Bin it blue
The contents of your blue-lidded paper recycling bins are transported to Kimbriki and aggregated.
Next, they head Visy (an Australian recycling company) in Sydney’s western suburbs, for sorting.
Non recyclables are removed and the paper and cardboard is bailed and sent to paper mills. These valuable raw materials are then processed into packaging, cardboard boxes and other paper products such as recycled paper towels and toilet paper.
Bin it yellow
The contents of your yellow-lidded recycling bins are transported to Kimbriki and aggregated. Next, they head to IQRenew, an Australian Material Recycling Facility (MRF) on the NSW Central Coast for sorting. Several methods are used to separate plastic, aluminium/steel and glass containers.
Glass: Bottles and jars are sent to various processors and manufacturers in Australia to be recycled. Large pieces are used in new bottles and jars and smaller pieces are crushed to make washed glass sand used in road base, pool filters and drainage materials.
Metal: Electromagnets separate out steel cans and aluminium cans are also separated. The steel and aluminium are then taken to metal recyclers to be melted and made into new items.
Plastic: Infrared sensors and air jets help sort the different plastic types. About 60 percent of plastic in our yellow bin is ‘type 2 plastic HDPE’ (such as milk bottles) and is currently sent to a Melbourne-based recycler who turns it into plastic film used to cover vineyards and orchards. The other recovered plastics go into the manufacture of various products including wheelie bins, furniture, carpet and water bottles. Contaminated plastics and soft plastics sadly end up in landfill.
Bin it red
The contents of your red-lidded bin are transported to the Belrose transfer station for aggregation and then to Global Renewables, a waste facility at Eastern Creek.
Sorters pick out mis-binned recyclables such as paper, metals and plastic. The remaining mixed waste organic contents is dehydrated to lessen its volume and rendering it inert preventing the emission of green-house gases. The waste is then moved to landfill pits.
Bin it green
The contents of your green-lidded bin go to Australian Native Landscapes at Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre. They turn residential and commercial customer’s vegetation and wood waste into a variety of high quality woodchip, mulch and soil improvers after it has been shredded and composted for six months.
By having a separate green vegetation bin, we’re able to ensure your garden waste is used again as landscaping, agricultural and garden supplies in a variety of ways from household gardens to large commercial landscape installations and farmers throughout NSW.
Excess Vegetation?
Residents can drop off excess vegetation generated at home at Kimbriki. Northern Beaches Council will pay Kimbriki the advertised fee for this service under the following restrictions:
Vehicles are limited to cars, station wagons, utes, family vans or trailers with up to 300kg of vegetation.
Proof of residency, ie Northern Beaches Council sticker, driver's licence or rates notice is required.
No trucks or other vehicles are allowed. However arrangements can be put in place to register a trade vehicle for a resident's own occasional use. Please see Kimbriki reception for details.
Vehicles are entitled to one vegetation drop-off on any given day. If your load is over 300kg you must pay for the portion you are over.