Ever wonder what actually happens to the stuff in your bin when it's recycled?
When recycling is done properly in the home, it allows governments to process and resell those materials to businesses as a raw material.
Like plastic for use in roads, for example.
This is one thing that also happens with rubbish collected from beaches - it can be sorted and reused for new products like Good Citizen Sunglasses, which are made from recycled bottles.
In the past 6 years, plastic waste on Aussie coastlines has actually reduced by 29% due to various things like more bins, and great initiatives like Clean Up Australia Day.
...and many businesses have popped up because of it!
We still need to work on that next stage, to ensure the new products are recycled correctly at the end of their life, and always stay out of the ocean.
But 29% is huge - we're doing good!
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