Big things are usually taken care of in the repurposing or recycling cycles but there are those little bits and pieces that literally fall through the cracks of the normal council recycling methods. Yes, you're supposed to take the tops off milk bottles and lids off jars before putting them into recycling bins or bags.
So what do you do with small items? I'll talk about a few common ones. I have in my distant past, opened up heaps of used coffee pods to scoop out the coffee grounds when I was into natural body care. Then I mixed the coffee grounds with a neutral base like unscented bodywash (e.g. Cetaphil, QV) to make a great body scrub. I don't know if it's true but it felt like my skin woke up from the residual caffeine. I'm not too sure that it was the best thing to go down the shower drain though. But if you can't be bothered to empty pods, then luckily the coffee pod companies are taking the responsibility for their own waste without the hard work. This is great as aluminum is fully recyclable endlessly. Wine bottle screw caps and necks can be recycled for money - either for yourself or for Lions charity. Bottle tops or jar lids (plastic or metal) can be collected by Sustainability Trust as part of a trial at the moment. You can also drop them off at Mt Vic Hub (opposite Clyde Quay School in Elizabeth Street) or Sustainability Trust in Forresters Lane). Let me know if there are any other small annoying things you want to recycle. Check out Metal page for more on coffee pods, wine bottle tops, lids and caps recycling.
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