A TOUGH approach by Border councils against householders who do the wrong thing when it comes to recycling appears to be working.
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Since last year three chances have been given to those who put non- recyclables into their recycling bins before their bins are confiscated under a four-strikes program.
While the Albury and Wodonga councils have taken the bins from more than 40 residents who had received three warnings, they have since been returned and none have re-offended.
The councils are also claiming a decline of 5 per cent for Albury and 3.2 per cent in Wodonga in the amount of contaminated recycling waste going into landfill.
But there is still some way to go. Both councils are aiming to reduce the level of contamination in recycled waste to 3 per cent. Right now those figures are 13 per cent for Albury and 12.4 per cent for Wodonga.
There is, however, a stark difference between the amount of overall waste that is being recycled in both cities.
For Wodonga it is 87.5 per cent of waste, while in Albury it is less than half that rate at 46 per cent.
Perhaps it’s time for a cross-border challenge?