Recycle Mate - Recycling App - Information for Stakeholders
NSW EPA and ACOR building an innovative approach to kerbside recycling education
Promoting positive choices and improving recycling behaviours
With funding support from the NSW EPA, ACOR is developing an innovative, and world-first, education campaign to support local council efforts to reduce contamination in kerbside recycling.
Kicking off in NSW, the program will soon launch Australia’s first photo recognition recycling app and supporting kerbside education campaign. The exciting new app will allow people to take a photograph of an item and immediately find out where it can be recycled in their NSW locality, based on geolocation and the recycling system available in that location.
The app will support existing local council efforts to communicate correct recycling behavior in their jurisdictions by providing relevant information to visitors, new residents, temporary residents and others AND by providing positive disposal instructions for all items that could be disposed in any kerbside bin.
The app will also be supported by the release of a recycling education tool kit for local councils with educational collateral to tackle:
The campaign is coming soon with a pilot release due in June before the state-wide roll out.
Promoting positive choices and improving recycling behaviours
With funding support from the NSW EPA, ACOR is developing an innovative, and world-first, education campaign to support local council efforts to reduce contamination in kerbside recycling.
Kicking off in NSW, the program will soon launch Australia’s first photo recognition recycling app and supporting kerbside education campaign. The exciting new app will allow people to take a photograph of an item and immediately find out where it can be recycled in their NSW locality, based on geolocation and the recycling system available in that location.
The app will support existing local council efforts to communicate correct recycling behavior in their jurisdictions by providing relevant information to visitors, new residents, temporary residents and others AND by providing positive disposal instructions for all items that could be disposed in any kerbside bin.
The app will also be supported by the release of a recycling education tool kit for local councils with educational collateral to tackle:
- Major contamination issues in the kerbside system
- Major areas of confusion
- People losing faith in recycling
- People seeking more information about the recycling process
The campaign is coming soon with a pilot release due in June before the state-wide roll out.