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Community Groups Can Cash-in on Containers
Queensland’s Container Refund scheme starts on 1
November and Chris Whiting MP is urging all locals
and community groups to familiarise themselves
with the scheme.
The Breakfast Club Needs You! “The Palaszczuk Government is committed to reducing the
The Breakfast Club hub has been open just over amount of plastic pollution in our environment.
“In Queensland we use about three billion containers every
a year. It is run solely by volunteers who do an year, and they make up a large part of the litter across the state,
amazing job! There are days they are run off their despite the fact they can be easily recycled.
feet making sure that the guests receive as much
help as they can possibly give them. They do a lot of listening, “Our Container Refund Scheme will encourage Queenslanders
to recycle plastic with a 10c refund payment,” Chris Whiting said.
sometimes to very sad stories. Thank you to the Support Local community, sporting and charitable groups can also
Volunteers for all you do, not just at the hub but during meal benefit from the new scheme, either by collecting containers
services and on our outreach runs. We could not continue to themselves, or registering to allow people to donate their
make a difference without you. refund to their group.
Now is your chance to join this wonderful team! They are “I encourage all of the many fantastic groups across the Bancroft
looking for more support volunteers to help out at the hub electorate to register their group, so that locals can choose to
on Tuesday or Thursday. If you are available on either of these help out by donating their refund to them,”
days between 8.30am and 2.00pm please take the time to “We are also working with P&Cs Queensland to enable schools
find out more. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator by email - to benefit by becoming a collection point, if they wish,” said
volunteers@thebreakfastclubredcliffe.org.au
Chris Whiting.
The Queensland scheme will run on a not-for-profit basis, and
has been developed following extensive consultation with the
community and other stakeholders.
Local collection points will be in Rothwell, Burpengary,
Morayfield, Kallangur, Redcliffe, and Caboolture, for more
information on where you can deposit your containers visit:
www.containersforchange.com.au/where-can-i-return
For more information on registering your not-for-profit to
receive donations visit:
www.containersforchange.com.au/community-groups-and-
charities