A new partnership between Zoos Victoria and Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme is striving to help save the threatened species of frogs.
The campaign is titled the ‘Don’t Kiss This Frog’ initiative – because unlike fairy tales, the real magic happens when you return your empty drink containers and they are remade into something new.
Zoos Victoria said too many drink containers end up polluting the ecosystems frogs, like the Southern Giant Burrowing Frog, rely on.
By returning an eligible drink container for a 10-cent refund, people can reduce the number of containers polluting ecosystems and help fund research.
Visitors to Werribee Open Range Zoo can donated their eligible drink containers to support conservation programs or purchase a drink at a retail outlet and return it to the designated Don’t Kiss This Frog
bins.
You can also donate your own containers at CDS Vic refund points across Victoria by selecting Zoos Victoria as your preferred donation partner.
Zoos Victoria chief executive Dr Jenny Gray said, “Fighting frog extinction doesn’t need to be a fairy tale, especially when Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme helps Victorians make better decisions about their waste, while helping to fund programs that will see our most threatened species hop well into the future”.
Marianne Doyle, interim chief executive of scheme coordinator VicReturn, said, “The partnership between Zoos Victoria and Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme gives Victorians the chance to turn waste into a
way to restore habitats, reduce litter and support Zoos Victoria’s recovery programs for critically endangered species – and we’re so proud to be part of the change”.
