- ABC
Foundation Ltd set to increase efficiency of the Containers for Change scheme
in Carnarvon
- The
new can counting machine was supported with a $16,686 Regional Economic
Development (RED) Grant
Regional Development Minister Don
Punch visited Carnarvon today to meet with staff at the Containers for Change
facility and view their recently installed can counting machine.
The Containers for Change facility
sees teams collecting, sorting and processing containers for a 10c recycling
deposit. Since commencing the scheme in October 2020, the sites have
collectively removed over 14 million containers from landfill, while funding more
than 15,000 meals through their Food for the Mob program.
The new can counting machine in
Carnarvon is helping the ABC Foundation to secure a reliable and sustainable
source of income for their local community-based programs.
The project was supported by the State
Government through the Regional Economic Development (RED) Grants program. The
program aims to enhance economic development and job creation in regional
Western Australia, having committed $3,609,372 of RED funding to 32 projects in
the Gascoyne to date.
More than 50 new Gascoyne-based jobs
have been created through investment in local businesses and community
initiatives since RED Grants commenced in 2018.
Round 6 of the RED Grants program closes
tomorrow.
For
more information on the RED Grants program, please visit: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-primary-industries-and-regional-development/grants-and-funding
Comments attributed to Regional Development Minister Don Punch:
"The Cook Labor Government has
invested more than $16,500 towards the ABC Foundation's Cash for Containers
scheme, which will see 50 more cans counted at the Carnarvon facility.
"The local community will also
benefit from faster processing at the can recycling facility.
"Staff at the Containers for Change
facility have successfully completed training on operating the new machine
which is now installed and operational."
