Recycling monitored at festival

Members of the Central Coast Branch of the Australian Conversation Foundation and other supporters monitored the introduction of recycling at this year's Brisbane Water Oyster Festival.

The decision to introduce recycling to the festival came after the success of other public place recycling trials in the Peninsula area.

Mr Mark Ellis, who helped organise the monitoring, said that with more than 20,000 people in attendance the Oyster Festival provided a good test for recycling.

"With public place recycling at events becoming common place, the store holders and public expect recycling facilities to be available," Mr Ellis said.

"And this year, they utilised the yellow recycling bins to full capacity."

Along with monitoring the recycling throughout the festival, branch members assisted Gosford Council staff in promoting recycling at the festival and across the Central Coast.

These activities have led residents across the Coast to recycle 39,909 tonnes, said Mr Ellis.

This saves over 108,000 cubic metres of landfill and reduces the impact of global warming by preventing 19,610 tonnes of greenhouse gases.

Media release, 21 Nov 2013

Mark Ellis, Woy Woy