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Contamination, 3%Newsprint, 28%Glass, 33%Steel, 2%Aluminium, 1%PVC, 0.2%HDPE, 3%PET, 4%LPB, 0.4%Cardboard, 15%Paper/Magazines, 8%Figure 3.4: <strong>Liverpool</strong> Kerbside Recyclables Composition (2003 Audit)Over 50% of <strong>the</strong> recycling is fibre-based, with glass <strong>the</strong> next largest component. Acontamination level of 3% places <strong>Liverpool</strong> well below <strong>the</strong> average of approximately 6% forGreater Sydney. This indicates that residents have a reasonable understanding of <strong>the</strong>recycling service. In addition, crate-based recycling services generally achieve lower rates ofcontamination than closed bins (eg MGBs) as collec<strong>to</strong>rs are able <strong>to</strong> readily identify and rejectcontaminated loads.3.6 Benchmarking Against Good Practice Performance MeasuresThe <strong>NSW</strong> Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has recently developedpreliminary good practice performance benchmarks for Sydney metropolitan <strong>Council</strong> kerbsiderecycling systems. These are documented in <strong>the</strong> report Getting more from our recyclingsystems. Good practice performance measures for kerbside recycling systems (DEC and<strong>NSW</strong>JRG; 2004). The aim of <strong>the</strong> project was <strong>to</strong> establish ‘good practice’ performancemeasures for key elements of kerbside recycling systems in order <strong>to</strong> assist <strong>Council</strong>s <strong>to</strong> delivermore effective and efficient systems.This section presents a comparison between <strong>Liverpool</strong>’s kerbside recycling system and <strong>the</strong>‘good practice’ measures developed by DEC.<strong>Liverpool</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Council</strong>13Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery <strong>Strategy</strong>

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