Initiated by

Southern Mitchell Rotary

Plastic Bread tags go to “Bread tags for Wheelchairs” and are made into wheelchairs which are shipped all over the world to disadvantaged people.

Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

See some Aussie Funded Wheelchairs

PLEASE HELP BY COLLECTING...

  • Clean plastic lids - milk, soft drink, water bottles + UHT milk cartons.

  • Medicine (pill) blister packs.

  • Bread tags, metal wine and soft drink screw caps + beer crown seals.

  • Our Local Drop-Off Points…
    Kilmore - Rotary Recycle Op Shop. 84 Sydney St,. Kilmore
    Wallan - 151 Raglan St, Wallan (please place in blue bin in carport).

BEFORE YOU DONATE YOUR RESCUED LIDS,
please ensure that you have completed the following:

  • all of your lids are eligible

  • all milk lids have had white foam seals removed (before washing).

  • all washed and dried before packaging in recycled bags or boxes.

  • all lids have been colour-sorted (only if your collection is over 5kg).

  • Lids bigger than a credit card can be put into your Council recycling bin.

24-07-2024

At our Get-Together tonight, we all became involved sorting lids and bread tags for our Collect To Protect project, which is all about environmental recycling.

A small group gathered for a couple of hours to sort at the home of Rotarian Lisa (Rotary Collect 2 Protect Coordinator) in Wallan on Sunday 6/8/23.

Sorting day, Sunday 2nd July.

- 7.1 kg of bread tags to Bread tags for Wheelchairs
https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/

- 29.4 kg of lids to Southern Ocean Environmental Link (SOEL)
https://soel.org.au/plastic-recycling-programs/

- 192.2 kg of lids to GT Recycling
https://gtrecycling.com.au/

- In case you’re wondering…that’s about 88, 650 lids!!!

A RECENT DELIVERY DAY ACHIEVEMENT

Rotarian Lisa and her hubby delivered 164.2 kg of lids to Precious Plastic.

That’s 65,680 lids!

  • WANT TO HELP SORTING ? 1pm-3pm, 1st Sunday of the month in Wallan
    Email Rotarian Lisa - kyllos1@bigpond.com

and we accept the following:

  • 2s

  • 4s

  • CSI

  • 5s

  • No number

  • UHT

  • Squeeze yoghurt lids

Find the number stamped on the inside of the lid.

When preparing a donation, this is what we need:

  1. CLEAN with inserts removed

  2. DRY (otherwise they grow black mould)

  3. COLOUR SORTED is great

  4. POLYMER SORTED (2s,4s) is amazing

  5. PACKAGED IN ANY CLEAN, recycled container or bag.

What we cannot accept:

  • Broken toys

  • Pop tops

  • Flip tops

  • RATs

  • Lego

or any other bits of random plastic

We also accept:

Medicine blister packs

Drink can pull tabs

Beer bottle tops, the ones without the complete rubber seals

Wine bottle metal screw-top lids

As much as we would like to, we can’t recycle all plastic lids. We take a wide variety of lids smaller than a credit card

THE ZEPHYR BLOCK, WEIGHING IN AT APPROX 1.5KG EACH

Every block is produced entirely from plastic bottle caps, using roughly 500 post-consumer lids per piece. Supported by Sustainability Victoria, this z-shaped block is a core component of our recent collaboration for the community garden at Central Ringwood Community Centre Eastern Vic), shown here in 2 formations - a basic raised garden bed, and a raised planter 'trough' with half barrel.

SOUTHERN OCEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LINK

Products are made in Queenscliff and made from 100% recycled milk bottle lids, donated locally. Lids are shredded into small granules and remanufactured into unique products! No two products are the same, each has unique colourings. Colours vary from light pastels to bright vibrant finishes.

PRECIOUS PLASTICS MELBOURNE

Precious Plastic manufacture quite a range of products out of the materials we supply to them.

Please click HERE to view them.