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The Containers for Change scheme exchanges 10 cents for every eligible beverage container returned to a registered Container Refund Point (CRP) in Queensland. This has translated into $4 million for Gympie area residents, charities, community groups and businesses since the scheme began in November 2018. Ken Noye is the chief executive of Containers Exchange, the not for profit organisation that administers the scheme. He said the elimination of 40 million containers from the Gympie environment was a worthy milestone, but also a recycling effort everyone needed to continue to build on. �...

Premium Content Subscriber only An automatic bottle and can recycling facility has been proposed for a warehouse site in Rockhampton City. Australian recycling company, Return-It Pty Ltd, has lodged plans for a facility at 220 Kent St, near Derby St, Rockhampton City. The facility involves the sorting of bottles and cans using manual methods and automated sorting equipment and machines. Return-It depots aim to provide easy and convenient options for customers for container recycling and sorting through the Queensland’s Containers for Changes scheme. Customers take empty beverage containers ...