Households urged to join 15,000 tonnes recycling bid

HOUSEHOLDS are being urged to recycle a record-breaking 15,000 tonnes of used packaging this month.

To reach the target, each family must environmentally dispose of the equivalent of 28 plastic bottles, five glass wine bottles, five beverage cartons, 6kg of cardboard, nine aluminium drinks cans and 20 food cans during October.

The 15,000 tonnes goal should beat last year’s Repak Recycling Week which helped boost overall household packaging recycling rates by 59%.