Recycling: cardboard The Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility services the Greater Darwin region and is the only licensed landfill in the area. The facility has a finite life and more can be done to reduce the volume of material entering landfill. Cardboard is one of the easiest and most environmentally effective materials to recycle since the fibre in cardboard has already been processed. When you recycle cardboard you can help the environment, reduce landfill and save money. Sort and save at Shoal Bay Your business can save money by separating cardboard from other waste instead of disposing in mixed loads. A mixed load is a combination of recyclable materials and general waste. When the load is mixed, recyclable material like cardboard can’t be recovered for recycling. The more recyclable materials that you can separate from your waste, the more money you will save.
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Recycling: cardboard
The Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility services the Greater Darwin region and is the only licensed landfill in the area. The facility has a finite life and more can be done to reduce the volume of material entering landfill.
Cardboard is one of the easiest and most environmentally effective materials to recycle since the fibre in cardboard has already been processed. When you recycle cardboard you can help the environment, reduce landfill and save money.
Sort and save at Shoal BayYour business can save money by separating cardboard from other waste instead of disposing in mixed loads.
A mixed load is a combination of recyclable materials and general waste. When the load is mixed, recyclable material like cardboard can’t be recovered for recycling.
The more recyclable materials that you can separate from your waste, the more money you will save.
What can be recycled?
Packaging and boxes
Manila folders
Paper
Contact details
For more information visit darwin.nt.gov.au or contact the City of Darwin on 8930 0300.
Did you know?
Cardboard can be recycled and made into a number of products including:
• Paper
• Sound-proofing materials
• Insulation
What do I do?
Cardboard containing residual waste
Wax coated cardboard such as fruit boxes
Styrofoam and plastic lining
Sort your load before arriving at the facility
When you arrive, you will be charged and directed
accordingly at the Commercial Weighbridge
Vehicles carrying mixed loads will be charged a
higher fee based on the volume of recyclable material
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