Giving Compass' Take:
• Madeleine Keck and Erica Sanchez at Global Citizen discuss a new and innovative recycling facility in Australia that is capable of diverting 90 percent of mixed waste from the landfill through new technology. 
• Although this recycling plant wont be fully operational until 2021, how can we ensure more facilities like this one are created? How can donors help fund recycling projects?

A state-of-the-art recycling centre in the Australian coastal town of Shoalhaven will use revolutionary technology to recycle up to 90% of the region's household waste.

The Shoalhaven Recycling Facility, the first of its kind outside Poland and just the third centre built in the world, will sterilise, dry, and separate various materials and then heat waste to 150 degrees. Elements like plastic, metals, and glass will be repurposed into bricks, concrete, and sand, and sold to businesses like Cement Australia and Dulux.

"This facility will be Australia's first advanced treatment plant capable of diverting 90% of mixed waste from the landfill," said Amanda Findley, mayor of New South Wales’ Shoalhaven City Council. "Everything that can be reused or recycled will be extracted in one process."

Read the full article about this innovative recycling facility in Australia by Madeleine Keck and Erica Sanchez at Global Citizen