Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles.
Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles.
A NSW man has gone to great lengths to cash in on recycling, returning almost half a million cans over seven years to save for his first home.
In short:
Damian Gordon has bought a house using savings earned from recycling bottles and cans.
Each eligible bottle or can recycled at a Return and Earn depository results in a 10-cent refund.
What's next?
Mr Gordon says he will continue to return cans and bottles to help pay off his mortgage
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And you bad dog broadcast this secret loudly, and the competition for this dear guy is rocketing high! :)
True, but let's be honest. There can't be more than 2 or 3 people who will stick with it for more than a week or a month at the outside.
It’s central coast, not cold even in the winter. #paid-for-exercise :)