recycling

  • Residents revel in recycling

    In the eight days between Christmas and New Year’s Day, almost 100,000 containers have been recycled in Colac Otway Shire through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme.

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  • Half-a-million items recycled

    Colac Otway residents have returned and recycled more than half a million bottles, cartons and cans through Victoria’s container deposit scheme in almost seven weeks.

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  • Glass bins coming to public spaces

    Glass-only recycling bins will roll out in public places in Colac Otway Shire, but there’s no timeline for them yet.

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  • Container deposit scheme to hit Colac district

    Reverse vending machines will appear in Colac and district from November as Victoria’s new container deposit scheme rolls out.

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  • Less waste going to landfills

    Colac Otway Shire’s rubbish burden has fallen by close to two per cent despite the end of soft plastic recycling.

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  • 500 tonnes of glass recovered

    Colac Otway Shire Council has praised shire residents for a successful year of glass-only recycling.

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  • Tonnes of glass recycled

    Colac Otway Shire’s purple glass-only bins have collected a total of 330.86 tonnes of glass from November 2021 to June 30, 2022.

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  • Colac’s new Repair Cafe will fix broken treasures

    A new Colac “Repair Café” will revive repairable items for free, while reducing landfill and sharing volunteers’ skills.

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