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Lost the old merchandise! These Australian stores have free recycling

[Life Information]     01 Jul 2020
A lot of people want to believe this trouble, more and more things in the home, because only know how to buy, resulting in "only buy not lose "," only increase not decrease "," only in and out "……. As a result ," Yuan Shanshan's room is me ", a hot search Weibo a while ago, became a portrait of everyone. The bathroom is full of stuff. Maybe you'll say, it's not that I don't want to lose, it's that...

A lot of people want to believe this trouble, more and more things in the home, because only know how to buy, resulting in "only buy not lose "," only increase not decrease "," only in and out "……. As a result ," Yuan Shanshan`s room is me ", a hot search Weibo a while ago, became a portrait of everyone.

Lost the old merchandise! These Australian stores have free recycling

The bathroom is full of stuff. (Internet images)

Maybe you`ll say, it`s not that I don`t want to lose, it`s that there`s too much start, or it`s wasted...

Now, there are such vexed friends attention! Because you do not want old goods can be handed over to these store manufacturers, and free recycling Oh!

Many of the home`s abandoned goods, stacked in the home not only block the place, everywhere will also damage the environment. Several Australian retailers, including IKEA、Aldi and Bunnings, are trying to help Australian residents reduce their household waste, according to Taiwan 7.


Tens of thousands of tons of household waste are putting enormous pressure on Australia

Every year, tens of thousands of tons of unwanted household items are discarded in Australia, including electronics, computers, batteries, white products and furniture as we know them. Eventually the waste will be landfill.

Lost the old merchandise! These Australian stores have free recycling

Every year, tens of thousands of tons of unwanted household items are discarded in Australia. (Schematic: Pixabay)

But you know that, day after day, year after year, the chemical composition of the electronics buried in the soil will cause serious harm to the earth`s environment, gradually affecting our soil and water quality, and even poisoning plants and animals and humans themselves.

And these commodity-providing businesses are very responsible for helping people collect old goods, avoid the problem of random disposal, and help alleviate environmental pollution.

Let`s see what we can throw at the supermarket.


Household batteries

German supermarket Aldi has claimed to be australia`s first and only supermarket to help recycle batteries nationwide since 2013. Aldi have a special recycling bin in front of the door, no matter what brand and type of battery, customers can throw all into the recycling bin.

Lost the old merchandise! These Australian stores have free recycling

Aldi and Bunnings have recycled old batteries. (Source: Pixabay)

And these are unified recycling batteries, will eventually be sorted and classified by professionals, and then collectively sent to the recycling plant, extract substances for reuse!

Yet in recent years, not only Aldi, you can "discard" your used batteries in Bunnings store battery bins!

Bunnings have also focused on battery recycling over the past decade, effectively recycling 20300 kg of waste batteries. This not only solves the problem of people dropping batteries at will, but also reduces the damage to the environment. Because the battery contains heavy metals, discarded at will or improperly handled, the chemicals in the battery are likely to be imperceptible and worsen our natural resources.


Abandoned cell phones

Batteries for discarded phones or phones can be recycled through MobileMuster Program. unused phones and cell phone batteries can be delivered under more than 3500 retail stores and local parliament devices, or back and forth through envelopes.


IKEA, globe, mattress

Ikea (IKEA) also has recycling services, the recycling bin is located at the outlet of the store! If you want to discard the used cardboard, batteries, globe, etc, just put them in the recycle bin!

Discarded mattresses are too big and too heavy to relationship, you can pay $30 for IKEA to take away the old mattresses when it is delivered to the door...


"White commodities ", electronic products, chemicals

According to Planet Ark survey, Australia is one of the most used countries in the world. As a result, electronic waste in Australia, including computers and accessories, has become a growing problem.

To help solve the waste and prevent toxic substances from entering landfills, free delivery points have been set up across Australia to help recycle them. with Planet Ark Recycling NearYou( nearby recycling), you can find nearby service sites.


Old glasses and hearing aids

Have you ever thought about donating old glasses, contact lenses and hearing aids that you don`t use at home to help humanitarian organizations and to friends in the third world who need them? Australian The Lions Club Australia`s Recycle has such a plan to recycle glasses!

You can donate an unwanted item to a local optometrist, live a retired life agency, and Lion Club, or mail glasses and hearing aids to this address if you are not in trouble:

Reply Paid 3021 Lions Recycle for Sight PO Box 3021 CLONTARF MDC 4019

Let`s hurry up and tidy up the old things at home! Send to recycle quickly, not only can protect the environment, but also can help others, really kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

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