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What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?
Trucks containing more than 10% of rubbish have to dump it in the landfill.
What is going into people's recycling bins that aren't allowed?
Bagged waste, soft plastic, takeaway cups, batteries
What are the current penalties?
They use different stickers to indicate whether you're using the right bins. If you have more than 3 stars they take your bins away. To get the bins back, people have to pay $97.65 and sign a statement promising to abide by the rules. Their bins would be monitored to make sure they kept that promise.
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