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How to make a return
CDS Vic will provide a 10 cent refund for every eligible drink container returned from 1 November.    Every bottle, can and carton 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. 
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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. 
Beverage industry partners
Find out more about participating in Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme
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.

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.

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.

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Apartment block committee plants the seed for CDS Vic fundraising

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Residents of a Brunswick East apartment block have come up with a creative way to keep their communal rooftop garden looking good: their waste committee is using CDS Vic to help raise funds for garden maintenance.  

Renee from the apartment block’s waste committee said that residents really appreciate having the rooftop garden and were keen to ensure that it could continue to be maintained for everyone’s enjoyment. The committee considered options for fundraising and hit upon the idea of using CDS Vic. 

“Our thoughts were that even if people only had a few eligible containers to contribute, when you multiply that by the number of residents, it all adds up and it means we can use the money to help support our rooftop garden,” she said.

The waste committee set up a bin for eligible CDS Vic drink containers just outside the bin room and put out a call on the apartment’s Facebook group for residents to drop their empties in it, rather than putting them in the yellow recycling bin.  

Renee said, “We put up a notice next to our bin room explaining what we were doing, along with a poster showing what type of drink containers are eligible to be returned for the 10 cent refund.  

“We also keep a running tally board so that everyone can see how the fundraising is going, and we regularly post pictures in the Facebook group showing how the money from our refunds is being used to maintain the rooftop garden.” 

The waste committee also looks after the container returns, so it’s as easy for residents as doing their normal recycling.   

Thanks to their fundraising efforts, the apartment’s residents are now looking forward to summer BBQs in their well-maintained rooftop garden! 

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