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WHEN you finish off a loaf of bread or some rolls, what do you do with the flat, square tag that ties up the bag?<\/p>\n

Maybe it goes into landfill, or into your own recycling bin, but there\u2019s another place each piece of plastic can be sent to, and make a meaningful impact.<\/p>\n

Organisation, Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs asks communities to save and donate bread tags. They\u2019re sold to sustainable Australian manufacturer, Transmutation and funds raised pay for mobility aides for people with disabilities in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Dance fitness instructor, Erin Harris, and about 20 of her Zumba Ballarat regulars, have embraced the initiative in the last 12 months, after one participant shared her involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a teacher, and her school\u2019s students were collecting them. I put it out to my Zumba people and the response was awesome,\u201d Mrs Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s got bread tags, so we got heaps and heaps. Everyone kept bringing them in, and although the school\u2019s promotion finished, I decided to keep going with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first lot, we had roughly 3000, the second lot was about 2000 and there would be about 5000 or 6000 in the tags I\u2019ve got to count at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most bread tags in the recent haul have come from local food outlets, Dr Fill and Griffin Burger.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam Griffin runs hip hop classes at Eastwood Leisure Complex before my Zumba classes. He saw this on my Facebook page and decided to collect them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they sell burgers, they go through a lot of packets of rolls. Otherwise, the tags would have ended up in the bin. It\u2019s great that other businesses can get on board and help out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mrs Harris hands tags she collects over to a local Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs representative in Ballarat North and said the campaign is a very simple way people can make a difference to others lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cMostly everyone eats bread and has bread tags, so rather than throwing them in the bin it makes sense to collect them and help out disadvantaged people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit facebook.com\/aussiebreadtags<\/strong><\/a> for more information about the cause and how to make a donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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