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Queensland Celebrates 10 Billion Containers Recycled
Queensland, take a bow — you’ve returned over 10 billion drink containers through Containers for Change! That's a monumental win for our environment, communities, and wallets.
Container Exchange Points: A Smart Way to Recycle on the Go
Picture this: you're enjoying a walk through a park, soaking up the sun at the beach, or taking a scenic stroll, only to realise you’ve got an empty drink bottle or can and no idea what to do with it. You don’t want to litter, but taking it home is a hassle.
Enter: the CEP.
100,000 Containers Saved from Landfill at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
In February 2025, Pacific Fair Shopping Centre partnered with local charity, 10 Cent Tom, to collect eligible 10 cent containers consumed at the Gold Coast centre.
In just three months, they saved more than 100,000 bottles and cans from landfill - giving each one a second life through Containers for Change.
A Million Reasons to Recycle at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
At last weekend’s NRL double-header, fans at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium - home of the North Queensland Cowboys - hit a huge milestone: over one million drink containers recycled through Containers for Change!
Your Containers Can Help Save Endangered Sea Turtles
Every container you recycle through Containers for Change can do more than reduce landfill - they can help protect one of Queensland’s most loved marine animals: the sea turtle.
Hooked on Change: Brown Plains Hits 100 Million Containers Recycled
When local fisherman Graham Rose pulled into Browns Plains Bottles and Cans on Friday 4 April 2025, he thought it was just any regular recycling run.
But tucked among the 2,203 containers he dropped off that day was the 100 millionth container returned at the depot.
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