Cash for Containers
Get a trailer for your school
School Fundraising Grants for a 7’ x 4’ caged trailer, with signage, are now on offer for Territory schools. The trailers will help schools store and transport eligible containers to collection depots. Applications close 18 May 2012. For more information or to apply click here.
Now in place across the Territory
Cash for Containers commenced across the Territory on 3 January 2012 and continues to grow with around six million containers redeemed in the first quarter of the scheme operating – that’s over 200 tonnes of glass and 45 tonnes of aluminum.
Get involved and get 10 cents back in your pockets for each eligible container collected by taking clean empty cans, bottles and cartons to Collection Depots.
It is also a great way for community groups, sporting clubs and schools to raise money.
Opportunities also exist for businesses, community-based organisations and shires/councils to become involved in the scheme, and apply for Infrastructure Grants to establish a Collection Depot or Collection Point.
Cash for Containers helps to reduce litter from our streets, increases
recycling and will help reduce the amount of rubbish going to the
dumps by up to 50%. This is part of the Government’s $34 million
Northern Territory Climate Change Policy and Territory 2030 Strategy.
So what are you waiting for? Get involved today.
If you are a consumer who has questions about a price increase on containers as a result of the Cash for Containers scheme and feel that a retailer is providing misleading and/or deceptive statements about why the cost of a beverage has increased under the scheme please contact Consumer Affairs on 1800 019 319 or visit www.nt.gov.au/justice/consaffairs.
Fact sheet: Using Cash for Containers to raise funds for your sporting club, community group or charity
Fact sheet: Cash for Containers in regional and remote communities
Factsheet: Using Cash for Containers to raise funds for schools
Changes for Alice Springs residents
This new scheme has replaced the previous Alice Springs Town Council Cash for Containers scheme.
Noticeable changes for residents will include the refund amount, where to take your containers and the types of containers eligible for a refund.
Further information
For more information about Cash for Containers and how to become involved email cashforcontainers@nt.gov.au or phone 1800 752 632.