Victoria will get cash-for-cans, container deposit scheme

on the scheme’s roll-out to avoid issues such as cannibalising kerbside recycling programs and determining what the end product of the recycled material would be.municipal and industry bodies, who have been pressuring the government to introduce a scheme for many months. That push came to a head in August after recycling giant SKM was woundwas among the more than 30 Victorian councils forced to dump more than 45 tonnes of recycling in landfill every day because of the SKM collapse.

A Parliamentary Budget Office analysis estimated the scheme would cost $9 million over four years and return $253.5 million though uncollected deposits.South Australia’s cash-for-cans scheme, running since 1977, returned 80 per cent of cans and bottles in 2016/17. NSW residents returned more than 900 million bottles and cans by November last year, the ABC reported, hampered by a slow rollout of reverse vending machines.the recycling programs were operating well interstate with unclaimed deposits funnelled back into operating the scheme.

He said figures showed the average price for non-alcoholic beverages increased by about 10¢ after the container deposit scheme was introduced in NSW while alcohol beverage prices rose by about 5¢. "It's working just as predicted and recycling of the resulting high-quality material is supporting new jobs and economic activity," he said.

Why cans? They’re not the problem. Cans are easy to sort MRF’s - glass is much harder due to breakages through collection - let’s start there!

What a joke. After everything this state has been going threw and is going threw. They talk about climate change they talk about how bad recycling is in the state yet when opportunity comes to contribute a little to better good they do nothing.

Are regional areas included?

already in moama

Just a few years behind SA but well done on catching up... well sort of.

kissbystarlight

Still need to pressure the Coca Colas & Pepsis of the world to find sustainable alternatives to PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles.

Well overdue

Oh wow the 80s are back! Why was the scheme scrapped in Victoria in the first place? 🤔

Going back to the practices we grew up with in the 70s/80s. Refundable Bottles, reusable or paper shopping bags. Re-use, Recycle bit of a no brainer

realpetersawyer Mollie is going to love this

This made me laugh 'The scheme won’t be operational until 2023. The delay was attributed to a need for further consultation with industry and councils.' DanielAndrewsMP wants to see what is in it for him.

That's a problem for genuine people with genuine codes for scanning..but the recyclables still go into the system..payouts maybe a problem!

Used to be one years ago and as a kid, made good pocket money out of it until it got scrapped. Bummer waiting 3 more years though for this to come online though.

Good luck Victoria. The program is a scam

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