Western Australia

The Western Australian Government is introducing a statewide container deposit scheme.

Consumers will be able to get a 10 cent refund on all eligible beverage containers – plastic and glass bottles, paper-board cartons, and steel and aluminium cans between 150 millilitres and three litres. Examples of eligible beverage containers include:

• Beach Litter
  
• soft drink cans and bottles;
  
• bottled waters – both plastic and glass;
  
• small flavoured milk drinks;
  
• beer and cider cans and bottles; and
  
• sports drinks and spirit-based mixed drinks.

Beverage containers included in the scheme will carry a refund mark to identify them to consumers.

Western Australia’s container deposit scheme is expected to start on 1 January 2019.