With the election far behind us, corflutes are still present on some grassy corners, so Logan City community members have decided to put them to very good use.
Tony Sharp from Substation33, a Kingston-based electronics recycling centre and community initiative, says the project to use the corflutes as tree protectors is part of a Bushland Regeneration strategy to slow the flow of water in creeks that feed into the Logan River.
“The aim is to rejuvenate land by planting native trees to the area to help the local animals thrive and help change the ecosystem,” Mr Sharp said. “The plants in their infancy need protection from animals, so plastic bags or corflutes are used to protect the plants.
“Once planted, the corflutes stay on the plant for 18 months to two years, and are then thrown away.”
The not-for-profit Substation33, which has designed and developed a number of products for commercial, social and educational purposes including flooded road smart warning signs and electric ‘e-bikes’ among other things, is helping the Bushland Regeneration project by sourcing corflutes.
“Projects like these cost a lot of money and usually the people who are donating their time and land don’t have a lot of money to spend,” Mr Sharp said. “Corflutes can cost anywhere between $1.50 to $3 each, which is quite expensive.
“So we put it to the community on a social media post that we needed corflutes and from just that one social media post, we have had a couple of thousand donated.”
Mr Sharp said the project has already begun with trees already being planted in Bethania, and will continue in stages over the next two years.
