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What happens when you leave a lid on a bottle when recycling? Maybe not what you think

Summary by region.com.au
Inside the old Hume Materials Recovery Facility, which burnt down when batteries inside a waste compactor overheated. Photo: James Coleman. You’ve heard it – and believed it – probably ever since your parents drilled it into you: leaving the lid on a plastic bottle when recycling it dooms it straight to landfill. But as it looks to open a brand-new recycling facility in Hume, the ACT Government has confirmed that isn’t necessarily the case. “Emp…
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region.com.au broke the news in on Friday, October 10, 2025.
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