Join The Cycle This National Recycling Week
Since 1996, we've been helping Aussies recycle by sharing knowledge, education, events and inspiring stories. Over the past 29 odd years, the recycling rate in Australia has gone from 7% and just 1.5 million total tonnes recycled to over 60% and 43 million tonnes of materials recycled. Per person, that's recycling just 80kg of material yearly in 1996, to now about 1,700kg!
Join the Cycle in 2025 and keep reducing, reusing, repurposing, recycling and more at home and as part of your community.
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Our resources are FREE to use and designed to help you learn how to recycle right, reduce waste and contamination, and engage with positive sustainable actions at home, work, and in your community.
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Our Recycling Guide and accompanying social media graphics have been created to help reinforce correct recycling behaviours at home. It contains useful tips to sticking to a sustainable lifestyle.
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Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week
Planet Ark established National Recycling Week in 1996. It is held every year during the second week of November (10th to the 16th November 2025). Reducing our waste not only keeps valuable materials out of landfill, it also benefits the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Thinking about our waste provides some valuable insight into how the recycling and resource management industry works in conjunction to your efforts.
