10C RECYCLING

10c RECYCLING

Container Deposit Scheme

We offer a 10c refund for all containers that are a part of the container deposit scheme. We also accept non-deposit containers such as milk cartons, wine/spirit bottles and 2L juice containers for free disposal. The container deposit scheme aims to reduce waste and landfill by sustainably encouraging the community to recycle a broad range of containers. This has been successful for a number of years within South Australia and is slowly being introduced to the rest of the country.

The current return rate for items with a 10c deposit is 76% as of 2022-2023, with beverage containers only making up 2.8% of landfill.

More information about the container deposit scheme can be found here

ELIGIBLE CONTAINERS

All eligible containers will have writing on the back containing writing such as "10c REFUND AT COLLECTION DEPOT/POINTS IN PARTICIPATING STATE/TERRITORY OF PURCHASE" or similar. These are items that are accepted for 10c refund. Below can be seen the different categories of containers that we further sort into.