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[ACT, NSW, QLD, WA] Recycling Pickup Service $0.03 Per Item (Receive $0.07 Instead of $0.10 Per Item, Min Qty 150) @ Re-Collect

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[ACT, NSW, QLD, WA] Recycling Pickup Service $0.03 Per Item (Receive $0.07 Instead of $0.10 Per Item, Min Qty 150) @ Re-Collect
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save50 on 29/06/2022 - 18:37 re-collect.com.au (5626 clicks)
Last edited 27/06/2024 - 10:06 by 4 other users

Heading to the return point can be messy and eat up a good chunk of your day. ReCollect lets you ditch the dirty work while still getting money back! We handle the pick up and recycling, get the return. It’s an easy 3-step process!

Step 1
1. Download & Sign Up
Download ReCollect from the App Store or Google Play, or visit our web app. Sign Up, press “book a pickup”, enter your address and date.

Step 2
2. Book a Pickup
On your pickup day, label your bags and place them outside by 8am. The driver will pick them up and take them to our depot for counting. Use the directions / comments section to give specific instructions for the driver (for example “Call this number when arriving” or “Bags are alongside the fence”).

Step 3
3. Cash-out or Donate
We will count your bags and credit your account within a few days after pickup. We even show you what we counted! We’ll deduct a service charge of 3c per container from your refund to cover the collection costs, and the rest of the money is all yours! You can cash out via direct deposit to your nominated account, or donate to a local charity!

From FAQ:

Is there a minimum number of bags or containers?
1 bag with at least 150 containers. If you have smaller bags please have around 150 containers.

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Comments

    • nikoris on 29/06/2022 - 19:48
      +24

      '30% in fees' lol you literally tried to make it sound as expensive as possible lmfao
      Its a very good price, i dont recycle because it's not worth it. I have to save all the bottles somewhere and i have to spend time to go there and do the actual recycle.

      • Forenti on 29/06/2022 - 20:30
        +8

        '30% in fees' lol you literally tried to make it sound as expensive as possible lmfao

        They advertise it on their own website as a 30% service fee

        • Shwayne on 30/06/2022 - 01:22
          +1

          30% of the 10 cents they give you for each can and bottle.

      • Flying Ace on 30/06/2022 - 07:35
        +4

        It's not worth it to you, but maybe it's worth it for the environment?

        • LFO on 30/06/2022 - 12:40
          +1

          maybe it's worth it for the environment?

          Maybe if it is actually and properly recycled.

          Aluminum for sure it is .
          Cardboard from containers/poppers not too sure.
          Glass for sure not too popular

          • Protractor on 28/12/2023 - 16:52

            @LFO: The market is driven by participation as much as any other factor. The more players the more success.
            The biggest impediment is politicians and local govts.

        • akl977ad on 28/12/2023 - 10:01

          I know a few that used to recycle but no longer do so.

          Why? Well remember a few years ago they ran a media blitz news where they said it actually just gets dumped in a different country? I think they ran something along the lines of it all goes to China who is no longer accepting them so they end up in the same location of the red bin.

          This kinda stuck so they don't bother anymore no matter if it is still true or not. And I suspect they think they've paid the 10c what they call "environment tax" so it's not their problem to do so anymore.

          On some weeks I see a person on a trolley going around the whole area raiding the bins in my area for example, also the council rubbish bin just outside the station. Not all days though. Probably once a month thesedays, used to be weekly.

        • trapper on 26/06/2024 - 19:04
          +3

          but maybe it's worth it for the environment

          It was already recycled!

          We've been recycling for many years with a separate bin for recyclables, probably for decades.

          Now, we pay a 13-cent fee per bottle and have to drive halfway across town to feed them into a machine one by one, only to get back just 10 cents per bottle.

        • 1st-Amendment on 27/06/2024 - 16:33

          the environment

          Can you define what this means exactly?

          Because a lot is done in the name of 'the environment' but no-one ever seems to be able to quantify anything about it. So how can you be sure what you are doing is beneficial if it's not measured?
          Like how some bum comes around each week and takes all my bottles out of my recycle bin to take them up the road to another recycle bin to be paid by taxpayers. How many units of 'environment' are being saved with this activity?

    • Almost Banned on 27/12/2023 - 22:40
      +1

      The real question is, WHAT'S THE NORMAL PRICE???
      If this is the everyday price, what makes this a deal, let alone a front page deal?

      • Fayble1212 on 28/12/2023 - 14:44

        In NSW processing companies get paid 4c per unit to process them, so you get 7c and they get 7c.

        We are going halfzies, no wonder salvos and vinnies are doing it with volunteers at the forefront.

        • Almost Banned on 28/12/2023 - 16:24

          Here in WA I drop off bags of deposit eligible containers to my local Good Sammies and get the whole 10c per item deposited directly into my bank account.
          They get their own cut.

