What's Happening July-August 2016

RECYCLE
FEATURED SERVICE: A LOOK AT THE RECYCLING PROCESS
Recycling reduces landfill, decreases
pollution and reduces energy
consumption. Ever wondered where
the contents of your yellow lid bin go?
Recycling collections occur fortnightly.
Collection trucks make their way
to the Bayswater material recovery
facility. The recycling is tipped out
and sorted by manual workers and
machinery.
Containers, cartons, bottles, cans and
jars are sorted by hand. A machine
with holes helps to sort the recycling,
as it turns; containers, bottles, cans
and jars fall through the holes and
flat things, like paper, come out the
other end.
Once the recycling has been sorted,
bailing machines squash it into bales.
The bales get shipped around the
world to reprocessing factories where
they get made into new things.
City of Wanneroo’s waste facility in Neerabup.
For example old newspapers are
made into newsprint or egg cartons,
while plastics are made into clothing,
carpet, car parts, luggage and
upholstery… the possibilities are
endless!
The City of Wanneroo saves
approximately 229,276 cubic metres
of landfill per annum (including
domestic, recycling and greens waste).
This equates to 91 Olympic sized
swimming pools or 1,433 London
buses. Recycling is so much more
than a waste management system.
The City encourages residents to
recycle right and reduce waste to
help protect our planet. For more
information, please visit the City’s
website wanneroo.wa.gov.au
COMMUNITY SHARES LOVE FOR OUR GREAT GARBOS
WASTE
Quinns Rocks residents Simon and Oscar Musgrave enjoying their morning visit from their garbo.
How much do you love your garbo?
June 17 marked National Garbage
Man Day in America. While we don’t
have an equivalent recognition day
in Australia, the City of Wanneroo
certainly has plenty of reasons to
celebrate our Waste Services team!
The City has recently received a
number of compliments from happy
residents who wanted to express
their gratitude for their local rubbish
collectors.
Here are just some of the messages
of appreciation:
“I just want to mention the driver of
the rubbish truck that empties our bin
each Friday, a big thank you. My two
year old daughter loves trucks and
you take the two extra seconds to
wave and beep the horn of the truck
which makes her day! The smile on
her face afterwards is amazing. Great
job, we need more of this in the world
today.” Gavin, Banksia Grove.
“Please pass on my gratitude and
thank the waste truck driver of the
Pearsall area. I forgot to put my bin
out last week and the driver could
see me running out with my bin as he
drove by and then he turned around
and waited for me to put my bin on
the other side of the road. Very kind of
him and exceptional customer service.
Please pass on my thanks and know
that your drivers are doing a great
job.” Emma, Pearsall.
“Another thank you to our bin guy
this morning. He saved our bacon
with our full bin. Please pass on for
us. This guy is a legend! He went
out of his way again and we are very
appreciative.” K Hughes, Clarkson.
“I would like to thank the driver who
collected my waste this morning in
Banksia Grove. I forgot to put my bin
out and the truck left. I tried to wave at
him and then he came back to collect
it. I greatly appreciate his kind gesture
and the extra mile to do this service for
me. Thank you.” Dev, Banksia Grove.
Do you have a similar story to tell
about a City waste collector who
always goes the extra mile?
Share it via the City’s Facebook page
with the hashtag #loveyourgarbo
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