Recycling at home has been part of everyday life for many years and now recycling is an accepted practice at work. People are now expecting to be able to recycle when they leave their home and visit public places.    

A lot of people enjoy their leisure time at any one of our beautiful beaches, parks or sportsgrounds. More social activities outside the home mean more eating and drinking, and therefore more waste occurring in public places. This increase in waste generation highlights the need to develop systems that respond to our changing lifestyles. Public place recycling generally means recycling facilities installed in places such as parks, shopping centres and beaches.

The ability to conduct successful recycling collections in public places is dependent on recycling skips not getting contaminated with the wrong items.
 
Recycling is increasingly being undertaken at temporary 'special events' such as fetes, festivals and concerts. We are activitely seeking the involvement of event organisers to make all events held across the Wollongong local government area, 'waste wise events' and ultimately 'sustainable events'.
 
Please 'Be Waste Wise' at home, at work and when visiting one of our public places.