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How to make a return

CDS Vic provides a 10 cent refund for every eligible drink container returned.  Each bottle, can and carton that you return helps to divert valuable containers from landfill. 

Eligible containers
Most aluminium, glass, plastic and liquid paperboard (carton) drink containers between 150mL and 3 litres are eligible. Keep the lids on, we recycle them too! 
Refund point types

There are hundreds of refund points across Victoria, so look out for your local. The network has more than 600 refund points.

Donation & other refund types
There are multiple ways to receive your 10 cent refund. You can either keep your refund, or support your favourite cause with a donation. 
Get involved

Get involved

Fundraising
CDS Vic gives charities and community groups the opportunity to raise funds while making an impact. 
Donating
Your eligible containers can help others. Donate your valuable container refunds at your nearest refund point. 
Australian Open 2025

CDS Vic is proud to partner with Australian Open (AO) 2025 to make recycling a smash hit on and off the court. 

Tennis Victoria

CDS Vic is proud to announce its groundbreaking partnership with Tennis Victoria. This exciting initiative aims to reduce waste, promote recycling, and support grassroots tennis communities across the state to raise funds.

AFL Victoria partnership

AFL Victoria and CDS Vic have teamed up to support local football clubs across the state in raising funds and promoting sustainability. Through this exciting partnership, CDS Vic is now the Official Recycling Partner of AFL Victoria until 2027.

Message in a Bottle

To celebrate the upcoming first anniversary of the scheme's launch, CDS Vic will launch an interactive installation at Scienceworks to educate young Victorians about recycling.

Scouts Victoria

We’re excited to announce a partnership between Scouts Victoria and CDS Vic, designed to reward Scouts and Scout Groups for their commitment to container recycling.

Beverage industry partners
Find out more about participating in Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme
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CDS Vic is part of Victoria’s goal to be a leader in the creation of a stronger circular economy.
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News

FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS

CDS Vic is partnering up with the Australian Open (AO).

Find your nearest refund point

More than 600 refund points are now open across Victoria.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3

Step 1
Collect eligible drink containers
Check for the 10c mark
Step 2
Find your refund point
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Step 3
Earn or donate your refund
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Latest news and updates

Beach Patrol makes a difference

Donation partner

For Beach Patrol and Love Our Street volunteers, there’s all that and more. They’re making a measurable difference to the amount of litter in their areas, and the data they’re collecting shows how much of a difference Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme makes.

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Tennis Victoria winners announced

Partnership

Over the past two months, tennis clubs across the state have gone head-to-head in an exciting competition, thanks to the recent partnership between Tennis Victoria and CDS Vic.

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A floating tin shed, funded by containers

Case study

Over in Gippsland, there’s a music venue with a difference. It’s not a town hall or a band room at a pub. It’s a tin shed floating on a lake.  

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That’s a lot of change

Every eligible drink container returned contributes to our circular economy. By participating, Victorians are:

  1. Creating clean streams of recycling
  2. Reducing litter
  3. Earning change for themselves, their communities and charities

Find out more

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