Altona Gate Shopping Centre has launched a used toys donation program in partnership with Moose Toys and Circonomy, to help divert unused toys away from landfill.
The Bag It, Tag It and Drop It station will stay at the centre until the third week of March.
Here the community can donate their unwanted toys which will then be sorted through before being either re homed, repaired,or recycled via charity partners.
Circonomy will sort the toys to understand which items may be suitable for donations, safely repaired or recycled, avoiding unnecessary materials ending up in landfill.
With hopes to raise awareness and educate the local community, Altona Gate Centre Manager Chris Holmes said this is a new way to discard unwanted toys and encourage families to bring in toys they may have outgrown, are no longer working, or would simply like to regift.
“The program demonstrates our commitment to sustainability and our place in the community,” he said.
“We’ve had a fantastic response to the program so far with 489 toys, weighing 123kg already donated, and I’m looking forward to seeing where we finish at the end of the program.”
This program is designed to help combat the 28.6 million toys thrown in landfill in Australia each year.
