About National Recycling Week
In November 1996, Planet Ark founded National Recycling Week as a community
education and media campaign. The aim was to bring a national focus to
recycling and the broader themes of minimizing waste and managing material
resources.
Now in its 13th year, the need for National Recycling Week has never been
greater. OECD figures show Australia to be one of the world’s biggest per
capita producers of waste - at an alarming rate of 2.25 kilograms per person
per day.
National Recycling Week has dual purposes. The first is to raise
awareness of how recycling helps to reduce our impact on the
environment. Recycling reduces the amount of water, energy and new
materials that we use to support our lifestyle. Making an aluminium can
from recycled material, for example, uses 95% less energy than making
one from raw material. Lowering energy use and therefore carbon
emissions is one of many ways that recycling helps to tackle climate
change.
The second aim of National Recycling Week is to encourage individuals and
businesses to recycle more and recycle better.
National Recycling Week provides us all with an opportunity to improve our
recycling habits, learn about what we can recycle and how to recycle
properly, and find out about new recycling trends and programs.
Aims & Objectives
For more information on the Aims, Objectives and Themes of National Recycling Week.
Sponsors and Partners
National Recycling Week is made possible through the support of our Sponsors and partners.
NRW Evaluation
Download this report which highlights the achievements of the campaign, all which help to make recycling more effective and efficient.
