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"Melbourne super-collector Ashton Hanson is a boy on a mission.
He wants to collect 10,000 used cans and bottles in a year, and he’s not
relying on stumbling on them by chance on the way to school.
The 10-year-old is approaching the task with preparation, precision and a
little help from his siblings.
Ashton is well ahead of the curve – the Victorian government’s Container
Deposit Scheme doesn’t start until November 1.
But in an echo of the collecting craze in the 1970s, he’s already collected
4000 bottles and cans since May at his home in Bentleigh East in Melbourne’s
south-east.
Ashton even records them diligently on a spreadsheet.
He has recruited his brothers Lucas, 12, and Xavier, 7, to help, with an
understanding that they can share the Lego pieces and an air hockey table he
wants to buy with the proceeds.
Under the scheme, which gives back 10 cents per piece, the boys would earn
$1000 from 10,000 pieces."
Via
Guardian Australia
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