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HOW WE’RE TRACKING in Victoria

Explore CDS Vic data and see how the scheme is tracking across Victoria. Use the dashboard to view the number of containers returned, types of refund points and materials across the scheme, and more.

3.7 Billion

Containers returned via Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

Since the scheme began in November 2023

Average 156 Containers per transaction

Victorians have returned more than

2,560 Times

The length of the Great Ocean Road

$365 Million

Returned to Victorian pockets

71%

Reduction in litter across Victoria

1.3 Billion

Additional containers recycled via kerbside, public and commercial collections

Top Donation Partners

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$4,227,935

Raised for donation partners

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Returns across Victoria

Container returns by local government area,
since November 2023

Hume City Council 5.7% 208,412,949
Greater Geelong City Council 5.4% 196,887,510
Casey City Council 5.1% 186,969,422
Melton City Council 4.8% 173,816,043
Wyndham City Council 4.3% 155,693,449
Brimbank City Council 3.5% 127,326,503
Ballarat City Council 3.3% 120,206,894
Monash City Council 3.2% 116,975,064
Greater Dandenong City Council 3.2% 116,239,369
Hobsons Bay City Council 3.2% 115,115,244
Whittlesea City Council 3% 110,666,717
Greater Bendigo City Council 2.8% 101,662,812
Frankston City Council 2.7% 98,512,975
Knox City Council 2.7% 97,457,764
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council 2.5% 90,914,101
Latrobe City Council 2.2% 79,990,378
Kingston City Council 2.2% 78,967,975
Greater Shepparton City Council 2% 71,416,001
Merri-bek City Council 1.9% 70,729,365
Mildura Rural City Council 1.9% 70,622,150
Cardinia Shire Council 1.8% 66,370,520
Darebin City Council 1.7% 61,988,893
Whitehorse City Council 1.6% 58,907,267
Yarra Ranges Shire Council 1.4% 51,367,785
Baw Baw Shire Council 1.4% 50,900,365
Warrnambool City Council 1.3% 47,110,316
Campaspe Shire Council 1.2% 43,670,564
East Gippsland Shire Council 1.2% 42,252,503
Wodonga City Council 1.1% 41,163,492
Banyule City Council 1.1% 39,947,129
Bass Coast Shire Council 1.1% 39,607,564
Wellington Shire Council 1.1% 39,233,782
Mitchell Shire Council 1.1% 38,515,254
Maribyrnong City Council 1% 37,154,496
Wangaratta Rural City Council 0.9% 33,506,621
Maroondah City Council 0.9% 33,502,890
Horsham Rural City Council 0.9% 31,980,845
Moonee Valley City Council 0.9% 31,794,589
Melbourne City Council 0.8% 28,456,828
Manningham City Council 0.8% 27,883,607
Bayside City Council 0.7% 27,023,651
Port Phillip City Council 0.7% 26,941,011
Swan Hill Rural City Council 0.7% 25,871,424
Moira Shire Council 0.7% 25,094,541
Glen Eira City Council 0.6% 22,738,603
Colac Otway Shire Council 0.5% 19,047,608
Moorabool Shire Council 0.5% 18,951,309
Glenelg Shire Council 0.5% 17,087,942
Benalla Rural City Council 0.4% 15,795,708
Central Goldfields Shire Council 0.4% 14,917,577
Surf Coast Shire Council 0.4% 14,646,057
Boroondara City Council 0.4% 14,314,728
Northern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 14,218,659
Southern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 13,662,903
Macedon Ranges Shire Council 0.3% 12,011,617
Corangamite Shire Council 0.3% 11,769,655
Ararat Rural City Council 0.3% 11,743,562
Mount Alexander Shire Council 0.3% 10,246,444
Yarra City Council 0.3% 9,988,647
South Gippsland Shire Council 0.3% 9,932,558
Mansfield Shire Council 0.3% 9,642,261
Murrindindi Shire Council 0.2% 7,546,229
Hepburn Shire Council 0.2% 6,299,930
Gannawarra Shire Council 0.1% 5,396,253
Moyne Shire Council 0.1% 4,887,907
Strathbogie Shire Council 0.1% 4,596,002
Golden Plains Shire Council 0.1% 4,443,121
Yarriambiack Shire Council 0.1% 4,440,675
Stonnington City Council 0.1% 4,428,563
Nillumbik Shire Council 0.1% 4,248,332
Towong Shire Council 0.1% 3,982,726
Hindmarsh Shire Council 0.1% 3,866,544
Pyrenees Shire Council 0.1% 3,636,500
Loddon Shire Council 0.1% 3,613,887
Alpine Shire Council 0.1% 3,220,010
Buloke Shire Council 0.1% 3,138,077
Indigo Shire Council 0.1% 2,056,592
West Wimmera Shire Council 0% 737,003
Borough of Queenscliffe Council 0% 312,573

What's Being Returned

A look at the different materials people are returning through the scheme

49.6%

Aluminium

30.7%

Plastic

2%

Liquid paperboard

16.7%

Glass

Access to refund points

633

Live Refund points across Victoria

295

Reverse Vending Machines

68

Depots

270

Over-the-counter

1,064 beverage suppliers registered

supporting the delivery of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

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Impact statistics are current as of September, 2026

Dashboard statistics are updated regularly to reflect the latest available CDS Vic scheme data since the Scheme’s start date (1 November 2023) to the latest available data. They are updated regularly as new data becomes available.

The length of the Great Ocean Road in drink containers is calculated using the length of the road (243km) compared with the potential length if all eligible drink containers returned to CDS Vic since 1 November 2023 were arranged end-to-end, lying flat. The heights of those containers used for this calculation are the median heights of all drink container types accepted by CDS Vic (eg, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, glass bottles etc). This figure is updated weekly.

The percentage reduction in litter is calculated by EPA Victoria and updated upon notice from the EPA to CDS Vic.