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

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 ...

A newly formed West Australian wine group warns that bottles of wine produced in the state could increase by $1.25 if the expansion of the Containers for Change scheme goes ahead.

Come July 1, wine and spirit bottles will be eligible for 10-cent refunds as part of the Containers for Change program. But the move has left a sour note with the state’s winemakers and distillers.

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 ...