Current trends in car use and urban growth would result in car traffic in Perth increasing from 25 million kilometres per weekday in 2003 to 44 million by 2031.
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1. Buy a smaller indoor rubbish bin to encourage recycling.
2. Close the loop and buy products made from recycled materials.
3. Use reusable shopping bags rather than plastic shopping bags.
4. When grocery shopping, buy products with less packaging and choose refills rather than new containers.
5. Start a compost heap. Turn your kitchen and garden scraps into compost for your garden.
6. Avoid using plastic wrap to cover left over food in the fridge - use a lunch box, or cover with a small plate instead.
7. Put a 'no junk mail' sticker on your letter box. You'll be amazed at how much this reduces your rubbish.
8. Crèches, schools and kindergartens often need boxes, plastic bags, old buttons, used wrapping paper, greeting cards, ribbons, tiles, crockery and other materials for art resources.
9.Old tyres can be used outside for plant pots - they are especially good for plants that like warm soils as they trap the heat.
10. Just about everything can be recycled in some way. Visit the RecycleIT directory to find out how and where to recycle.
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Plant pot recycling stations |
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In metropolitan areas of Perth, kerbside collection of recycleable materials is now common. In addition, there are recycling stations throughout Western Australia for common - and not-so-common - materials that can be recycled.