Goulburn is now home to a new Return and Earn depot designed to make recycling large numbers of eligible bottles, cans and cartons easier than ever before. The Goulburn Return and Earn Depot – the first depot and the 4th return point in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council area – was officially opened with a celebration…
Chatswood locals have a new location to recycle their eligible bottles, cans and cartons with the opening of a new Return and Earn machine at Chatswood Place. As the fifth return point in the Willoughby City Council area, it is now even more convenient for local community members to redeem their eligible bottles and cans for…
Cobargo has a new location to return and earn with the opening of a Return and Earn machine at the Cobargo Hotel. Bega Valley Shire residents are already enthusiastic recyclers, having returned over 43 million bottles and cans for recycling since Return and Earn launched in December 2017. “The community is helping reduce litter and…
Return and Earn has revealed that Guildford locals have returned a massive over 2,250,475 bottles and containers through the NSW Container Deposit Scheme over the last year. “We are thrilled to see so many people engaging with the Return and Earn Centre at Guildford. The scheme plays such an important role in Australia’s fight against…
South Australian customers are being encouraged to bring reusable containers to help them purchase their cold cuts, small goods, and other deli favourites at eight Coles supermarkets. Customers who bring in clean reusable containers with a resealable lid can ask deli Team Members to pack their items in their containers as part of a trial…
Recycling in Western Australia has just been made easier with Container Exchange Points expanded to be available for every local government area. Communities throughout WA are being urged to take up the opportunity to have free Container Exchange points installed, reducing litter and waste in parks, streets and waterways. “Container Exchange points are easy to…
Western Australians have saved 765 million 10 cent containers from landfill during the first year of operation of the State’s container deposit scheme. “When Containers for Change launched a year ago, an estimated 70 per cent of 10c containers were going to landfill, but now as many as 60 per cent of 10c containers are…
Queensland’s Container Refund Scheme, Containers for Change, continues to exceed all expectations and is celebrating another major milestone this week, with 800 million containers returned in just 10 months. Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch said this milestone was reached while Parliament was sitting in Townsville this week. “We know Townsville residents care about recycling because…
Canberrans are being encouraged to make new recycling habits after Minister for City Services Chris Steel recently launched the new Recycle Right campaign at the recycling discovery hub at Hume. “The Recycle Right campaign is designed to help reduce contamination and ensure that material can be easily recycled back into other products,” Minister Steel commented.…
Single-use plastic straws will be banned on Rottnest Island, helping eliminate plastic waste at the tourism hotspot. “The State Government continues to build on initiatives such as the single-use plastic bag ban, biodegradable fishing bait boxes and now the ban on plastic straws on Rottnest Island. Most plastic takes years to degrade, in some cases…