Want to see what happens to your recyclables once your yellow bin is collected? Come on a tour of Cleanaway's state-of-the-art Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in South Guildford, and watch your recycling be sorted for reprocessing.

You'll get to see:

• Cardboard bailers
• Optical sorters that sort hard plastics into five different polymers for bailing
• Bounce and ballistic conveyers to sort paper products
• Separation of glass
• Sorting of aluminium and steel cans

See where your local recycling goes and why it's important to recycle as best we can.

This tour is free and available to Shire of Mundaring residents. Tickets are essential – secure yours now!

Safety considerations and requirements:

• Must wear long sleeve shirt and pants, and enclosed shoes
• Cleanaway will provide hard hats, hi-vis vest and safety glasses which must be worn as directed
• Attendees will need to walk up five flights of stairs (35 steps), unaided, to get to Cleanaway's education room.
• The equipment at the MRF includes an eddy current and strong magnet. Attendees with pacemakers are not permitted due to the strong magnetics currents used during processing.
• Children must be over 10 years of age to attend, and must be always accompanied by a responsible guardian. Tickets are required for all participants.

There is no parking available on site at the Cleanaway MRF. Complimentary transport will be provided, leaving from the Sculpture Park Carpark (intersection of Jacoby St and Nichol St, Mundaring). The bus will leave at 9:00am sharp to ensure arrival at Cleanaway on time. The tour conlcudes at approximately 11:15am and the bus will be returning to Sculpture Park at approximatly 12:00 noon.

Attendees must complete the Cleanaway site induction prior to attending. Details for this will be sent in the ticket confirmation email.

If you have any questions, contact the Waste and Resource Recovery Team on 9290 6820 via email on shire@mundaring.wa.gov.au