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Pay a Premium to ensure Your old Mattress gets Recycled?

A new survey by Soft Landing Mattress Recycling, Australia’s largest mattress recycler, reveals Australian consumers’ strong stance on mattress sustainability and recycling. It issues a call to action to councils and retailers nationwide to help solve the growing problem of mattresses in landfills. The newly released ‘Mattresses Matter’ Sustainability Survey finds that Australians are highly…

Coles new three-year partnership with Planet Ark

To mark World Environment Day ( 5 June 2023), Coles has announced a new three-year partnership with leading environmental not-for-profit, Planet Ark, to help further its efforts to reduce food waste and packaging, and to tackle the challenge of plastic waste and recycling. Planet Ark is one of Australia’s most trusted environmental organisations and is…

Cobargo Has a New Return and Earn

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…

Coles Trials Bring-Your-Own Deli Containers in SA

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…

More Container Exchange Points in Western Australia

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…

765 Million Cans Saved in Western Australia

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…

WA Raises $2 Mill for Charity from Drink Containers

Western Australians have raised more than $2 million for thousands of local community groups by donating refunds from drink containers through the State’s Containers for Change initiative, with more than 627 million containers returned State-wide since the launch.  Environment Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson made the announcement while visiting Return-It in Geraldton, which has received the most…

800 Million Containers Returned Through Queensland Refund Scheme

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…