Jonstn Posted February 21, 2012 Just noticed on the back of a rebootyourlife spicy lemonade juice that NT can get refunds on their cans, like SA. So I hit up wiki and found this The Northern Territory introduced a container deposit scheme similar to South Australia's from January 3rd, 2012.[5] 2 down 5 to go Apparently vic had this initiative, but canned it 09 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted February 21, 2012 Lol canned it, didn't even realise I did that 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foo Posted February 21, 2012 Thats a good excuse to drink more beer if ive ever heard one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted February 21, 2012 WA used to have it, it ended like 10-15 years ago from memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Distracted Posted February 21, 2012 Coke fought really hard to stop this from coming through. Now NT can join SA as the top bottle/can recyclers of Australia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted February 21, 2012 what do coke have against this? there must be a legitimate concern if coke are against it, i may have to start littering more, if that's what coke thinks is best Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seldom Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) goodbye ever having to work again Edited February 21, 2012 by bulls on parade 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted February 22, 2012 How does the 10c affect coke? That's just annoying lol if it bothers them so much couldn't they just bang 10c ontop of everything? It's not like we all recycle for the 10c anyway most of the time my cans and bottles just go in the normal recycling bin, the homeless are the ones that get the most use out of it. Maybe coke has a thing against homeless people? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Distracted Posted February 22, 2012 coke owns the contract for curbside recycling. This will compete against their recycling. btw every can/bottle in NT now costs 20c extra now i think... 10c for the deposit, 10c for handling. SA has it cheaper, i beleive their handling levy(or excise, i dunno) is only 15c sorry i can't be bothered finding links to verify amounts... use this post as a stepping stone to find the information yourself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted February 22, 2012 its a good thing to help keep australia clean thats for sure i remember over here in W.A. as a little kid we used to always take all the cans in and get a money for them it was great we never got much but as a little kid it was good for a little bit of extra pocket money go buy some lollies an stuff haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted February 22, 2012 Omg i wish they would bring this back to WA it is great for homeless people and also for kids to get some money by cleaning up the environment I remember when i was a kid we used to do this all the time and it was great fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
