This week's BIG question ..... Are coffee cups recyclable in the Eurobodalla? Council confirms...... YES. Unlined cardboard and plastic-lined coffee cups, including the plastic lids, are to be placed into the yellow-lidded recycling bins within Eurobodalla. Council’s contractor SUEZ bales them and then transports the cardboard for recycling to companies within Australia. Polystyrene coffee cups should not be placed in yellow-lidded recycling bins. The materials recycling facility in Moruya does not process polystyrene as a recyclable, because it is difficult to manage in this environment. However, clean polystyrene is recyclable and can be separated and delivered to Council’s waste management facilities for recycling, free of charge. Used coffee pods cannot be recycled in Eurobodalla's yellow-lidded recycling bins. However, there is an option for the keen recycler. Terracycle currently accepts Expressi coffee pods and Nespresso coffee pods at present. For more information about Terracycle and what they offer you can visit their website at http://bit.ly/2sG8Mqw It may also be a way to raise funds through Terracycle’s incentive points system for a sports club or organisation while closing the loop on a problem waste item.

Unilever is a household name and a brand most of us a probably familiar with. As a company they are committed to circular economy thinking and are continually looking at new ways to prevent their packaging ending up in landfill. As an organisation, Unilever has pledged to make 100% of packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. In line with this way of thinking, a brand new technology has been unveiled by Unilever which will recycle single-use plastic sachets. The type of sachets include single use toiletries and cosmetics, (for example samples you might find in magazines), and food/beverage packets (for example sauces etc). Single use toiletry sachets such as shampoo and conditioner are common and popular in developing countries  where people may not be able to afford the larger bottled options. The sachets are typically made up of a laminated film of plastic and aluminium therefore deeming them a difficult item to recycle and hence ending up in landfill (or worse in the waterways or  oceans). The new recycling technology is called CreaSolv and will work by recovering the plastic from the sachet and then using this plastic to create new sachets for Unilever products (therefore aligning with the vision of the circular economy). A pilot plant will be opened up and the technology trialled in Indonesia this year. Indonesia being a country that consumes a high number of the sachets and is estimated to produce 64 million tonnes of waste per year – with 1.3 tonnes ending up in the ocean. While these types of plastic sachets may not be as prevalent in Australia as in some developing countries it does bring to light the issue of packaging once again and how important it is to consider the impact packaging has on the environment. Here are six things to consider packaging wise when making your next purchase: 1.  Buy the larger container or in bulk if possible. It might sound obvious but the larger the container, the longer it will last (more convenient) and it is usually the more economical way to purchase. After you have finished with your product, can you reuse the container in anyway? 2.  Buy locally made products if possible. By avoiding aircraft and minimising road transportation, means fewer kilometres traveled and therefore fewer transport related emissions. 3.  Check out what the packaging is made of. Has it got a recycling code on it? 4.  Choose lighter packs that use less material (less resources are used). 5.  Avoid buying single use products and instead opt for bulk alternatives. For example, a single use microwave rice could be replaced with a large packet of rice that will last for many servings (or better yet take a container into a bulk supermarket and fill with rice). Instead of buying individual yoghurt pots, purchase a large tub and decant as needed 6.  If you are purchasing single use pouches for children’s snacks, consider buying the Whole Kids range which can be recycled through a Terracycle programme. In the workplace if you have any type of packaging in bulk that you are currently throwing away in your general waste, please contact us to see if it could be recycled. KS Environmental have many waste management solutions available and are abreast with new recycling technologies emerging in Australia.

Foram sete coletores, onde as pessoas depositaram pilhas, baterias, eletroeletrônicos, óleo de cozinha, medicamentos vencidos, vidro, metal, maquiagem, esmaltes, perfumaria, esponjas domésticas, plástico, papel, papelão e até livros sem uso.

Providing a home for a pet is a large undertaking, and it from the moment you say, “I Do” to pet parenting it is your duty to power them up each day with great food, and fresh water. Love, hugs, affection, kind words, and toys all become part of pet parenting as well and all deepen your commitment to their sweet little personalities. Whenever we took Bella from a shelter we had so many choices for nutrition, and trust me, we tried a lot, but we decided that there is a power in natural nutrition and the more simplistic the eats we provide her, the better it would be for her indoor health. Imagine the power f natural nutrition in your cat’s life, what would it mean to them and to you?

这次淳萃携手国际环保组织——泰瑞环保，推出的“爱满空瓶”计划。鼓励大家把用过的空瓶子收集起来，用零燃烧零填埋的方式把空瓶分解再造，使空瓶重获新生，变成孩子们的课桌椅，呵护学童们的梦想！

其实只是举手之劳，这些原本要化成灰烬或者湮灭在泥土里的废品就可以得到回收利用，再次为我们服务。最重要的是，别忘了我们的主题：保护环境！资源循环利用也是环保很重要的一个环节，是环保人士必修的课题。我们虽然不是专业的，但也能在日常生活中树立起环保意识并践行起来，为建设资源节约型社会做出哪怕一点点的贡献。

 

这次淳萃携手国际环保组织——泰瑞环保，推出的“爱满空瓶”计划，鼓励大家把用过的空瓶子收集起来，用零燃烧零填埋的方式把空瓶分解再造。使空瓶重获新生，变成孩子们的课桌椅，呵护学童们的梦想！

这次淳萃携手国际环保组织——泰瑞环保，推出的“爱满空瓶”计划，鼓励大家把用过的空瓶子收集起来，用零燃烧零填埋的方式把空瓶分解再造，使空瓶重获新生，变成孩子们的课桌椅，呵护学童们的梦想！

来自法国的自然护发品牌淳萃，携手国际回收组织泰瑞环保，倡导把淳萃洗护空瓶回收利用，利用对环境无污染的方式分解再造，做成孩子们的课桌椅。

搜集到的空瓶会由泰瑞环保组织,  用对环境零污染的零燃烧零填埋方式再生成课桌椅，并由淳萃捐献给光爱学校的学生。