The introduction of a state-wide container refund scheme will give people an incentive to collect and return containers for recycling, in exchange for a 10 cent refund payment. This will help to:
The scheme will also provide benefits to social enterprises, communities, and regional and remote areas by creating new job, recycling and fundraising opportunities.
The Scheme is a product stewardship arrangement with the costs of operating the scheme and recovering the containers for recycling, paid for by drink manufacturers. This means that drink manufacturers will take responsibility for ensuring that the environmental impacts from the empty drink containers are reduced.
Waste Transfer Stations not only provide a quicker, safer and easier way for members of the public to dispose of their waste, but it also benefits the environment.
MAMS operates Buyback Tip Shops at Cardwell, Tully, Mission Beach and Stoters Hill Transfer Stations under the principles of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle as part of our Waste Management Strategy.
The MAMS Group has skip bins available for hire in Innisfail and around the Cassowary Coast Shire, ranging from 3m3 to 15m3.
Our skip bins are perfect for the yearly home clean up, demolition job, events or when you are moving.