ACOR is leading a national collaboration to help reduce the confusion around recycling and make recycling simpler for all Australians
Australians have a proven desire to recycle correctly and reduce what goes to landfill, but often feel unsure if they are always getting it right, whether at home, at a friend’s house or on holiday. Confusion about what can go in kerbside recycling bins in different council areas and limited awareness about all the away from home recovery opportunities is contributing to contamination in kerbside bins and often resulting in good-quality or dangerous items ending up in landfill.
Our recycling industry is dynamic and there are hundreds of organisations working to communicate recycling information to the community, which we’ve found is often using an industry language which isn’t aligned with how the community searches for information.
To help remove the confusion for the community and streamline education for all recyclers, ACOR has led the development of a national recycling education program to take the guesswork out of recycling for the community while supporting all recycling initiatives.
Recycle Mate is Australia’s first community-driven recycling app, which is free to download and use. It uses cutting edge photo recognition technology which allows users to photograph or search for an item and immediately find out where it can be recycled, refurbished or disposed of, based on their geolocation.
The app combines artificial intelligence with Australia’s most comprehensive recycling directory, which allows users to search from over 4,000 items which are linked to mapped directions to more than 20,000 geolocated disposal options.
Recycle Mate provides a live national platform that allows our governments, recyclers, product stewardship schemes and the whole community to all work together to gather, share and update recycling information and avoid duplication of effort as our industry evolves.
Community involvement is also an integral part of Recycle Mate. Every photo taken and every question asked, helps continually grow the program based on what the community wants to know.
Our recycling industry is dynamic and there are hundreds of organisations working to communicate recycling information to the community, which we’ve found is often using an industry language which isn’t aligned with how the community searches for information.
To help remove the confusion for the community and streamline education for all recyclers, ACOR has led the development of a national recycling education program to take the guesswork out of recycling for the community while supporting all recycling initiatives.
Recycle Mate is Australia’s first community-driven recycling app, which is free to download and use. It uses cutting edge photo recognition technology which allows users to photograph or search for an item and immediately find out where it can be recycled, refurbished or disposed of, based on their geolocation.
The app combines artificial intelligence with Australia’s most comprehensive recycling directory, which allows users to search from over 4,000 items which are linked to mapped directions to more than 20,000 geolocated disposal options.
Recycle Mate provides a live national platform that allows our governments, recyclers, product stewardship schemes and the whole community to all work together to gather, share and update recycling information and avoid duplication of effort as our industry evolves.
Community involvement is also an integral part of Recycle Mate. Every photo taken and every question asked, helps continually grow the program based on what the community wants to know.
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Head to Recycle Mate's website here.
To learn more about Recycle Mate and how you can get involved, contact Lara Barclay [email protected]
To learn more about Recycle Mate and how you can get involved, contact Lara Barclay [email protected]
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Recycle Mate is an initiative of the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) with funding support from the Australian Government’s Environment Restoration Fund program and the NSW Government’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Waste Less Recycle More initiative. Adaptation Environmental Support is the Recycle Mate delivery partner.