Council Launches Recycle Mate

Recycle Mate offers residents an interactive web-based feature to access information about proper recycling practices and reduce the waste sent to landfill.

Recycle Mate helps residents to recycle right and find correct disposal options available across the Shire including what items can be placed in their household bins. 

This game-changing collaboration makes it possible for our residents to simply go to Council’s website, search the name of an item they would like to know how to dispose of and Recycle Mate will provide the best disposal option including convenient map features.

Recycle Mate also includes a user-friendly chatbot, ‘Ask Murphy’, who is fluent in 92 different languages and is designed to help residents easily determine how to dispose of household items.

By simply typing in a question, Murphy will provide detailed information on whether the item can be recycled and how to do so correctly. This ensures that more recyclables are sorted properly, reducing contamination and promoting better waste management across the Shire.

Plus, there’s an app for that! Burdekin residents can also download the free Recycle Mate App on their devices.  The Recycle Mate app has extra features where residents can either snap a photo of an item and (artificial intelligence (AI) can identify over 130 items or you scan product bar codes.

Mayor Pierina Dalle Cort said Council is excited to provide this helpful tool to our community that is not only easy but also convenient.

"Recycling right is one of the easiest ways we can all contribute to increase resource recovery, help build a local circular economy and move towards a zero waste community together” Mayor Dalle Cort said.

“By having a free tool like Recycle Mate enables residents to make informed choices and reduce the impact of waste on our environment.

“Residents will now be able to simply go to Council’s website, search the name of an item and Recycle mate will provide the appropriate disposal option.

“In addition to the website integration, I encourage you to download the free Recycle Mate App on your smartphones which will enable you to have this convenient tool at the palm of your hands, wherever whenever.

"I understand that some members of the community may be sceptical about recycling, but the fact is, it's becoming an increasingly important part of our reality.”

For more information and to try Recycle Mate, visit Burdekin Shire Councils website, head to Waste and Recycling > Let’s get it sorted Burdekin, or click the link https://bit.ly/recyclemate.

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