🚨 MASSIVE NEWS! 🚨
Since starting in 2019, Lids4Kids has officially collected 200,000,000 lids!
That’s right — 200 MILLION plastic lids saved from landfill. 🙌
And that’s just the lids. It doesn’t even include the tonnes of other tricky recyclables we’ve kept out of landfill — batteries, glasses, corks, lightbulbs, blister packs, steel, metals, dental items and more — through our Zero Waste Warrior programs.
💚 What does 200 million look like?
⚽ A soccer field covered in caps — enough to blanket a full pitch in 20cm high worth plastic.
🐘 About 400 tonnes of plastic — the weight of roughly 65–70 African elephants.
🪑 Real impact — with around 20,000 lids making one park bench, 200 million lids can create thousands of pieces of furniture for schools and community spaces.
Yes, globally 200 million caps are produced in just a few hours — but these 200 million didn’t end up in landfill. They were collected, sorted and then processed right here in Canberra, and transformed into beautiful new products.
This achievement belongs to every single one of our incredible Zero Waste Warriors who collected lids in classrooms, workplaces, kitchens and communities — and got them to us.
We couldn’t have done this without you. 💙
200 million down. We’re just getting started.
Lids4Kids Australia
Lids4Kids Australia was founded as a grass-roots 100% volunteer project in May 2019 by Timothy Miller, a Canberra-based full-time house Dad with three boys under ten. When Tim enquired about where to drop off his thousands of plastic bottle lids, the ACT Government advised him that any piece of plastic smaller than a credit card can’t be recycled and had to go to landfill. Whilst Tim is a revhead owning 1950s Holdens his whole life, he’s also passionate about the environment, so he wanted to find an alternative.
Lids4Kids Australia addresses public welfare by advancing mental health and preventing or alleviating social isolation. In Canberra, we operate a Community Recycling & Education Centre (HUB) for people to enjoy social inclusion and engage in meaningful volunteer work by recycling plastic bottle lids. We also deliver hands-on recycling education to schools and community groups in the ACT Region.
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Zero Waste Warrior Recycling Services
ZWW RecyclingShop our ZWW Recycling Services in the ACT and Australia Wide.
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Lids4Kids Benches and Tables
Benches and TablesShop our amazing selection of benches and tables made from 100% recycled lids. Made in Canberra and shipped across Australia.
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Sponsors and Recycling Partners
Lids4Kids is honored to have received significant financial and professional services support from our esteemed sponsors. Their generous and ongoing support keeps our lights on and our systems running.
To become a sponsor and support our cause contact us.
