The Evergreen Foundation supported TUMU Timbers to run a Bin Sanitisation programme that included stray and silt filled fruit bins from growers and neighbouring properties, cleaning them to an agreed standard, repairing them where needed, and returning them to the original owner in time for the next harvest.
Evergreen contributed $525,000 to this project. Over a 10 month period – March 2023 to January 2024 – 30,000 bins were cleaned and returned to growers saving an estimated $3M in replacement costs. The mental wellbeing of having these bins removed from properties and roadsides was immeasurable.
