Tasmanian Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson's office has become a TerraCycle collection point. 

The scheme collects plastics that cannot be recycled. The collection then turns into points, and once there are enough points it turns into money that can be donated to local schools or charities. 

Senator Whish-Wilson is asking all those in public office to jump on to the scheme, too.

"This is what people expect from our politicians - to show a lead about things they care about - and hopefully they do care about waste and recycling," he said. "I would like to see these in every MPs and public offices around Australia. Those publicly funded offices are normally in very good locations. 

The office has been a collection point for about two weeks, with a number of items already donated. 

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A Queensland school has already been able to build a new playground from the donated materials. 

"We know there are certain kinds of waste products, like toothbrushes and shampoo bottles, that are difficult to recycle because the kind of plastic they use varies and is difficult to sort and they go to landfill," Mr Whish-Wilson said.  

"You have four boxes. One for dental care products, such as toothbrushes and paste containers, one for mail bags, one for beauty containers which we expect will be very popular, and the other is cleaning products."

These are not things that can be recycled in normal curbside waste. They are required to go in the waste bin which goes to landfill.  

"If you put them in your kerbside, it causes trouble and causes contamination," he said.  

"Everyone plays a role in this and hopefully more local members will come on board and act as a collection point, but the consumers also have to play a role by bringing them in." 

The donation point is located at Senator Whish-Wilson's office on the corner of Cameron and Tamar streets. 

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