Hornsby Shire’s yellow lid bin recycling program is strong despite the China ban causing a global recycling crisis. Our recyclables are going to the Visy Materials Recycling Facility at Smithfield where they are sorted and sent for various remanufacturing processes. Materials such as paper, cardboard, PET and HDPE plastics and glass are processed here in Sydney. Our recyclables are not being stockpiled or going to landfill.