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Meet The Fundraisers: Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School (PBC) has raised over $23,000 through recycling with Containers for Change in six years.
Find out how they're leading the way in school sustainability.
Keep Australia Beautiful Week: Make a Difference with Your Empty Bottles and Cans
This Keep Australia Beautiful Week, we’re celebrating the everyday actions Queenslanders are taking to reduce litter and protect the places we love - starting with something as simple as returning a bottle or can.
Meet the Charity Winner of ‘Turn 10 cents into $10,000’: Bayside Salvation Army
Retirement may be in sight for the tireless washing machine at the Bayside Salvation Army in Redland City - thanks to one humble 10-cent container that led to an incredible $10,000 windfall.
Queensland Celebrates 10 Billion Containers Recycled
Queensland, take a bow — you’ve returned over 10 billion drink containers through Containers for Change! That's a monumental win for our environment, communities, and wallets.
Container Exchange Points: A Smart Way to Recycle on the Go
Picture this: you're enjoying a walk through a park, soaking up the sun at the beach, or taking a scenic stroll, only to realise you’ve got an empty drink bottle or can and no idea what to do with it. You don’t want to litter, but taking it home is a hassle.
Enter: the CEP.
100,000 Containers Saved from Landfill at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
In February 2025, Pacific Fair Shopping Centre partnered with local charity, 10 Cent Tom, to collect eligible 10 cent containers consumed at the Gold Coast centre.
In just three months, they saved more than 100,000 bottles and cans from landfill - giving each one a second life through Containers for Change.
A Million Reasons to Recycle at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
At last weekend’s NRL double-header, fans at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium - home of the North Queensland Cowboys - hit a huge milestone: over one million drink containers recycled through Containers for Change!
Your Containers Can Help Save Endangered Sea Turtles
Every container you recycle through Containers for Change can do more than reduce landfill - they can help protect one of Queensland’s most loved marine animals: the sea turtle.
Hooked on Change: Browns Plains Hits 100 Million Containers Recycled
When local fisherman Graham Rose pulled into Browns Plains Bottles and Cans on Friday 4 April 2025, he thought it was just any regular recycling run.
But tucked among the 2,203 containers he dropped off that day was the 100 millionth container returned at the depot.
Caboolture Container Recycling celebrates 200 millionth container returned
On 13 June 2025, Caboolture Container Recycling hit an incredible milestone - 200 million containers returned!
Meet Narelle Hattink - the 73 year old local who returned the milestone container.
Your Local Container Return Point Might Be Closer Than You Think
Did you know there are more Containers for Change locations than McDonald's restaurants in Queensland?
So how close is your local return point? Spoiler alert: it's probably closer than you think.
Cooper takes on Kokoda Challenge with support from Browns Plains Bottles & Cans
Living with Cerebral Palsy has never slowed Loganlea State High School student, Cooper, down.
He's now taking on the 18km Kokoda Challenge with his team ‘The Rollers and Strollers’, with support from Browns Plains Bottles & Cans.
World Environment Day 2025: 4 Easy Ways to Help #BeatPlasticPollution with Containers for Change
Plastic pollution is one of the most fixable environmental challenges, with clear, achievable solutions already within reach.
Here are four simple ways you can help!
Origin still a win with milestone four million containers collected
In May 2025, one lucky State of Origin Game I attendee unknowingly recycled the four-millionth container through Containers for Change at a Stadiums Queensland venue.
Eight-year-old 'Can-do' kid Manaia returns 10,000 containers
Have you ever wondered if recycling your 10-cent containers really makes a difference?
Just ask eight-year-old Manaia Arbuckle from Cairns, who returned 10,000 containers, and donated half of her profits to the Ronald McDonald House.
QLD vs NSW – Which state will return more containers for Little Wings?
At Containers for Change, we know that small actions can have big impacts. Like how your empty drink containers can help fuel free flights for seriously ill children.
How might you ask? Through the incredible work of Little Wings.
How to donate your empty containers and make a difference
With over 9,000 charities, schools and fundraising groups registered in the Containers for Change network, you can turn your empties into support for a cause you care about.
Sea World Foundation and Containers for Change Team Up to Protect Our Oceans
Sea World Foundation and Containers for Change have announced an exciting new partnership aimed at tackling ocean pollution and promoting recycling efforts across Queensland.
Cheers to Health and Sustainability: Cairns Hospital Leads the Way
Saving lives while helping save the environment is the goal of a groundbreaking partnership between the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, Containers for Change and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
Eight billion containers returned through refund scheme
The Containers for Change scheme has put $800 million back in Queenslanders’ pockets. The scheme has continued to grow from strength to strength. It has taken just six months to reach this latest milestone, after the seven billionth container was returned in September 2023.
Turning containers into change for charity
Did you know that collecting containers is one of the easiest ways to donate to a charity or community group?
Top five reasons to recycle with Containers for Change
There are more reasons to recycle bottles and cans than just getting a 10-cent refund.
Raising funds for families at risk
See how not-for-profit organisation, Hearts of Purple are using container recycling donations to help fund the important work they do supporting people at risk of high-risk domestic violence situations.
Cheers to cashing in on spirits and wine
Get excited, Queensland! Glass wine and spirit bottles are now part of the range of eligible containers you can cash in for a 10-cent refund. We've put together a guide to help you get started.
Bright spark shines through scheme
We shine a light on one of our recycling superstars, Clayton from IMPACT Community Services.
Taking care of our furry friends
Meet the team from CQ Pet Rescue who are using container refunds to take care of our furry friends.
