Almost 1.5 million cans, plastic bottles and stubbies were recycled in Queensland on the first weekend after the Containers for Exchange 10¢-a-container recycling scheme began on November 1.

CoEX’s two major recycling centre operators – TOMRA, which runs a similar but profit-based scheme in NSW; and Envirobank, which runs Northern Territory’s recycling scheme – both reported an enthusiastic public response.

At West End on Sunday people came from East Brisbane and the CBD to recycle their plastic bottles, cans and stubbies.

Elle Marx and Drew Sherwin from East Brisbane recycle their plastic and stubbies on Sunday at West End. Credit:Tony Moore

Elle Marx and Drew Sherwin came from East Brisbane to use the site on Montague Road at West End.