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Recycling in Australia, the Glossary

Recycling in Australia is a widespread, and comprehensive part of waste management in Australia, with 60% of all waste collected being recycled.^[1]

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AA battery

The AA battery (or double-A battery) is a standard size single cell cylindrical dry battery.

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AAA battery

The AAA battery (or triple-A battery) is a standard size of dry cell battery.

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Aerosol spray dispenser

Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles.

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An airplane (North American English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine.

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Aldi

Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries.

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Australian Aluminium Council

The Australian Aluminium Council is an Australian industry association representing companies involved in bauxite mining and the refining, production and distribution of aluminium.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is an Australian Government agency that collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, environmental, and social issues to advise the Australian Government.

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Automotive battery

An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.

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Battery recycling

Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste.

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Bollard

A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post.

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Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia.

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Bunnings

Bunnings Group Limited, trading as Bunnings Warehouse or Bunnings, is an Australian household hardware and garden centre chain.

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C battery

The C battery (C size battery or R14 battery) is a standard size of dry cell battery typically used in medium-drain applications such as toys, flashlights, and musical instruments.

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Circular economy

A circular economy (also referred to as circularity or CE) is a model of resource production and consumption in any economy that involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible.

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City of Boroondara

The City of Boroondara is a local government area in Victoria, Australia.

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City of Hobsons Bay

The City of Hobsons Bay is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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City of Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne.

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City of Monash

The City of Monash is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne with an area of 81.5 square kilometres and a population of 200,077 people in 2016.

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City of Stonnington

The City of Stonnington is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia.

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City of Sydney

The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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City of Townsville

The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia.

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Cleanaway

Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is an Australian waste management company.

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Clothes hanger

A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, or simply a hanger, is a hanging device in the shape/contour of.

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Clothing bin

A clothing bin is a container in which clothing is placed to be donated to charity organizations (e.g., the Salvation Army or The Smith Family) or for recycling in other ways.

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Coles Group

Coles Group Limited is an Australian public company operating several retail chains.

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Coles Supermarkets

Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, doing business as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of Coles Group.

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Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations.

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Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.

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Container deposit legislation in Australia

Container deposit legislation (CDL), also known as a container deposit scheme (CDS), is a scheme that was first implemented in South Australia in 1977 and over the decades has spread to the Northern Territory in 2012, New South Wales in 2017, the Australian Capital Territory in June 2018, Queensland in November 2018, Western Australia in October 2020 and Victoria in November 2023.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.

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D battery

A D battery (D cell or IEC R20) is a standardized size of a dry cell.

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Demolition

Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures.

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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is a department of the Australian Government.

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Department of the Environment and Energy

The Department of the Environment and Energy (DEE) was an Australian government department in existence between 2016 and 2020.

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Doughnut (economic model)

The Doughnut, or Doughnut economics, is a visual framework for sustainable development – shaped like a doughnut or lifebelt – combining the concept of planetary boundaries with the complementary concept of social boundaries.

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Earth Summit

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92, Cúpula da Terra), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.

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Electronic waste recycling

Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used.

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The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is Victoria’s environmental regulator.

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Environmental issues in Australia

Environmental issues in Australia describes a number of environmental issues which affect the environment of Australia and are the primary concern of the environmental movement in Australia.

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Environmental movement in Australia

Beginning as a conservation movement, the environmental movement in Australia was the first in the world to become a political movement.

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Food loss and waste

Food loss and waste is food that is not eaten.

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Food packaging

Food packaging is a packaging system specifically designed for food and represents one of the most important aspects among the processes involved in the food industry, as it provides protection from chemical, biological and physical alterations.

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Glass recycling

Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products.

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Green waste

Green waste, also known as "biological waste", is any organic waste that can be composted.

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Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste is waste that must be handled properly to avoid damaging human health or the environment.

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High-density polyethylene

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) or polyethylene high-density (PEHD) is a thermoplastic polymer produced from the monomer ethylene.

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IKEA

Inter IKEA Systems B.V., trading as IKEA, is a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services.

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Ink cartridge

An ink cartridge or inkjet cartridge is the component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink to be deposited onto paper during printing.

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Landfill

A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials.

