Waste & recycling
Living sustainably starts at home
Building & construction waste
Up to 40 per cent of the waste generated by Australians is building waste. Minimising and recycling this waste can have significant social, economic and environmental benefits.
www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs53.html
Food and garden waste
Compost non-meat food scraps or feed them to a worm farm: most councils can advise on composting techniques, and some even collect food scraps with green waste for commercial composting.
Ensure your compost heap or bin has plenty of fresh air: turn the material over regularly or use a compost tumbler. If the compost smells, there is not enough air and it is producing greenhouse gases.
More about what to do with food, garden, and packaging waste


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