Hawkesbury City Council will install 30 Return and Earn bin baskets on public bins to improve public place recycling and keep eligible bottles and cans out of the litter stream and landfills.
The bin baskets will be attached to council bins in high-traffic areas to enable people to leave their drink containers for someone else to collect. Residents or community groups can then easily collect the containers from the bin baskets to recycle at a nearby Return and Earn location for the 10c refund.
A recent trial of the simple but innovative solution by Return and Earn scheme coordinator Exchange for Change, found the bin baskets were effective at reducing drink containers going into the public bins and landfill by up to 80 per cent.
This initiative supports Hawkesbury City Council's goal to reduce the amount of items going into landfill.
The bin baskets were provided by Exchange for Change as part of its Return and Earn Bin Baskets for Councils program.
