Bin-shaming in Australia: the fine line between recycling education and community alienation

Randwick council criticised for inspecting recycling bins and tagging those that don’t comply with rules

An eastern Sydney council has come under fire for a program in which staff inspect residents’ garbage bins and leave notes with information on how they can better recycle.

In Australia, where all household recycling is collected in one bin, contamination is a huge problem, when a few non-recyclable products can cause entire trucks’ worth of goods to go to landfill.

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