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Bin Myths Exposed: Does Sorting Your Rubbish Actually Make A Difference?

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What's the bin situation at your place? 3 bins? 4 bins? Red, blue, yellow, purple, brown, green? We have the whole rainbow of bins that are assigned different waste items. 

But is sorting all that garbage actually making a difference to our landfill?

In this episode of The Quicky we take a look at the do's and don'ts of what can be put in each bin and does that actually impact whether it goes to be recycled or not. 

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CREDITS

Host: Claire Murphy 

With thanks to: 

William Clarke - Professor of Waste Management at The University of Queensland 

Producers: Claire Murphy 

Executive Producer: Kally Rintoul 

Audio Producer:
Thom Lion

 
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