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.
There are hundreds of refund points across Victoria, so look out for your local. The network has more than 600 refund points.
Get involved
CDS Vic is proud to partner with Australian Open (AO) 2025 to make recycling a smash hit on and off the court.
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 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.
To celebrate the first anniversary of the scheme's launch, CDS Vic launched an interactive installation at Scienceworks to educate young Victorians about recycling.
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.
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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.
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Meet the mascot
Events
Who is Can-Do, you ask? Legend has it that Can-Do was born in a Depot, where the sound of clinking containers sparked a passion for recycling and protecting Victoria’s environment.
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.
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.
That’s a lot of change
Every eligible drink container returned contributes to our circular economy. By participating, Victorians are:
- Creating clean streams of recycling
- Reducing litter
- Earning change for themselves, their communities and charities
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