We recently welcomed Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma and Liberal Candidate Natasha Miller to our orchard in Huon, which has become a thriving hub of opportunity, empowerment, and community for Tasmanians with disability.
Ms Petrusma, revisiting the orchard after four years, praised its growth and impact, noting how SEED has expanded into other services, including SEED’s new Recycle Rewards Depot in Goodwood.
“To meet with the team again and be able to see just how much of a positive impact it has had on Tasmanians with disability and their families in just a few years is incredible,” Ms Petrusma said.
“It’s great to see how far SEED has expanded beyond this orchard. With their gardening and cleaning teams, and their new container deposit depot, I’m really looking forward to seeing how SEED continues to evolve to support their community”, she said.
Thank you to Huon News for featuring this visit in the news.
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News Story:
Huon News 2 July 2025 Edition
Headline: SEEDS of Social Enterprise
Story: Social Enterprise, Employment and Diversity (SEED) are committed to helping people with disability gain sustainable employment through work and training opportunities at award wages.
The organisation runs southern Tasmania’s biggest recycling centre as part of the Recycle Rewards scheme.
Councillor Mark Jessop, CEO of SEED, was in Franklin recently at the SEED orchard in Jacksons Road alongside election candidates Jacquie Petrusma MP and Natasha Miller and SEED employee Gerry.
They were promoting a new disability employment enterprise which will employ about 15 people with a disability across the six days the depot is open.
At the depot in Goodwood, containers are sorted considerably faster than by vending machines – processing 100 containers a minute.
Cash refunds are given as opposed to vouchers.
SEED also run a container collection service for businesses who want to clear out their containers as well as support charity – you fill the bin and SEED will collect it, retaining half of the 10 cent refund to pay for their infrastructure, and the business is able to keep the other five cents or donate it to a charity of their choice.
“It’s been great to see how businesses are getting behind it not only for the recycling element but also the donation side,” said Mark Jessop.
“Our first Huon wheelie bin was at Harvest and Light in Geeveston who are donating their refund to charity.”
Further information is available at www.seedtas.org.au/ccs
The official launch of the first Recycle Rewards Depot in Southern Tasmania is on Wednesday, July 2, at midday.
The depot is at the end of Hornby Road, Goodwood (off Howard Road).