Helping koalas in the Port Macquarie region just got a whole lot easier with the expansion of the Return and Earn recycling scheme to more collection points.
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Residents can now donate their recycling refunds to the Koala Hospital at six local recycling vending machines.
Reverse Vending machines (RVMs) are now located at:
- Caltex 24hr Hastings Co-op Fuel Station, 231 Oxley Highway, Wauchope
- Woolworths Lake Cathie, 2 Ocean Drive, Lake Cathie
- Coles Lake Innes Village, 525 John Oxley Drive, Port Macquarie
- Woolworths Port Macquarie, Corner Bay and Park Streets, Port Macquarie
- Hibbard Sports, 52 Boundary Street, Port Macquarie
- Kew Country Club, 185 Kendall Road, Kew
With close to 1,000 koalas in the Port Macquarie region and 8,000 across NSW perishing in the bushfires of 2019-2020, caring for injured and sick koalas, and conducting research and education, has become even more critical. All of these activities cost the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital money.
In NSW, the Return and Earn scheme can be found at over 600 locations. Members of the public can deposit eligible drink containers and earn 10 cents a container which they can then donate.
Since the scheme launched in 2017, over 2 billion containers have been collected which helps reduce litter and helps the environment.
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