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Cr Kathy Duff checks out some of the range of the goods for sale … she purchased the pink office chair, naturally<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 11, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy’s new recycling centre has officially opened for business but word-of-mouth has seen customers coming in for weeks ahead of the event.<\/p>\n

The RecycleLinks store – a project of disability employment group Link Community Services in partnership with the South Burnett Regional Council – is taking objects that would otherwise find their way into landfill and turning them into useful items for sale.<\/p>\n

The warehouse is located in the former Gardening AdVentures premises on the corner of Kingaroy and Cornish streets.<\/p>\n

The gardening supplies business, also run by Link Community Services, is running alongside the new operation.<\/p>\n

CEO Leesa Osborne said there were two full-time staff at RecylceLinks as well as workers with a disability. Currently there are 10 people with a disability employed but at times there have been up to 20 workers, Leesa said.<\/p>\n

Donated items can be dropped off \u00a0at the store (the preferred option) or left in a special designated area at the Kingaroy Waste Transfer Station in Luck Road.<\/p>\n

Items can also be picked up by arrangement by telephoning store manager Jason Clark on (07) 4162-5355.<\/p>\n

The store is open from Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm, and from 8:00am-1:00pm on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

“We’d been thinking about it for 12 months or more,”\u00a0Link Community Services chairman John Kersnovski said.<\/p>\n

‘We are always looking for jobs for people with a disability in the community, and there are just not enough.<\/p>\n

“We saw the gardening business, and now recycling, as a way of creating opportunities.”<\/p>\n

Mr Kersnovski said recycle shops had proven popular in other towns such as Toowoomba and Warwick.<\/p>\n

“The idea was pioneered in Queensland by Logan City Council. It started there in a small way and is now a multi-million dollar business,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kersnovski is also a member of the Kingaroy State High School P&C which operates the regular South Burnett Mart Auctions in First Avenue.<\/p>\n

He said the two groups were co-operating; people with damaged goods that cannot be sold at auction are being referred to the recycling store to stop the items ending up at the tip.<\/p>\n

After they are donated to the store, the RecycleLinks workers repair the items for sale.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council Manager for Environment and Waste Services Craig Patch said Council had called for expressions of interest to run a recycling shop.<\/p>\n

RecycleLinks’ tender was successful and they were provided a space at the Kingaroy Waste Transfer Station.<\/p>\n

Mr Patch said if the concept proved successful in Kingaroy it could be extended to other towns in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

“Let’s get Kingaroy up and running and then we’ll look at expanding the model to other places as well,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mrs Osborne said Link Community Services could be interested in tendering for these other towns “if the need is there and we can prove it is viable”.<\/p>\n

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