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Ellenbrook Rotary

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21.01.2022 For the 13th consecutive year The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating four stars from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. Only one percent of the charities assessed have ... achieved this standard. The rating reflects Charity Navigator’s assessment of how the Foundation uses donations, sustains its programs and services and practices good governance and openness. Your donations to The Rotary Foundation are well placed to provide maximum benefit to the local and international communities. Proud to be Rotarian!

17.01.2022 GETTING ON WITH THE JOB | See what our crews are getting up to in Gidgegannup at the moment to clear up the fire affected areas. For the latest information on the Wooroloo bushfire recovery, visit www.swan.wa.gov.au/bushfire2021

15.01.2022 What happens to the plastic we put in our recycling bins? In WA, most of us use co-mingled recycling bins to separate out our plastic, paper, metal and glass fr...om our food scraps and other waste. The recycling truck comes along to collect it all every fortnight, but then what happens? You might assume that if you put a plastic water bottle into a recycling bin, it's being recycled and turned back into a new water bottle. Sadly, this is not the case. Currently, there is no PET plastic reprocessing in WA, one plastic reprocessing plant in New South Wales and a recent plant built in Victoria. Both plants only have capacity to recycle 40,000 tonnes. So what happens to WA's plastic? It's not economically viable for us to send our plastic to the Eastern States for recycling, nor do they want it because they get enough plastic as it is. What really happens is our plastics are bailed up by the tonne and sold to overseas markets where only a portion is being recycled. Once the ban on exports of our waste is implemented is will be a requirement to keep it onshore. This is where Greenbatch Processing will be able to reduce the plastic being sent to landfill, by setting up the recycling plant in Western Australia. Surely it can't be that bad in Australia though? Australia produces a lot of plastic, over 1.3 million tonnes a year. That's 100kg per person. In just one minute Australians throw away 2267 plastic bottles, lots of this ends up in landfills or our oceans where it can take over 1000 years to degrade. Plastics are the most common litter items found on Clean Up Australia Day and it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.

14.01.2022 Its with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our friends at Greenbatch. With so much good work done to recover plastic that would otherwise be in landfill or even our oceans. The Verdant vista community garden will still be taking containers for change items in the meantime, while we work with other local partners to find ways to help recycle and re-use. Thanks to all for your support in protecting our community, the environment and its future!

08.01.2022 Thank you to Keely at the Saltbush Eco Store for making us a fantastic poster. We had a great morning today with good conversations about recycling and gardening. Thank you to those who came recycled with us today! Feel free to bring down your eligible containers to us and the proceeds go to the garden and rotary projects. The verdant vista comminuty garden also has plots available for those with green fingers!... If you cant get to the garden you can donate at any containers for change location using our Containers for change scheme ID. C10328808.

01.01.2022 We are busy sorting plasics at the verdant vista community garden this morning. Thank you to those donating this week. We are still working on educating others to reduce the use of plastic and also getting our hands dirty to reducing waste going into landfill and the ocean. A summary of Eligible Containers Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard beverage containers between 150ml and 3L are eligible for a refund. The scheme targets beverage containers most ...commonly seen as litter. You can check eligibility by scanning items barcode here: https://www.containersforchange.com.au/wa/ Bring them to us and get more information and advice any sunday between 9 and 11am. Alternatively go to any drop off point in WA and use C10328808 as the Containers for change scheme ID. Remember to Reduce, Recycle, Re-use!