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Your Business and the Carbon Pricing Mechanism

The Carbon Pricing Mechanism, (also referred to as the CPM or Carbon Tax in the media), is an Australian Government initiative that will put a price...

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NSW Environmental Report Hotline

SITA has established a dedicated Environmental Hotline for anyone living or working close to our sites in NSW. This service is available 24/7. To find out more...

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SITA sponsors KABNSW EnivroMentors Program

SITA Australia is the proud sponsor of the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW EnviroMentors education program.

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NSW Waste Acceptance & Charges Brochure

Your guide to recycling charges, opening hours and waste acceptance criteria at our NSW Resource Recovery sites.

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Material Recycling Facilities

Have you ever thought about what happens to recyclable items such as paper, cardboard, plastics, glass and metals after they are collected?

A Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) is like a giant factory where the recyclable materials that are collected from homes and businesses are taken to be sorted into different types or “streams” such as paper, plastics glass and aluminium.

Depending on their configuration, MRFs can accept either fully co-mingled recyclables (when all recyclable items are placed in the one recycling bin before collection) or source separated recyclables (when the household separates their paper and cardboard from their containers).

Some of the sorting is done by machines and some is done by hand.

After they have been separated into different streams, the materials are transported to manufacturers where they are reprocessed into recycled products such as glass containers, aluminium cans, paper, cardboard, plastic packaging and steel products.

SITA is continually introducing new services and technologies that transform waste into valuable resources.  We currently have three MRFs. To find where they are located visit our Facilities Map.