Return & Earn Recycling Initiative

27/05/2026

We Are the Pacific
We did not light the fires that warmed the sky,
We did not fill the air that made the oceans rise —
But we feel it in the tide that swallows our shore,
In the reef that grows pale where it bloomed before.

So we answer not with anger, but with open hands,
Gathering what was discarded across our lands.
A can at a time, a bottle, a choice —
The Pacific is speaking. Listen to our voice.

We return what was wasted, we earn what is owed,
We plant the future on this small, sacred road.
Not waiting for the world to finally see —
We are the solution. And the solution is free.

♻️ Return & Earn Recycling Initiative — Vanuatu
Supported by Coca-Cola EuroPacific

27/05/2026

Copper and brass scrap. Bring it as it is.
If you've got old electrical cable, copper pipes from a renovation, brass taps and valves, or random lengths of wire lying around, you can drop the whole lot at our yard exactly the way it sits. No need to strip the cable, clean the brass, or sort anything first.
Free scrap metal pickup across Port Vila, just give us a call and we'll come collect. Drop-offs welcome at both our Port Vila and Santo yards during business hours.
📞 Port Vila: 5588047 | Santo: 5547150
📍 Port Vila: Bladiniere Estate (by the airport) | Santo: Simonsen's Wharf
✉️ [email protected] | [email protected]

Copper and brass scrap. Bring it as it is.

If you've got old electrical cable, copper pipes from a renovation, brass taps and valves, or random lengths of wire lying around, you can drop the whole lot at our yard exactly the way it sits. No need to strip the cable, clean the brass, or sort anything first.

Free scrap metal pickup across Port Vila, just give us a call and we'll come collect. Drop-offs welcome at both our Port Vila and Santo yards during business hours.

📞 Port Vila: 5588047 | Santo: 5547150

📍 Port Vila: Bladiniere Estate (by the airport) | Santo: Simonsen's Wharf
✉️ [email protected] | [email protected]

19/05/2026

♻️ VANUATU JUST BROKE ITS OWN RECORD. 💚

In just 90 days — January to March 2026 — our community collected:

🏆 476,047 bottles & cans
💵 VT 2,422,003 paid directly to community members
👥 705 individual members served
📍 19 active collection points across Port Vila & Santo

That's nearly HALF A MILLION items in 3 months alone.

Since we launched in November 2024, Return & Earn has now collected over 2.2 MILLION items and paid more than VT 11.2 MILLION directly to Vanuatu families. 🌏

"In 90 days, Vanuatu's communities brought in nearly half a million bottles and cans. That is not just recycling — that is a movement."

Your empty bottles & cans = VT5 CASH. Every item. Every time.

📍 Korman, Port Vila
📍 Tangara Market, Santo
📞 7334392
📧 [email protected]

♻️ Recycle. Earn. Empower Vanuatu. 💚

18/05/2026

Every can counts — and now, every can earns Vatu!

Join the Return & Earn movement to recycle, earn rewards, and restore the beauty of our islands.

12/05/2026

🌿 Quater 1 2026 RESULTS ARE OUT!

Nearly 1/2 a million PET bottles and cans collected. VT 2.4 million paid to our communities. 19 locations across Port Vila and Santo.

Return & Earn is growing — and it's YOUR communities making it happen. 💚

12/05/2026

♻️ THIS MAN CARRIED 34,682 CANS ON HIS BACK — AND VANUATU NEEDS TO KNOW HIS NAME. 💚

Meet Mr. MILKIA TOKO. From Ohlen Community, Port Vila.

While most people walk past empty bottles and cans on the street — Mr. Toko picks them up.

Every single one.

In March 2026, he walked into Return & Earn with 20,861 cans and PET bottles. We thought that was extraordinary.

Then on 5 May 2026 — he came back.

🔥 34,682 CANS & PET BOTTLES. 🔥

In one sale. One man. One community.

That is a 66% increase. That is streets and drains across Port Vila — cleaned. That is Ohlen Community — leading by example. That is what Return & Earn was built for.

Mr. Toko doesn't just recycle. He works. He moves. He shows up — for his family, his community, and his island.

And because of that?

