13-Nov-2025 Theme: 'Recycling (in honour of National Recycling Week 10-16 November)'

(1) According to Federal Government figures, what percentage of Australia’s 75.6 million tonnes of annual waste is currently recycled?

Answer: 63%.

(2) Which Australian state was the last to introduce a container deposit refund scheme in 2025?

Answer: Tasmania.

(3) South Australia has the longest running container deposit refund scheme in Australia. When was the scheme first introduced? (a) 1977 (b) 1987 (c) 1997 (d) 2007.

Answer: (a) 1977.

(4) In December 2021 an Australian regulation came into force that what waste product can now only be exported in pieces smaller than 150mm?

Answer: Used tyres.

(5) Arrange this list of Australia’s main waste products from highest to lowest, by weight: Glass, masonry, organics, paper & cardboard, plastics, tyres.

Answer: Masonry, organics, paper & cardboard, plastics, glass, tyres.

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