Every week across Townsville, thousands of containers make their way from backyards, businesses and community events to the recycling depot — and a fair few of them get there in the back of a Toyota ute proudly wearing the Jobs4Josh colours.
That Hilux is on the road because of Mike Carney Toyota, and it has quietly become one of the hardest-working vehicles in Townsville’s recycling effort.
What the partnership makes possible
Jobs4Josh exists to build real skills through real work. Josh’s week is built around genuine jobs that need doing: collecting containers through Containers for Change, green waste runs, and hands-on community projects across our suburbs — from Mount Louisa and Burdell to wherever the work takes us.
None of that happens without transport. Containers are bulky. Green waste is heavy. Worksites are spread across the city. The vehicle Mike Carney Toyota puts behind Jobs4Josh turns a good idea into a working operation — reliably, week in and week out, in North Queensland conditions that don’t go easy on anything with wheels.
The numbers tell the story
Every container collected is a 10-cent refund that goes back into building opportunity, and every load diverted is waste that stays out of landfill. Container by container, load by load, that adds up — and we’ll be sharing our collection milestones right here on this page as we hit them. Watch this space.
Local business backing local opportunity
Mike Carney Toyota didn’t just hand over keys. They backed a Townsville initiative that puts capability first — the belief that meaningful work builds skills, confidence and connection, and that our community is stronger when everyone has a way to contribute to it.
That’s what genuine community partnership looks like: a local business investing in local opportunity, and the results showing up on Townsville streets every week.
To Mike Carney and the whole team — thank you for keeping Jobs4Josh on the road.
Building Opportunity Through Community.
Interested in partnering with Jobs4Josh, or know someone who’d benefit from getting involved? Get in touch through our contact page Contact — we’d love to hear from you.
