Containers for Change, an initiative encouraging people to return empty drinks containers, launched a new container deposit scheme in Western Australia to combat a serious litter problem and increase ...

The Western Australian (WA) government has announced an expansion to its Containers for Change programme to include wine and spirit bottles from 1 July 2026. The scheme, which has been in place since ...

A popular trash-for-cash recycling program will be extended to include wine and spirit bottles for the first time since the scheme launched five years ago. More than 4.5 billion items have been ...

The West Australian wine industry is campaigning under the Friends of WA Wine banner to call for a pause to the Containers for Change expansion. Wine and spirit bottles will join the list of eligible ...

The Queensland government recently introduced proposed laws to overhaul the governance of the Containers for Change scheme, while also ruling out an increase to the 10-cent refund amount. In a ...