Cash For Trash Project To Benefit Lautoka Residents, Environment

Residents of Lautoka City can now exchange trash for cash through the new Arigato Earth project.

Sunday 26 February 2023 | 03:42

Salote Qalubau

Staff Writer

From left: Social Innovation Fiji Founder Akifumi Kawakami, Social Innovation Fiji member Kaeoko Suenaga and Lautoka City Council Chief Executive officer Mohammed Anees Khan hold up a Arigato Earth project stamp card on February 21,2023. Photo: Social Innovation Fiji

Residents of Lautoka City can now exchange trash for cash through the new Arigato Earth project.

Members of the public can drop their clean and sorted recyclable PET bottles, aluminium, and food cans at the Children’s Park Recycle Centre located at Thomson Crescent, Lautoka.

The project is a collaborative effort between the Lautoka City Council (LCC) and Social Innovation Fiji from February 24 to March 1.