By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. To help prevent this from coming true, AQWA has teamed up with Containers for Change. We’re asking every visitor to rethink their recycling and collect their 10c marked containers and ‘Bring 3 For the Sea’ when you visit AQWA! Instead of ending up in the ocean or landfill, your plastic bottles and containers will help protect endangered marine turtles and other marine life, with funds from eligible containers given directly to the AQWA Foundation, to support initiatives, like our turtle Rescue, Rehabilitate and Release program. All you have to do is drop your containers into our Containers For Change collection bin located at the base of AQWA’s main entrance. Not visiting AQWA anytime soon? You can still use our Scheme ID to donate to the AQWA Foundation when you drop your containers at your local collection point or depot. Our SCHEME ID is: C10321117 and you can head to the Containers For Change website to add our scan-pass to your Apple Wallet for easy access!

Get students excited for their excursion by involving them in our Bring 3 For the Sea campaign! We’re asking every student to bring three 10c marked containers with them to donate to the AQWA Foundation during their excursion.

When you book an AQWA excursion, simply request we post out a Containers for Change collection bag during your booking form, so you can start gathering your containers before you visit. We’ve even got a send-home information flyer available, to make it clear and simple for parents to join in!

Participating schools can receive a Certificate of Acknowledgement for helping the AQWA Foundation.

Members of our community can make use of our handy Donation Point, located just outside of AQWA’s main entrance and accessible 24/7.

If you’re an AQWA Visitor, you’ll also notice dedicated Containers For Change bins throughout the venue to dispose of any drink containers. The kids (and adults…) will love using the NEW reverse vending machine, located in the AQWA Café

Not a local? No worries! We love that you still want to donate your containers to AQWA Foundation. You can do it by dropping your containers at your local collection point or depot, selecting Donate for your refund, and using our Scheme ID: C10321117 (Aquarium of Western Australia). You can even add our scan-pass to your Apple or Google Wallet for easy access any time you want to donate!

We are proud to partner with Scouts WA Recycling for the management of our Donation Point! Scouts WA Recycling run a unique no-cost commercial collection and sorting service for organisations, which reduces the carbon footprint and other costs associated with large scale waste management. Better still, the Containers For Change scheme supports Scouts WA Recycling to do this, with additional proceeds used to support Scouts WA, our premier youth organisation.