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Landfill tax

A landfill tax or levy is a form of tax that is applied in some countries to increase the cost of landfill.

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Lead-acid battery

The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté.

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Lithium battery

Lithium battery may refer to.

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Litter Act 1979 (Western Australia)

The Litter Act 1979 was an act passed by the Western Australian Government to prevent littering.

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Litter in Australia

Litter in Australia is prevalent in many areas and a significant environmental problem, particularly in the large cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Recycling in Australia and Litter in Australia are environmental issues in Australia and waste management in Australia.

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Local government in Australia

Local government is the third-level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government.

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Low-density polyethylene

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is a thermoplastic made from the monomer ethylene.

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Lumber

Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.

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Materials recovery facility

A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Nespresso

Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland.

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New Gisborne, Victoria

New Gisborne is a suburb of Gisborne in Victoria, Australia, in the foothills of Mount Macedon in the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Environment Protection Authority

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is an independent statutory authority that sits in the Environment portfolio as part of the Planning and Environment cluster.

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Nine-volt battery

The nine-volt battery, or 9-volt battery, is an electric battery that supplies a nominal voltage of 9 volts.

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Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority

Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority or NAWMA is a garbage, recycling, and green waste collection service for City of Salisbury, City of Playford, and the Town of Gawler in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Recycling in Australia and northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority are waste management in Australia.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an Australian internal territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Officeworks

Officeworks is a chain of Australian office supplies stores operated under parent company Wesfarmers.

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Operation National Sword

The Operation National Sword (ONS) was a policy initiative launched in 2017 by the government of China to monitor and more stringently review recyclable waste imports.

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Paper recycling

The recycling of paper is the process by which waste paper is turned into new paper products.

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Park furniture

Park furniture is furniture in a park.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth and also known as Federal Parliament) is the legislative body of the federal level of government of Australia.

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Planet Ark

Planet Ark Environmental Foundation is an Australian non-profit environmental organization founded in 1992.

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Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.

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Polyethylene terephthalate

Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.

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Polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.

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Polystyrene

Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.

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Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Recycling

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.

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REDcycle

The RedCycle or REDcycle program was an Australian soft plastic recycling program started in 2010 by RG Programs and Services and suspended in 2022. Recycling in Australia and REDcycle are environmental issues in Australia and waste management in Australia.

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Reuse

Reuse is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose (conventional reuse) or to fulfill a different function (creative reuse or repurposing).

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Road surface

A road surface (British English) or pavement (North American English) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway.

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Road verge

A road verge is a strip of groundcover consisting of grass or garden plants, and sometimes also shrubs and trees, located between a roadway and a sidewalk.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Roof tiles

Roof tiles are overlapping tiles designed mainly to keep out precipitation such as rain or snow, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as clay or slate.

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Royal Automobile Club of Victoria

The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is a motoring club and mutual organisation.

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Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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South Australia

South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak is a Swedish multinational food packaging and processing company headquartered in Switzerland.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Transfer station (waste management)

A transfer station, or resource recovery centre, is a building or processing site for the temporary deposition, consolidation and aggregation of waste.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Victoria State Government

The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive branch of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Visy

Visy Industries (known as Pratt Industries USA in the US) is a privately owned Australian-American paper, packaging and recycling company established in Melbourne in 1948.

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Waste management in Australia

Waste management in Australia started to be implemented as a modern system by the second half of the 19th century, with its progresses driven by technological and sanitary advances. Recycling in Australia and Waste management in Australia are environmental issues in Australia.

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Waverley Council

Waverley Council is a Local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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Whitehorse City Council

The Whitehorse City Council is the governing body of the city of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

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Woolworths Group (Australia)

Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia, Woolworths (previously known as Countdown) in New Zealand and its discount department store Big W. Headquartered in Bella Vista, Sydney, it is the largest company in Australia by revenue and number of employees, and the second-largest in New Zealand.

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Woolworths Supermarkets

Woolworths Supermarkets (colloquially known in Australia as "Woolies") is an Australian chain of supermarkets and grocery stores owned by Woolworths Group.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Australia

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Recycling in Australia, the Glossary

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See also

Environmental issues in Australia

Waste management in Australia

References