Business case study – Tommy Gun’s barber shop
At Tommy Gun’s barber shop in Canberra, staff have incorporated the ACT Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) into the business’ day-to-day operations and are raising money for social events along the way. …
Passionate recycler finds dream job with Return-It, thanks to Employ for Ability
Darcy Wilson has been interested in recycling since he visited the Materials Recovery Facility at Hume when he was six years old. …
Charlie, 10, is recycling to raise money for sick kids
When Charlie Brown was a toddler he needed to spend some time at Canberra Hospital. Now at 10 years old he’s running …
Find out how we are responding to COVID-19
Cash-back depots, Drop & Go Pods and Drop & Go Points located at IGA stores and Vinnies Belconnen are open for returns and can …
Container returns are helping the environment in unexpected way
Most people have never heard of the kowari, a small carnivorous marsupial. But William La Marca, founder and chairperson of …
Canberra choir recycles their way through COVID-19
The 50 members of the Strange Weather Gospel Choir are not just talented singers – they’re enthusiastic recyclers too. The …
Tiny hero recycling to help COVID-19 victims in India
Six-and-a-half-year-old Arushi Natu has been busy this year collecting bottles and cans to fundraise for two important causes using the ACT Container Deposit …
Food truck friends saving containers to help save others
Canberrans may have seen the Fares Bueller food truck in Braddon on Friday and Saturday nights, with friends Ismail Hammoud …
Give what you can, take what you need – how container donations are supporting street pantries in Ngunnawal
Two years ago Margaret McGrath decided that since she and her husband Paul were living comfortably, she would do something …