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14 May 2009 - Get ‘Cash for your Containers’ at Freds Pass Show
This Saturday a trial for the Northern Territory ‘cash for containers’ scheme will be running at the Freds Pass Show. Empty drink containers purchased at the show on Saturday 16 May 2009 can be cashed in for a refund of 10 cents each. Drink containers that can be redeemed for cash include soft drink cans, flavoured milk cartons and fruit juice bottles.
This trial of cash for containers at Freds Pass Show is part of the Northern Territory Government’s commitment to implementing such a scheme in 2011, to reduce litter in our communities.
The Howard Springs Scouts will be operating the cash for containers scheme at Freds Pass Show and will be located at Site 10 near the Display Hall. Only drink containers purchased at the Freds Pass Show will be eligible for a 10 cent refund. This trial of the ‘cash for containers’ scheme will only be in place on Saturday 16 May at the Freds Pass Show.
Get your cash for containers, help reduce litter and keep the Freds Pass Showground clean.
April 2009 - Members of the Cash for Containers Reference Group recently visited South Australia to see the operational workings of that State’s cash for container scheme.
The Reference Group also met with South Australian Government Officials and the local recycling industry to discuss how their scheme operates.
The Reference Group will use this information to shape an effective Territory wide cash for container scheme.
Cash for Container Scheme for the Territory
In March 2009, the Chief Minister Paul Henderson announced a ‘cash for containers’ scheme will be introduced in the Northern Territory, to reduce litter and increase the efforts around recycling.
The cash for containers scheme will see the Northern Territory become the first jurisdiction in Australia to commit to this initiative since the South Australian Government introduced its legislation in 1975.
The Chief Minister has said that a cash for containers scheme that is financially viable, legally sound and can deliver in both urban and remote centres will be in place by 2011. Legislation will be required to go before Parliament to enact the cash for containers scheme for Territorians.
A Reference Group has been established to progress the cash for containers scheme. The group is comprised of Minister Karl Hampton MLA, Gerry Wood MLA (Member for Nelson) and Michael Gunner MLA (Member for Fannie Bay). The Reference Group will meet monthly and have already visited South Australia to see first hand how that state manages its Container Deposit Legislation.
