Bread Tags
Keep plastic bread tags out of the environment and raise money for charity. Aussie Bread Tags for Wheel Chairs, This program collects bread tags and sells them to Transmutation a small business in South Australia. The funds raised go to buying wheelchairs for people in need, mostly in Africa. You can also reduce bread tag use by getting your bread in your own reusable cloth bread bag Most bakeries are happy to help. Tip Top have introduced cardboard bread tags which can't be used, they should be tucked into an old envelopes and popped in your kerbside recycle bin to ensure they are recycled.
REDUCE
Ask your favorite commercial bread manafacturer to use carboard tags like Tiptop.
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Reduce your Bread tags/closures and your bread bags by getting your bread in your own bread bag. You can get sliced bread, unsliced and rolls at your local bakery without plastic in a cloth bread bag or some bakeries have paper bags on request.
RECYCLE
Recycled Roots and Leaves
343 Monbulk rd Silvan Thurs -Sun
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Kallista General Store Recycle Cabinet Kallista 7 days
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Tecoma Uniting Church Foyer Tues and Fri 9-1pm
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Transmutaion in SA make bowls and bread boards out of the bread tags,