
Robina Town Centre has teamed up with not-for-profit organisation Container Exchange to launch a new container recycling initiative named Partners for Change. Customers in the Robina Town Centre can dispose eligible drink containers in specially marked bins within the Food Atrium. Containers include aluminium cans and plastic bottles showing the 10-cent refund mark.

Container Exchange’s Containers for Change program, launched in late 2018, has paid out over than $400 million to Queenslanders in refunds as a result of more than 4 billion containers being recycled.
Kathleen Hart, General Manager of Robina Town Centre said: “We are honoured to be announced as the first major partner and pilot for Partners for Change here in Queensland. As a place of mass social gathering and a hub for the local community, we recognise the role we play and continue to develop our environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs accordingly, adopting new practices that will continue to deliver positive outcomes for our rapidly expanding community.”
“Together with Container Exchange we’re looking forward to implementing this trial, and will work diligently to ensure it’s understood and widely adopted by our local community. The aim is to increase recycling and divert waste onsite at Robina Town Centre, as well as providing customers with the knowledge to make positive changes at home too,” she said.
Queensland is projected to consume more than 2.7 billion drink containers each year, which end up contaminating waterways and the local environment or in landfill.
Robina Town Centre aims to cut its own footprint by diverting eligible containers sold within participating retailers from general waste systems to the new Partners for Change scheme.
CEO Ken Noye said, “This pilot will be a fantastic opportunity to increase recycling rates on the Gold Coast while also empowering Robina Town Centre customers with information to help them recycle more effectively at home.”
“We are delighted to be working with Robina Town Centre who have embraced the opportunity to be real change makers in their community.”
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