Hopetoun Men in Sheds runs a Containers for Change collection point that has raised more than $100,000 to give back to the community.
A group of mostly retired farmers on Western Australia's south coast have created a medical equipment library for their community funded by proceeds from a recycling program. President Darryl Quinn said a small group of volunteers work through cans and bottles every Saturday."I don’t know how many cubic meters we have saved going into the tip."
Hopetoun Men in Sheds member Bill Pike said the program, like the town, would be resilient in the face of the Ravensthorpe mine closure.Hopetoun, which had a population of 1,100 in the 2021 census, is a popular retirement town for the region, but residents often travel to Albany, Esperance or Ravensthorpe for healthcare.