Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

2026 will be our 8th and FINAL YEAR of accepting plastic bread tags for recycling.

Due to some states banning plastic tags and a general move to cardboard across Australia, there is a lot less new plastic (yeah!)
But we know you have a lot hoarded away, so please get them to one of our collection points or post them to us ASAP! See our FAQs for economical posting tips. No cardboard tags please.

We have now collected 15 tonnes of plastic bread tags to recycle through our partners Transmutation – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. That’s equivalent to the weight of five white rhinos – phew!Keep ’em coming – there must be a few more tonnes still out there ….. check our website for your closest collection point or our postal address : https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/.

We have received photos of five more wheelchair recipients in South Africa, taking our tally to 133.This is a message from 4 yr old Nsika’s Mum: “Thank you Breadtags Australia for affording us as a family to become more flexible with Nsika brand new wheelchair! 😊😊😊He loves it and enjoys the comfortability which the wheelchair affords him when going for his Dr appointments. Kind regards, Bernice”

We have now collected 13 tonnes of bread tags for recycling. That’s more than the weight of two African elephant bulls!This photo was taken at Addo, an elephant reserve in the Eastern Cape in South Africa, close to where we have provided some of our wheelchairs. Can’t believe we have shifted a couple of elephants over the last 5 years!

On World Environment Day 2024 we were delighted to win the SA Environment Awards in the Working Together category for not-for-profits. See all the pics here.

Our 80th wheelchair is a very special one. Twelve year old Anushca lives with lissencephaly, a rare brain condition. Her new wheelchair-stroller properly harnesses and supports her growing little body and also has space to carry her ventilator on board. It enables Anusha’s family to provide easier and better care for her: being mobile is now so much easier – from attending doctor’s appointments and go on outdoor walks. With her new corrected posture, her reflux is also under control and her body doesn’t get as tired and sore as before.The wheelchair was provided through Christian Ministry Moreleta in Pretoria, and due to our supportive contacts there, we will be able to keep ongoing contact with Anushca’s family and provide you with updates.

This week we are celebrating the huge milestone of 10 TONNES of Aussie bread tags we have collected for recycling over the last four years. That’s a lot of tags!

Thanks to the generosity of our recyclers, Transmutation – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, we are running a competition to win one of their long bowls, made from about 1,200 bread tags – you may even win back the tags you collected! To enter the competition, like our Facebook post and tag a friend before Sunday night.

Also, it’s National Volunteers Week, so a big THANK YOU to everyone who helps us with collecting, coordinating, colour sorting and transport – we couldn’t do it without you!

Elzibe and Justin are our two latest wheelchair recipients in South Africa. Elzibe has ties to Parow High School, who are committed collectors for Bread Tags for Wheelchairs there, so she wanted her photo taken with some of the students from the school. Our wheelchair tally now stands at 72 funded by Aussie bread tag recycling.

Our latest batch of wheelchairs has been provided to clients of Includid in South Africa : Gert, Petrus, Sally, Toscha and Annie. Includid’s mission is to enable and empower people with intellectual disabilities. This takes our total number of Aussie funded wheelchairs to 61.

During April our longest serving regular colour sorter celebrated her 94th birthday! Jean still gets through a heap of tags each week. We have three ladies over 90 as well as several others sorting for us at home. In Adelaide, the Transition to Work program at Sunedin Special School and The Wirreanda Secondary School’s Adaptive Vocational Education program also sort for us, as well as the (self named!) Old Codgers group at Glynde Lutheran Homes. In Melbourne, Phillip and Linda sort at home and in Perth Dianella Secondary College Education Support Centre and Aveley Secondary College do our bulk colour sorting. Quite a team!