Volunteers have been collecting and sorting washed-up rubbish on the beach for years. Thanks to their efforts, we have data on whether container deposit schemes help the issue.
Articles on container deposit
Displaying all articles
Under a new target, 100% of Australian packaging will be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025. But this is not enough - we also need to ensure that recyclable materials are actually recycled.
Drink containers end up in the ocean at a truly alarming rate. Simply paying people a small amount to return them cuts that rate by nearly half.
Would a chance to win a big cash prize make you more likely to recycle your old drinks bottles? Economic analysis suggests so.
Refunds for drink bottles and cans get litter out of the environment – but industry remains opposed.
Four decades after South Australia’s container deposit scheme began, New South Wales has finally overcome industry resistance and launched its own. Could the rest of the country now follow suit?
We have a major problem with beverage containers in Australia. Between 7-8 billion are land-filled or littered every year. Nationally, less than half are recycled, and drink containers continue to pollute…
For the past 30 years, South Australians have lived in a state with a “container deposit scheme”. This means on small bottles or cans of water, soft drink, juice or alcohol, consumers pay a 10c deposit…
Top contributors
-
Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
-
Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
-
Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
-
Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO
-
Chair professor - Circular Economy, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
-
Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
-
Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
-
Associate professor, Curtin University
-
Director of Health Programs, BehaviourWorks Australia; Lead, Monash-McMaster Social Systems Evidence Collaboration, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
-
PhD Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
-
Don White is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering and Sustainability, University of Sydney
-
Lecturer in Oceanography, Deakin University