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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

2,620 Times

The length of the Great Ocean Road

$373.5 Million

Returned to Victorian pockets

71%

Reduction in litter across Victoria

1.3 Billion

Additional containers recycled via kerbside, public and commercial collections

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$4,343,890

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% 213,257,179
Greater Geelong City Council 5.4% 201,363,701
Casey City Council 5.1% 191,607,558
Melton City Council 4.8% 177,777,991
Wyndham City Council 4.3% 159,525,402
Brimbank City Council 3.5% 129,804,984
Ballarat City Council 3.3% 122,907,747
Monash City Council 3.2% 119,821,721
Greater Dandenong City Council 3.2% 119,493,780
Hobsons Bay City Council 3.1% 116,976,323
Whittlesea City Council 3% 113,372,928
Greater Bendigo City Council 2.8% 103,979,828
Frankston City Council 2.7% 100,806,018
Knox City Council 2.7% 100,002,679
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council 2.5% 92,843,343
Latrobe City Council 2.2% 81,841,121
Kingston City Council 2.2% 80,998,979
Greater Shepparton City Council 2% 73,249,645
Merri-bek City Council 1.9% 72,568,950
Mildura Rural City Council 1.9% 71,862,501
Cardinia Shire Council 1.8% 67,817,344
Darebin City Council 1.7% 63,520,589
Whitehorse City Council 1.6% 60,365,683
Yarra Ranges Shire Council 1.4% 52,391,273
Baw Baw Shire Council 1.4% 52,072,858
Warrnambool City Council 1.3% 48,167,055
Campaspe Shire Council 1.2% 44,677,163
East Gippsland Shire Council 1.2% 43,195,733
Wodonga City Council 1.1% 42,219,522
Banyule City Council 1.1% 40,968,701
Bass Coast Shire Council 1.1% 40,480,296
Wellington Shire Council 1.1% 40,185,490
Mitchell Shire Council 1.1% 39,499,373
Maribyrnong City Council 1% 38,059,207
Maroondah City Council 0.9% 34,269,979
Wangaratta Rural City Council 0.9% 34,269,144
Horsham Rural City Council 0.9% 32,767,422
Moonee Valley City Council 0.9% 32,585,773
Melbourne City Council 0.8% 29,540,000
Manningham City Council 0.8% 28,418,364
Port Phillip City Council 0.7% 27,623,010
Bayside City Council 0.7% 27,549,494
Swan Hill Rural City Council 0.7% 26,460,869
Moira Shire Council 0.7% 25,662,402
Glen Eira City Council 0.6% 23,454,110
Colac Otway Shire Council 0.5% 19,432,204
Moorabool Shire Council 0.5% 19,325,201
Glenelg Shire Council 0.5% 17,454,205
Benalla Rural City Council 0.4% 16,147,695
Central Goldfields Shire Council 0.4% 15,305,068
Surf Coast Shire Council 0.4% 14,934,219
Boroondara City Council 0.4% 14,793,912
Northern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 14,510,167
Southern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 13,932,384
Macedon Ranges Shire Council 0.3% 12,287,191
Corangamite Shire Council 0.3% 12,025,038
Ararat Rural City Council 0.3% 11,955,300
Mount Alexander Shire Council 0.3% 10,462,363
Yarra City Council 0.3% 10,267,484
South Gippsland Shire Council 0.3% 10,131,554
Mansfield Shire Council 0.3% 9,864,552
Murrindindi Shire Council 0.2% 7,722,418
Hepburn Shire Council 0.2% 6,419,053
Gannawarra Shire Council 0.1% 5,565,911
Moyne Shire Council 0.1% 4,978,095
Strathbogie Shire Council 0.1% 4,698,774
Golden Plains Shire Council 0.1% 4,530,048
Yarriambiack Shire Council 0.1% 4,524,132
Stonnington City Council 0.1% 4,500,583
Nillumbik Shire Council 0.1% 4,248,332
Towong Shire Council 0.1% 4,081,694
Hindmarsh Shire Council 0.1% 3,942,384
Pyrenees Shire Council 0.1% 3,716,642
Loddon Shire Council 0.1% 3,712,887
Alpine Shire Council 0.1% 3,280,344
Buloke Shire Council 0.1% 3,209,757
Indigo Shire Council 0.1% 2,113,601
West Wimmera Shire Council 0% 744,050
Borough of Queenscliffe Council 0% 317,725

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

16.6%

Glass

Access to refund points

635

Live Refund points across Victoria

294

Reverse Vending Machines

68

Depots

273

Over-the-counter

1,082 beverage suppliers registered

supporting the delivery of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

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Impact statistics are current as of October, 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.