Refund on cans & bottles in South Australia
 

While in South Australia last week.I was very impressed with how clean the country roads were with the 10 cent refund on cans & bottles. People out collecting them through out the day.

I wonder why we dont have this in WA ?

the vendors (ie coke/schweppie) strongly oppose it, as they bare the responsibility for funding the disposal/refunds.

I see , but it would be placed on the purchase price from the start.

Wonder how many cans you would need to fund a drive over east? :D

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEpDBQ_Ww6k&feature=related[/url] hah

I remember years ago ( Talking 10-15 at least) There used to be a big thing at the Markets at Gosnells, the train based one. You put a can in, get 5 cents back. I wonder how many times it got broken into before they removed it

Damn Noomen!!!

Back in the days of 1 litre glass softdrink bottles 'I think they were 1ltr', you use to get 15/20cents when you returned them. We use to make some good money on weekends collecting them up; so much so we carried a wheelbarrow around with us.

I think bringing this to WA would be a great idea.

Pitty the ole man doesnt drink as much as he use to as this would have easily supported a mortgage on a house.

Funny you say about this, I was suprised that we dont have this. I remember my first road trip out of Perth and I was shocked at all the cans/bottles laying on the road sides. I think its a good idea like they have in SA but this is WA so maybe 2020 we will get it sorted.

You do notice a world of difference on the drive over. I remember when I first shifted to WA and drove across it was almost instantaneously noticeable when crossing the border.

[QUOTE=seagull;426071]I see , but it would be placed on the purchase price from the start.[/QUOTE]

Yep.. the manufacturer would whack 10c on the price of each bottle, and Coles/Woolworths would jack the price by $1.

haha yeh cause they cant absorb 10c into their 700% profit margin as it is FFS

[QUOTE=TopGear;426079][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEpDBQ_Ww6k&feature=related[/URL] hah[/QUOTE]

Hehe, I knew this link would be to that video. Great episode.

[QUOTE=BALISTC;426817]Yep.. the manufacturer would whack 10c on the price of each bottle, and Coles/Woolworths would jack the price by $1.[/QUOTE]

Not quite mate. A 600ml bottle of Coke is just over 3.00 in SA. Almost same same as what you would pay here

Yeah thats in SA.. but if that was introduced in WA, thats what the retailers here would do.