Sentences with phrase «cent drink container»
It's hoped a 10 - cent drink container refund scheme will nearly halve the millions of empty bottles left at NSW parks, beaches and waterways in the next five years, but consumers will have to pay slightly more for their drinks.
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Under the scheme, which comes into effect in NSW on December 1, consumers will receive a 10 cents refund when they return eligible drink containers to approved collection points.
Coca - Cola Amatil is bracing for further weakness in soft drink and bottled water sales after saying it will raise prices by almost 15 cents next week to cover the cost of the container deposit scheme.
After more than a decade of community and political debate, the NSW government is planning to introduce a container deposit scheme, in which a refundable deposit, probably 10 cents, would be added to the cost of every drink bottle and can.
The refund scheme will mean most drink containers between 150 millilitres and 3 litres are eligible for a 10 - cent refund.
Premier Mike Baird says from July next year, anyone who hands in an eligible drink bottle or container at designated sites around the state will be rewarded with a 10 - cent refund.
The first, a «Refund CDS» would be framed around a financial incentive: «A consumer would pay an additional 10 cents on the price of a drink and receive it back if and when the empty container is returned to a designated collection site.»