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Bold recycling vision: Kelly, Adam, and Jeff of Mentone Optical Service are ready to recycle used materials. Picture: Supplied
Scouts on the move: The state government will contribute $250,000 to the construction of Carrum Downs Scouts’ new home. Picture: Supplied
Recycling opportunity seen clearly New home scouted out MENTONE Optical Service is making an effort to divert their contact lenses, blister packs, and cases from landfill as part of a national recycling program. The optometrist is collecting all brands of used contacts, blister packs, and cases to ship them off to be shredded, cleaned, and melted down into raw materials. The raw material can be used for many different purposes, including to create playgrounds, garden beds, and park benches.
The program is run in partnership with Terracycle, a recycling company that aims to make use of hard to recycle materials. Mentone Optical Service spokesman Adam Fortune said the business joined the recycling program to keep more “non-recyclable” waste out of landfill. “We signed up to the Terracycle recycling programme to be able to recycle more at work and at home,” he said. “Collecting used contact lens
waste in-store helps us contribute to the war on waste in our community.” Terracycle Australia general manager Jean Bailliard said that he is “really driven by the commitment of Australian businesses to recycling with our programs, and by their hard work in raising awareness about waste and sustainability.” Used items to be recycled can be collected at Mentone Optical Service, 18 Como Parade West, Mentone.
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Carrum Downs Scouts Group will soon move into a permanent new home, after the state government pledged $250,000 to finish a new facility. The new facility will include a mezzanine for meeting rooms, timber flooring, heating and cooling. It will also have a kitchen area, and an indoor adventure playground. The scouts currently operate out
of a pavilion at the Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve, however they have to relocate as part of the extensive redevelopment. They will move to Warehouse 1 Clifton Grove, Carrum Downs. The Carrum Downs Scout Group currently has 95 members. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “Carrum Downs Scouts give so much to our community, especially our young people. I am so glad we can now help them with their new home.”
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 19 September 2018