    • bbcw1980 on 26/06/2024 - 18:50

      Why don't you do it for free?

  • Flyerone on 29/06/2022 - 18:46
    +1

    How is getting 7c per container as opposed to 10c per container a deal?

    • Matt P on 29/06/2022 - 19:01
      +76

      This sort of thing is aimed at people who would otherwise put them into the recycling because they can't be bothered collecting the 10c themselves

    • thorntonchan on 29/06/2022 - 19:15
      +45

      3 cents per can for labour is a pretty good deal!

    • Lukian on 30/06/2022 - 00:04
      +2

      Depends on petrol prices to nearest drop.

    • Geoff01 on 30/06/2022 - 08:21
      +3

      Stay at home as opposed to driving to recycling centre.

    • jacross on 30/06/2022 - 10:27
      +1

      The first thing to say is this ISN'T a deal. It's a service and I think posting it here as a deal is a little iffy but it's not the only example.

      But to discuss the idea of this further, the 'deal' as in why is this a good service, is that they do the most annoying bit for you. The reason why I stopped doing it was because it wasn't worth my time because my time is very valuable. This potentially solves that problem for me. Potentially, as I'd have to think about it some more.

    • entropysbane on 27/12/2023 - 20:00

      People might be prepared to pay for the convenience. I know people that get Uber to deliver a thick shake.

      That said, I would not think the OzBargain crowd would be a target audience. We get three cents less a bottle!

      • tonka on 27/12/2023 - 20:18
        +1

        Surely Ozbargain people attach some value to their time though. Unless you're cashing these by the trailer-load the 3c likely won't even cover your fuel.

        • entropysbane on 28/12/2023 - 08:31

          Mountain Dew is our nectar.

        • Mokr on 26/06/2024 - 19:36

          How much value is your time worth is a incorrect statement

          As most of us do not work during our time off

          Think of it as a low cost hobby

          This it will save you money

          As you will be less tempted to go on ozbargain

    • RubenM on 27/12/2023 - 21:32
      +2

      Time value of money!
      Say you have 100 containers, you "lose" $3.
      How long will it take you to drive to the local return depot? Say 10 minutes and let's also say that it takes you 10 minutes to return them and costs you $1 in fuel/car maintenance to drive there.
      Then if you value your time at over $4/hour, this is a bargain.
      Or if you only have 50 containers, you only have to value your time at $1/hour for this to make sense!

      • tonka on 27/12/2023 - 22:54

        And worse, wading through the inch thick disgusting congealed old syrup. Or loading your car full of sticky rubbish then finding the machine is out of order at the end of your drive and having to reload that rubbish back into your car and back to your house. Or worse queuing up in the old congealed syrup to have the machine go out of order before you get to the front.

      • fletchertel on 29/12/2023 - 17:25

        This is all correct and a great point,

        However I believe the time value of money would refer to the value of holding the cash. i.e. in this case, if you have 100 cans worth $10 and these guys pick it up, you get $7, BUT if you otherwise would have not returned the can for several months, you are up $7 for those months, which has value (at minimum that value is the interest rate at the bank, but it could also be a very different number i.e. could be the $7 you needed to pay rent, pick up a great deal, ect.)

    • brendanm on 27/12/2023 - 21:57
      +1

      Better than the 0c I get sticking them in the recycling bin.

    • Protractor on 28/12/2023 - 16:55
      +1

      If it gets ppl to recycle for a start. Then there's older ppl or less mobile ppl where the service may work. 7c per kg in someones pocket beats disposing of it for no return

      • Mokr on 26/06/2024 - 19:39

        When will we get back to milk bottles in glass

  • sharkyoz on 29/06/2022 - 18:46
    -8

    free pick-up, but they deduct 30% to cover costs of pick-up lol

    • spaceflight on 29/06/2022 - 23:16
      +13

      Then do it yourself for "free" and pay for your petrol and time taken to return them.

      • sharkyoz on 30/06/2022 - 03:14

        I do.
        Was just pointing out the hypocrisy of saying they have free pick-up when it isnt.

    • bargain77 on 29/06/2022 - 23:23

      It’s not free but they pay you 7c each for your bottle instead of 10 cent at collection centres.

    • Protractor on 28/12/2023 - 16:55

      Yes because their fuel is free, or maybe they run their cars on plastic bottles?

    • timps on 29/06/2022 - 20:48
      +8

      Reading is hard eh.

  • poohduck on 29/06/2022 - 18:50
    +95

    Gees, what a bunch of whingers! Do you guys take anything to a recycling station? I doubt very much that this service is a money maker via their collecting - would 30% of bugger all cover their fuel or their time?

    • DMFD on 29/06/2022 - 19:32
      -3

      Yes, Yes I do.

    • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 19:35

      Our community group take 4000 to 5000 containers in every two months. There are a lot of free lancers who do pick up services for tax free pocket money.

      • poohduck on 01/07/2022 - 11:20

        that must be similar to the families in 3rd world countries who exist by picking through what is dumped in the tip. Do you believe those free lancers are not living in poverty? I would be thankful that the money is going to someone who needs it and that they are willing to do something for it. It sounds like a win / win. Those on unemployment are still able to earn money legally - they'd need to; $642 a fortnight for a single with no dependents, $691 for a single with child or children! https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-jobseeker-paym…

      • Boioioioi on 10/07/2022 - 17:51

        thats like $400-500 every two months. Not that much. Having said that its better than nothing!

    • nikoris on 29/06/2022 - 19:49
      +1

      what he said

    • savemore on 29/06/2022 - 20:14

      Would depend if they were doing this as a registered recycling collector. In some states, an additional payment is provided on top of the 10c that the general public receive, otherwise why would businesses that deal with recycling bother?

      • spaceflight on 29/06/2022 - 23:17

        For the value of the scrap material?

  • 0 0 0 on 29/06/2022 - 18:50
    +14

    In Victoria it costs us to recycle. We pay our local council to pick up our bottles. So still a win for us.

    • akl977ad on 28/12/2023 - 10:14

      How does that even work? Wouldn't people just chuck it in the red bin then?

    • trapper on 26/06/2024 - 19:09

      We already pay for that also.

  • TechieARG on 29/06/2022 - 18:52
    +3

    I guess it is a good idea for some people, but I would say that it is not the right forum for it

    • Laziofogna on 29/06/2022 - 19:22
      +3

      You forget the RM Williams boots army

      • Yve on 29/06/2022 - 20:15
        +2

        You won’t need to recycle your shoes if you purchase a pair of comfort craftsman! A pair will last you more than 10 years, that’s at least 6 years more than the regular made in China pair.

    • jacross on 30/06/2022 - 10:29

      Yes I agree. This isn't a deal. It's advertising a service. Any service that has a customer base is a useful service, but we don't post a free for all of advertising here.

      I'm glad it has been brought to my attention but I question its place here.

  • Jpo on 29/06/2022 - 18:53
    +6

    I'm in VIC and my recycling bin is full so this could be useful for me

  • thorntonchan on 29/06/2022 - 18:55
    +45

    You guys (whinging over 3c) (mod: removed inflammatory language), you would only be saving the equivalent of minimum wage if you processed 680 of your own cans per hour. Not including travel to and from. Recycling is important and this is a fantastic service that benefits everybody.

    • lesher on 30/06/2022 - 10:52
      +3

      Seriously I don't get why people gets so salty over this, it's an acceptable "cost" and honestly it's great for people who are lazy or too busy than them potentially dumping their stuff in garbage bin that leads to more landfill

      • bpop99 on 30/06/2022 - 12:21
        +1

        Actually, the first thought I had in mind is how they'd make money off something like this… Likely they don't and are probably funding this through donations / etc or maybe through the economics of a few whales (who subsidise all other loss making pick ups)

      • akl977ad on 28/12/2023 - 10:26

        People are salty about this but isn't salty about the actual container return scheme.

        People have been recycling bottles and cans through the yellow council bin without the need to inflate prices by 15c just to force you to drive there (costing petrol and harming the environment).

        And the target market which is to encourage people to pick out bottles and cans from red bins and put them in the collection to get some change back, saw some guys do it around the area previously.

        Some guy tried to do it at the local station near the carpark. They put a police car there which doubles as traffic infringement officer and the rest of the squad goes up and checks tickets.

        They did it for a while and I don't see the guy anymore. No chance of rummaging through station bins and you can also forget about shopping centres as they're also patrolled by security guards.

        Used to have a guy rummage all our bins every week, someone must have complained to the council as I don't see him anymore (haven't in a long time)

        NSW government has actually closed off a number of container deposit locations, which doesn't help. It's unsanitary to rummage through bins but each to their own.

        But with more strict enforcement by a range of stakeholders ranging from NSW government, shopping centres and councils they've just killed off the target market which the container deposit scheme is meant to target.

  • ozbar on 29/06/2022 - 19:03
    -5

    Wth is charge 3cents per container?

  • THX on 29/06/2022 - 19:10
    +19

    got some real cent counters here if you're concerned about 3c per container

  • MeesusEff on 29/06/2022 - 19:14
    +10

    3c each is pretty reasonable, I get no free (day) time with 2 under 3, so might actually use this.

    Edit : not in WA 😞

    • save50 on 29/06/2022 - 19:17

      Perth is available from now on.

      • savemore on 29/06/2022 - 20:24

        Are you affiliated with ReCollect?

