Recycling Truck visit inspires Junior Recycling Heroes

Published 16 August 2016

Excitement and intrigue builds across thousands of households in the Moreton Bay Region each week, when little ears hear the sounds of a rubbish truck approaching. 

For decades, this seemingly ordinary aspect of suburban living has captured the imagination of fascinated toddlers, who peer through windows and gates to watch the trucks carry their household waste away, all hoping to get a wave from the ‘rubbish man’. 

The children at the AEIOU centre at Bray Park got a special visit from rubbish man ‘Brett’ and his big blue Recycling Truck last month.

Moreton Bay Regional Council Division Eight Councillor, Mick Gillam, said the students were delighted by the visit, organised by council and Cleanaway. 

"AEIOU Foundation is committed to creating brighter futures for children with autism, and when that recycling truck arrived - their little eyes couldn’t have grown wider. Every child was wearing a great big smile," Councillor Gillam said. 

"The children took turns to sit in the driver’s seat, and Brett showed them all how to operate the controls. He also showed them how he watches what’s going into his truck from each bin, via a camera above the lifter."

"It was great to hear all the oohs and aahs when the wheelie bin lifter was in action. I doubt they could have been more excited if it was a fighter plane!"

Making the visit all the more special was the colour of the truck, with blue being the official colour of Autism Awareness in Australia.

Moreton Bay Regional Council and its waste contractor Cleanaway collect waste from more than 150,000 households across the region each week. 

If you want to find out more about Council’s School Recycling Program, contact council on 3205 0555 and lodge a request to Waste Services. 

Council thanks the students and staff at AEIOU Foundation at Bray Park for being recycling heroes!