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[[image:recycleguys.jpg width="530" height="193" align="center"]]On the Home front - taking action against waste at home
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Household waste is a major problem with each household in Australia producing on average about a tonne of rubbish every year.
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Fortunately there are things that we can all do about it. We call these the 3Rs -
=reduce, reuse, recycle=

**Why is it important to recycle?**
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 * So that the world is not full of rubbish - Nancy
 * to improve the soil.
 * Paper in the in the worms soil box and they mulch it. and food scap as well - Nancy
 * As you can put it in your garderned. - Nancy
 * save our health - Dot
 * to save our enviornment - Dot
 * To improve the waterways and oceans - Rose
 * To reduce green gases - Paddy

**What items can be recycled?**

 * bottles
 * Plastic bottles - Nancy
 * Cans - Nancy
 * Jars - and paddy Nancy
 * Paper & card board boxs - Nancy
 * batteries - Dot
 * We recycle plastic bottles, cans and plastic bags. We sort the different coloured bottles into the recycle bin. _ Rose
 * We can recycle your washing water to the garden - Rose
 * water - Paddy
 * raw sewerage - Paddy
 * sump oil - Paddy

===Let's make a list of ways we can change the amount of waste we make at home. Sometimes it can be too hard to start the whole recycling thing - it's a big world and we are only small. But if we start at HOME, then recycling, reusing and reducing can be something we all do.=== Used my glass jars to make preserves and jams
 * Used glass jars to put oil that we used it the next day - Nancy
 * Used left over food in the glass jars and used next the day
 * used plastic bags as rubbish bags - Dot
 * to put imported papers in - Dot
 * Don't put plastic bottles in the sea - Rose
 * Washing machine hose pipe on to the lawn - Paddy
 * Use cold water wash - Paddy

//SHARING our ideas is the first way to reuse & recycle!// //Add the ways you manage your waste at home to this page and maybe we can all help to make Coonabarabran the most efficient town in NSW!!!//

 * Used less electricity - Nancy
 * have more clean up days - Dot
 * handed down my son clothes - Dot
 * We can use less electricity and less water too. Rose
 * Turn all power points off when going to bed -Paddy
 * Shreaded newspaper for insulation- Paddy

If you would like to explore more about reducing, resuing & recycling, then have a look at this fabulous website:[|Green pages Australia]
===Did you know that our Shire Council won a Local Government and Shires Associations Award for Waste Management? Check it out! [|LGSAplus Awards]===