can wind turbines be recycled?

Can Wind Turbines Be Recycled? Let Us Discover 🍃

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Can Wind Turbines Be Recycled? 🍃: In this blog, we talk about wind turbines’ recyclability. They have become quite an issue to us, with them piling up in landfills. Plenty of companies have begun exhausting their resources and continue to find ways to deal with these blades.  Plenty were surprised when they read about our written blog on aeroplane demolition and recycling. They certainly did not expect that some bodies…

General Stuff, Recycling, Waste Management 0
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All About Herbicide Disposal: Where Can You Dispose Of Herbicide? 🌿

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Herbicide Disposal 🌿: Just as you need oxygen to breathe and water to quench your thirst, you also need to make sure to properly dispose of herbicide to prevent unwanted accidents and protect the environment. It is just that important! We share with you some vital tips below when it comes to herbicide disposal. To keep a garden beautiful and relatively weed-free, gardeners would usually use weed killers, also known…

Environment, General Stuff, waste disposal 0
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Alarming Dangers In Australia: Lithium-ion Battery Fires 🔋

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Lithium-ion Battery Fire 🔋: If you have read or watched the recent news, you would know the alarming number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries in Australia. Colour us here at Waster surprised when we learned that this type of battery caused more than a thousand fire incidents in the country. Naturally, we will cover everything you should know about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries – their tendency to start…

E-Waste Blog Category Waster.com.au. Electronic Waste, Environment 0
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Office Recycling Bins: Are You Ready To Be A Green Office? (Infographic) 🏢

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Office Recycling Bins 🏢: during the working week, many of us spend our time in a commercial office – whether we like it or not. Environmental awareness, as well as a focus on reducing pollution and waste going to landfill, is a very noble aim. Hence, optimising office recycling bins is a really good idea not just for you, but also for the environment. Basically, it makes everyone happy and…

Cardboard Recycling, Commingled Recycling, Melbourne, Sanitary bins, Waste Management 0
how to recycle your bicycle

Bicycle Recycle: How To Deal With Your Bike 🚲

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Bicycle Recycle 🚲: In this blog, we discover how you can recycle your bicycle. There are different ways on how you can deal with your bike, and we cover them all. Continue reading to learn more.  These last 2 years have become quite a challenge to everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the frequent strict implementation of lockdowns here and there, a lot were forced to stay inside…

Recycling, Waste Management 2
Lego Recycling Australia

Lego Recycling Australia: Are They Recyclable Or Go To Landfill? ♻️

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Lego Recycling Australia ♻️: Who doesn’t love Legos, right? Kids and adults alike still play with this worldwide popular toy today. Invented in 1932, all people still regard it as the most famous toy of all time. According to their official website, Lego comes from the Danish words “leg” and “godt”, which when put together, means “play well.” According to Time Magazine, Legos are the number 1 most influential toys…

Environment, Recycling 3
WA coffee cup ban podcast

WA Coffee Cup Ban: Hey! Did WA Just Ban My Coffee Cup? ♻️ Podcast Ep. 45 Don’t Be A Waster

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WA Coffee Cup Ban: Podcast Ep. 45 Don’t Be A Waster ♻️     Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Stitcher Listen on Amazon Music   Transcript: WA Coffee Cup Ban   WA Coffee Cup Ban ♻️: Hello and welcome to another edition of your favourite podcast! At least your favourite recycling podcast, which is Recycle: Don’t be a Waster. Today, we want…

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Waste To Gold: How A Team Of Scientists Extracted Gold From A Mobile Phone 📱

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Waste To Gold 📱: We consider discarded devices such as mobile phones, computers, televisions (TVs), printers and even some kitchen appliances like microwaves, toasters and coffee makers, as e-waste. Focusing more on mobile phones, did you know that you can extract a bit of gold from them? We cover how a team of scientists in a prestigious Swiss university managed to do so using a cheese byproduct! Of course, we…

E-Waste Blog Category Waster.com.au. Electronic Waste, Innovations, Recycling 0
contaminated waste disposal bins

Contaminated Waste Disposal: What To Know About Recycling Contamination ☢️

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Contaminated Waste Disposal ☢️: If fines of up to 500 dollars won’t make you rethink the next time you unwittingly throw something away, nothing will! This goes to show that the cost impact of contaminated waste is literally at your own disposal – if not, may currently be hidden from your view. Recycling has really changed over the year and decades. We discover more and more recycling innovations as time…

Environment, Recycling 0
Can You Recycle Photos Australia

Can You Recycle Photos In Australia? Here Are Some Recycling Tips! 📷

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Can You Recycle Photos Australia? 📷: Australian photographer Tracey Moffatt once said “I am not concerned with verisimilitude… I am not concerned with capturing reality. I am concerned with creating it myself”. Ah, the beauty of photography! It captures beautiful and surreal moments that take one’s breath away! It brings out the creativity in a person engaged in photography and allows us, the viewers, to feel the captured moments and…

Know-How, Recycling 7
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Wheelie Bin Cleaning: Keep Your Business Clean Like Fresh Air! 🗑️

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Wheelie Bin Cleaning 🗑️: Mr Waster stayed at a lovely hotel on the Queensland coast for the summer holidays a couple of years ago. He (or me, actually) found it lovely and appreciated its closeness to the beach. The only problem about the stay was that the bins at the hotels really smelled bad! In the tropical heat, the smell from the bins was pretty off-putting. I found it off-putting…

Know-How, Skip bins, wheelie bins 4
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