NAWMA - Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority

15/06/2026

🌏♻ Today is World Refill Day! ♻🌏

Buying in bulk and using refillable containers is a simple way to reduce unnecessary waste and avoid single-use packaging.

Many stores and supermarkets now let you bring your own containers for deli items and bulk goods, such as rice, pasta, flour, grains, peanut butter, milk and juice. Even takeaway meals can be placed in reusable containers.

Small swaps like these can make a big difference over time.

👉 You can find participating businesses here: https://www.byocontainers.org/

15/06/2026

NAWMA will be at Saints Shopping Centre this Wednesday 17 June with some free giveaways!

If you have a recycling question or want to know more about NAWMA's services, come and say hello.👋

City of Salisbury, SA, Australia

10/06/2026

NAWMA - Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority will be here on Monday 22nd June to present this informative workshop which will give you information about how to use the foods in your fridge and pantry so you don't waste as much.
Book in now as places are limited.

04/06/2026

🌏 Today is World Environment Day!

Join millions around the world taking action on climate change.

Want to make a difference? Here are a couple of simple ways to get started:

✅ Repair instead of replacing - this will help reduce landfill and ensure that fewer raw materials are taken from the earth to manufacture new products.

✅ Food scraps in your FOGO bin - composting your organic material helps improve soil health and reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Looking for more ways to get involved, visit: https://bit.ly/4usP4No

27/05/2026

👏 Thank you to Town of Gawler Deputy Mayor Isaac Solomon for showing just how easy it is to use your kitchen caddy at home, ensuring that no food waste ends up in landfill.

🌱 Please remember to check for the compostable logo on packaging before placing into your kitchen caddy or green-lid FOGO bin.

26/05/2026

⚠️ Gas bottles and butane gas canisters can explode under pressure, making them a safety and fire hazard and don’t belong in any bin.

✅ Both of NAWMA's Resource Recovery Centres accept gas bottles (up to 9kg) for free and safe disposal.

✅ Butane canisters can be dropped off free of charge at the Edinburgh North Resource Recovery Centre.

Town of Gawler City of Playford City of Salisbury, SA, Australia

21/05/2026

Did you know your green-lid Food Organics Garden Organics ('FOGO') bin is one of the most powerful tools in your household for reducing waste? 🌱

When food scraps and garden waste are diverted from landfill and into the green-lid bin, there are a range of important benefits:
♻️ Sending less to landfill
✅ Reduced methane emissions
🌍 Rich compost returned to local farms and vineyards

📖 Give the full article a read below!

If you live in the City of Salisbury, SA, Australia, City of Playford or Town of Gawler and do not already have a green-lid FOGO bin, you can request a free 240 L or 140 L bin. Find out more and order your green-lid FOGO bin here 👉www.nawma.sa.gov.au/fogo

Using your green bin correctly not only helps reduce landfill, it also helps generate future fresh fruit and vegies.

18/05/2026

🚫 Soft plastics are one of the biggest contaminants found incorrectly placed into the kerbside recycling bin.

👎 When these come to our Material Recovery Facility, they get caught in machinery and contaminate the paper and cardboard we are trying to recover and sort for recycling.

✅ Please remember to keep your recyclables loose and free from soft plastic so they can be sorted correctly, and this will prevent resources ending up in landfill.

♻ You can now take your clean and dry soft plastics to your nearest Woolworths store to be recycled into new products such as building materials and food grade packaging.
https://www.whichbin.sa.gov.au/tips/drop-off-soft-plastics

City of Playford City of Salisbury, SA, Australia Town of Gawler

12/05/2026

Before you bin your old flowers, make sure you are placing them into the right bin!

All flower stems and petals belong in the green-lid bin, these will be turned into valuable compost that will help improve soil.

Any plastic wrapping, floral foam or sticky tape should be placed into your red-lid bin.

Keep any ribbons or bows to reuse on gifts or craft projects.



City of Salisbury, SA, Australia City of Playford Town of Gawler

05/05/2026

🤔 Confused about what you can place into your kerbside Food & Garden Organics (FOGO) bin?

👀 Watch our new video to find out which items are a 'YES' and can be placed into the FOGO bin to be made into valuable compost

✅ Reduce waste and make sure organic material isn't lost to landfill. Bin it right!
https://youtu.be/MYYLv4CNhvU

City of Salisbury, SA, Australia City of Playford Town of Gawler