      • Gaz1 on 30/06/2022 - 16:03

        Do you have a link for Perth home collection?

      • Gaz1 on 03/07/2022 - 15:21

        I contacted them & they said Perth will be available around the end of July.

  • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 19:15
    +9

    In QLD they will do this for free and give you the whole 10 cents.

    • Tleyx on 29/06/2022 - 19:20
      +2

      Do they come and pick it up, have you for link

    • cobknob on 29/06/2022 - 20:11
      +2

      This free home collection service allows you to cash in your containers
      from the comfort of home and is available in selected Queensland suburbs now.

      How is this service even funded. Fuel prices atm are crazy! and are just gonna get worse.

      • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 20:14

        Cause the price of drinks went up 10 cents and lots don't get redeemed. So there is millions of dollars to run this program.

        • spaceflight on 29/06/2022 - 23:20

          Anything put into a recycling bin is returned, it's end extra way the waste companies make money.

      • ProlapsedHeinous on 26/06/2024 - 19:27

        Im pretty sure the actual rebate is more like 15c per container. When the recycling mobs pay you, they are also taking a cut. So i guess if they collect enough volume, they can still make it work.

    • Qwertyjnr on 29/06/2022 - 20:11
      +1

      In Toowoomba, QLD there is a company that has provided me with a wheelie bin to put the containers in and they come and collect and transfer money to my account. No fees, full 10c refund per container.

  • c64 on 29/06/2022 - 19:20
    +1

    what sort of bags do you need to use?

    • DirtyBoots on 28/12/2023 - 00:43

      Yeah, I'm curious here. I have stockpiles of cans, bottles etc. in plastic tubs. If I need to buy garbage bags or similar for these, I'm keen to know what's acceptable and what's not. Can't see to see it on the website either..

      • tonka on 28/12/2023 - 01:53
        +1

        I use the 240 litre bin liners. You can request them to leave bags behind after the first pickup, and those bags would be suitable for glass if you need them, but for cans and plastic I prefer the big bin liners. I bought a 240l wheelie bin from Bunnings, put the bin liner in it. Fill it up. Then leave the bag out the front with a bit of tape on it with my ID number and they collect it. Very easy no fuss.

  • Laziofogna on 29/06/2022 - 19:20

    Do they love their exclamation marks or what?

  • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 19:21

    Watch out for theft. Can't leave the bags somewhere obvious.

  • tanastra on 29/06/2022 - 19:23

    I wonder how much they make money out of 3 cents plus state govt buy back ??

    • sunnyc on 26/06/2024 - 21:15

      15 cents the government gives

  • stevelo on 29/06/2022 - 19:26
    +7

    100 cans for $7 free pickup compared to $10 delivered yourself. Just option, just like meals delivery. Pretty good option for some people.

  • King Steuart on 29/06/2022 - 19:26
    -2

    What

  • Jaduqimon on 29/06/2022 - 19:28

    They actually get more than 3c. The government pays them more than 10c if they submit in bulk.

    My local grocery store also does this and they told me they get more than 10c back from gov.

    • cobknob on 29/06/2022 - 20:16
      +1

      This must only work because waste disposal rates are increasing and companies like Cleanaway cost more nowadays. Probably ends up saving money for local councils too.

      • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 20:17
        -1

        It works because all the drinks prices went up 10 cents and a lot don't get returned.

        • cobknob on 29/06/2022 - 20:44
          +1

          You know fees at waste sites have skyrocketed too.

          When recycling vehicles carry less weight and space their fuel costs go down. You'd be surprised how much space plastic bottles take even when compacted. Same goes for cans. Lets not forget to mention glass weighs a shitload! Factor all that in and your local gov saves the dough.

          Fairly certain this is why they are willing to cough up extra cash past the 10c per container.

          • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 20:47

            @cobknob: Your costs argument might be correct, but I can assure you that there is millions (and millions) of dollars generated from the extra 10 cents on the price of every drink sold and so many not being redeemed.

  • ATangk on 29/06/2022 - 19:35

    Subsidies. Else how on earth would something like this make any sense except for volunteers, that 3c per item wont pay for anything.

    • bigspike on 29/06/2022 - 19:37

      We get about 4 to 5000 in a normal trailer.

      • RolandWaites on 29/06/2022 - 19:47
        +5

        I'd expect you to get more than four cans to a trailer!

      • ATangk on 29/06/2022 - 19:50

        The average household does not have a trailer full of cans to recycle. If there were 5000 cans, at an average of 50c a soft drink can, is $2500 in drinks. For alcohol, that is closer to $15k…

  • MaxHashrate on 29/06/2022 - 19:36
    +1

    what a pity it isn't in WA

    The time cost and petrol to one of these places is surely worth 30%. I mean unless u have a large amount this service is actually worth it.

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