said the initiative was another example of the City taking the lead on sustainability as a leading environmental city.
“Council is making it more convenient for the community to recycle many household items which can’t go in the yellow bin at home and usually end up in landfill,” the Lord Mayor said.
“The City of Adelaide has a vision to be the first zero-waste city in Australia and initiatives like these hubs will help to achieve that goal,” she said.
She said regular audits would be conducted to gauge the number and types of objects placed in the hubs and will continue to investigate whether more items could be included.
