Christmas cards get many happy returns

CRANBOURNE Park Post Office is backing efforts to recycle the many Christmas cards that pass through their office each year.
As part of the popular recycling push, Australia Post outlets are giving away one million Cards 4 Planet Ark envelopes.
Used cards can be placed inside and posted free of charge at any of the 15,000 post boxes nationwide.
“We have had an excellent response from our customers to the Cards 4 Planet Ark program, which shows how much the people of Cranbourne want to do something to help the environment,” Cranbourne Park postal manager Darren Gale said.
Australians post more than 100 million cards and envelopes to each other during the holiday season.
Now in its 13th year, more than 550 million greeting cards have been recycled through the initiative.
Iconic entertainer Kamahl is the ambassador for the Cards 4 Planet Ark campaign this year.
Cards and envelopes can also be placed into the Planet Ark recycling bins at most Coles supermarkets.
For details of greeting card recycling locations in your area, call the National Recycling Hotline on 1300 733 712 or go to RecyclingNearYou.com.au and simply type in your postcode.
Cards 4 Planet Ark runs until the end of January.