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Recycle Rewards is a container refund scheme where Tasmanians can recycle eligible drink containers for a 10 cent refund. It increases recycle rates, reduces litter and gives back to the community!
Our Reverse Vending Machine is a great way to recycle your drink containers yourself. You can also donate to Vinnies while you do it!
Across Tasmania there are now Recycle Rewards depots, where you can go and donate your eligible drink containers. Each donation is worth 10 cents, and you can choose to donate that 10 cents to a charity of your choice, including the St Vincent de Paul Society!
Get started by registering for your free Recycle Rewards and start donating to Vinnies:
There are 49 depots across the state, and you can find the closest one to you through their interactive map!
Your donation goes straight to helping Vinnies provide emergency relief to struggling Tasmanians. That’s things like stocking our pantries and food vans, providing financial relief to those facing homelessness, keeping our homeless relief shelters open, providing youth programs and keeping all our other services running. Every donation helps us continue our good work.
The St Vincent de Paul Society are one of the many charities partnered with Recycle Rewards. By choosing us in the Recycle Rewards app and scanning your bar code at a Recycle Rewards reverse vending machine, you can donate your 10 cent refund to our organisation.
The St Vincent de Paul Society run a depot in Spreyton and a Reverse Vending Machine in Wynyard.
Vinnies operate both a depot and a reverse vending machine in Tasmania.
Our Spreyton Recycle Rewards Automated Depot is a fit-for-purpose, processing facility with the ability to process large volumes of containers. Our expert team at Spreyton can process your returns quickly and efficiently – up to 100 containers per minute! You can watch your containers being sorted and speak to the team about what happens after your containers are returned.
The Depot is undercover and provides easy access for returns of any size, or for those who simply want to experience the personalised Vinnies service. Our Spreyton depot is open Monday – Friday 9:15am to 4:45pm, and Saturday 9:00am to 1:00pm.
*Our depot will soon be able to pay cash for returns. We will keep the community updated as to availability.
Reverse vending machines are located across Tasmania and are a great way to recycle smaller volumes of drink containers. Our site in Wynyard is run by our dedicated team at Vinnies in Jackson St, Wynyard and is open Monday – Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm, and Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Returning your containers at one of our Vinnies operated sites will mean that you are helping us to support Tasmanians in need.
Yes! When using Recycle Rewards your entire donation goes to the charity you choose.
If you’re part of a school or community group, encourage others to collect containers to recycle and donate the proceeds to Vinnies.
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