💚 MANI I STAP LONG TOTI! 💚

To every person in Port Vila, Santo, and across all of Vanuatu — if you see bottles and cans around you right now, that is not rubbish. That is money waiting to be picked up.

Just ask Mr. Milkia Toko.

📍 Bring your bottles & cans to:
🏠 Korman, Port Vila
🏠 Tangara Market, Santo
💵 VT5 per item — cash on the spot. No forms. No waiting.

📞 7334392
📧 [email protected]

Tag someone who needs to see this. Share this post and let all of Vanuatu know — the movement is real, the money is real, and the change is happening RIGHT NOW. 👊♻️

11/05/2026

🌸♻️ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY — OL MAMA BLO VANUATU! ♻️🌸

Tank yu tumas long ol woman we oli bin karem ol Recycling Plastics mo Tin i kam long Return & Earn! Yufala i bin lidim wan rod — mo tudei mi wantem selebretem yufala! 🏆💚

⭐ TOP 5 — 2026
🥇 Ruth Saniel — Switi — 7,218 cans
🥈 Winnie John — Anamburu — 6,100 cans
🥉 Emily Charlie — Manples ABM — 5,632 cans
4️⃣ Marcelyn Mabon — Solway — 5,458 cans
5️⃣ Cloclo — Tebroma — 5,169 cans

🏆 ALL-TIME CHAMPIONS — Since 2025
🥇 Mary Loui — Etas — 12,708 cans
🥈 Jerolyn — Downtown — 6,866 cans
🥉 Nadia — Pepsi — 6,631 cans
4️⃣ Linda Andrew — Mele — 4,681 cans
5️⃣ Emily Charley — Ohlen — 4,670 cans

🎁 SPESEL GIVEAWAY BLONG MOTHER'S DAY I STAP KAM LO YUFALA OL TOP 10!

Sapos nem blong yu i stap long list ia — mekem sua se FON BLONG YU I ON tomorrow blo mifala kolem yu! Bae mifala kollem yufala wan baewan blong toktok long yu long hao blong yu kolektem giveaway blong yu.

Sapos mi no save kasem yu lo kontak we yu providem, plis kontaktem mifala lo:
Mobile #: 7334392
Email: [email protected]

💚 Yufala i helpem bigwan Return & Earn. Tank yu bigwan!

22/04/2026

TOTI HEMI MONEY

Today 22nd of April 2026 yumi investem 277,080 vatu ikam long community blong Mele from Toti.

Around 55,556 Aluminium Cans we
oli collectem.

Hemi wan easy way blong finem money mo sapos yu mestem hemia blong tete, start tumoro iko yu ready from long manis July bae team ia ikam bak bakeken.Office bae I confirmem exact date time i stap kam kolosap.

No forget se hemia hemi list blong olgeta toti we oli save pem
1-Coca Cola Tin mo Bottle
2-Fanta Tin mo Bottle
3-Sprite Tin mo Bottle
4-Minute Maid Bottle
5-Powerade
6-Schewpes
7 Fiji water(Hibiscus long Bottle)

Thank you Vanuatu National Youth Council mo ol Partners blong yu from gudfla initiative ia.Through long activity ia tu yumi also tackelem issue blong increase blong Poor Waste Mangement we i stap kam antap plante tete mo impact blem long Environment.

No fraet long toti from money i stap long toti.Helpem Environment mo helpem yu wan.

Below hemi some pictures
Copy paste from Mele Area council Area Administrator Ms. Anmarie

21/04/2026

♻️ RETURN & EARN BAE STAP LONG MELE VILLAGE TUMORO! 💚

Mifala klad blong announcem se Tim blong Return & Earn bai i kam long Mele Village blong pem ol empty tin tumoro!

💵 VT5 long wan tin o bottle
📍 Mele Village, Efate
♻️ Plastic bottles + non-alkol aluminium cans

Mifala akseptem:
✅ Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade
✅ Minute Maid, Schweppes, Pure Drop, Fiji Water
✅ Olgeta non-alkol aluminium can
❌ No beer, no wine, no alkol cans

Collect your empty bottles & cans — get cash on the spot! No forms. No waiting. No limit. 💪

📞 7334392
📧 [email protected]

Recycle. Earn. Empower Vanuatu. 💚