When I travel to Japan, I occasionally bring back a few items with me (not an awful lot), and they have recyclable containers. Most commonly, I have items categorized as plastic:
(Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan#Symbols)
I'd like to recycle the items in Australia (Randwick council), but I have two concerns:
- Are items designed for recycling in one country recyclable in another country?
- Will the item being categorized under a different recycling scheme (and in a different language and alphabet!) cause any problems?