General News
17 April, 2025
Bin initiative aids community
Recycling bottles and cans has raised thousands of dollars for the community thanks to Carisbrook Lions Club’s bottle and can initiative.
The club have used the recycling refund points, alongside their fleet of 30 bins, to raise over $3000 for community initiatives.
Carisbrook Lions Club president Jefferson Hoober said the year-long project was a “no brainer” for the club.
“It’s good for the community and good for the environment,” he said.
The club is always putting their fundraising back into the community, Mr Hoober said, with a couple of thousand dollars going to the Carisbrook Netball Club for uniforms just this week.
“If everyone in the world gave a little bit back to the community I think the world would be a better place,” he said.
Mr Hoober encourages event organisers, businesses, and local organisations to get in touch so their bottles and cans can go to a good cause.
“We encourage anyone to get a hold of us, contact us, talk to us, and we’ll drop our bins to you. We make money and put it back into the community,” he said.
When full each bin holds around $30 in 10c bottle and can refunds. Across 30 bins the club has found it adds up.
“Over one weekend you might make five or six hundred dollars just in bottles and cans,” he said.
Locals will see 28 bins in action on Easter Monday at the Rheola Charity Carnival which is expected to raise around $500 for the community.
However, the fundraising doesn’t stop with the bins, because locals are able to donate their bottle and can refunds to registered charity or community organisations directly at the refund point.
“Stop throwing [bottles and cans] into the bin because we can make money and put it back into the community to do things … that we need,” Mr Hoober said.
