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"Did you put the recycling out?"

It's a phrase regularly recited in millions of households across Australia, followed by a hollow rumble as the yellow-lidded wheelie bin is hauled to the kerb. It's a ritual that, in one form or another, takes place in more than 90% of Australian homes.