Collection Depots and Points

Where can I take my empty containers?

Help your Collection Depot. Only return containers that are eligible, clean and not crushed to get your 10 cent refund.

Collection Depots have been established in various locations across the Territory. Full details are below.

More Collection Depots and Collection Points are expected to start up now the scheme has commenced and some existing depots will make arrangements to service outlying communities.

Taking empty containers to collection depots

Collection depots that accept the return of approved containers must pay the 10 cent refund amount for each container to the person presenting the containers, provided that the containers were purchased in the Northern Territory and after 3 January 2012.
To help your local collection depot, only return approved containers that are clean and are not crushed. Operators of collection depots are not required to accept any container that is unclean, contaminated or has a lid on it.
If you return more than 500 containers to a collection depot within any 48 hour period, you will need to sign a declaration form stating that the containers were purchased in the Northern Territory and were purchased after 3 January 2012
Collection Depots have been established in various locations across the Territory. Full details are below. It is expected that more collection depots will commence operating in the near future, including in remote areas.

Other options for returning containers

A range of options are available for community groups, charities, not-for-profit organisations, schools and sporting groups to become involved in the scheme. Some ideas include:

establishing a ‘donation collection point’ which enables people to donate eligible containers to an organisation, such as a charity, with any proceeds from the return of the containers being used to fund the activities of the organisation;
establishing a ‘collection point’, being an arrangement or system to collect empty eligible containers from a number of persons and share the costs of returning the containers to an approved collection depot and the total refund amounts among the persons who provided the containers.

Depots

Veolia Environmental Services: 13 Beaton Road, Berrimah
p: 08 8947 8947
8.00am - 4.30pm Mon - Fri
8.00am - 12 noon Sat
Envirobank Recycling: 41 McKinnon Road, Pinelands
p: 08 8931 0397
8.00am - 4.00pm Mon - Fri
9.00am - 1.00pm Sat – Sun
Closed Public Holidays
Veolia Environmental Services (coming soon): Karama Shopping Centre (car park), Kalymnos Drive, Karama
p: 08 8947 8947
8.00am - 4.30pm Mon - Sat
Veolia Environmental Services (coming soon): Palmerston Shopping Centre (car park), 10 Temple Terrace, Palmerston
p: 08 8947 8947
8.00am - 4.30pm Mon - Sat
Envirobank Recycling Mobile Depot: P: 08 8931 0397
The mobile depot will tour locations throughout the Territory, so check this website regularly for updates.
M.T. Bins Pty Ltd 1500: Shed 5, Bovril St , Katherine
p: 08 8971 0577
7.00am – 4.00pm Mon - Fri
8.00am - 12 noon Sat
Envirobank Recycling: Shed 4, 44 Crawford Street, Katherine
p: 08 8931 0397
10.00am - 4.00pm Mon & Thurs
7.00am - 12 noon Sat
Closed Public Holidays
Bagnall Agencies and Elliott Mechanical (Coming Soon): 4-6 Lewis Street, Elliott
p: 08 8969 2085
8.00am - 12 noon Mon - Sat
Barkly Metal Trading (Coming Soon): Factory 2, 26 Irvine Street, Tennant Creek
p: 08 8962 3637 or 0427 185 438
12 noon - 5pm Fri
7.30am - 5pm Sat – Sun
Territory Recycling Depot: 106 Smith Street, Alice Springs
p: 08 8952 8333
8.00am - 4.00pm Mon - Wed
8.00am - 5.00pm Thurs - Fri
8.00am - 11.30am Sat
Veolia Environmental Services: 106 Smith Street, Alice Springs
p: 08 8947 8947
8.00am - 4.30pm Mon - Fri
8.00am - 12 noon Sat
Aputula Community Store: Lot 43 Mayvale Road, Finke
p: 08 8956 0968
2.00pm – 3.00pm Mon – Fri

Reverse Vending Machines

Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) are suitable for small quantities only and provide a convenient way to recycle containers on a daily basis. For bulk deposits it is recommended that you visit a Collection Depot (listed above).

Users of an RVM are allocated a loyalty card and have the option to redeem their containers for cash, rewards or donate to charity.

Envirobank Recycling RVM: Charles Darwin University
Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina
p: 08 8931 0397
9.00am - 6.00pm Mon - Sun
Closed Public Holidays
Note: This RVM only accepts aluminum and plastic containers.
No Cardboard or Glass.
For more information visit www.envirobanknt.com.au/recycle-for-rewards
Envirobank Recycling RVM: 15 Parap Road, Parap
p: 08 8931 0397
10.00am - 4.00pm Mon - Fri
10.00am - 1pm Sat - Sun
Closed Public Holidays
Note: This RVM does not accept cardboard.
For more information visit www.envirobanknt.com.au/recycle-for-rewards
Envirobank Recycling: Mobile Reverse Vending Machine
41 McKinnon Road Pinelands
p: 08 8931 0397
8.00 - 12 Noon Sat - Sun
Revive Recycling Pty Ltd: Reverse Vending Machine
159 Dick Ward Drive, Nightcliff
Shopping Centre, Nightcliff
p: 03 9558 0344
7.30am - 9.30pm Mon - Sun (coming soon)
Envirobank Recycling RVM: 280 Whitewood Road, Howard Springs
p: 08 8931 0397
9.00am - 8.00pm Mon - Sun (coming soon)
Envirobank Recycling RVM: Alpa Store, Lot 83, Gadapu Road, Milingimbi
P: 08 8931 0397
10.00am – 4.00pm Mon - Sun(coming soon)

What about Territorians that don’t have easy access to a Collection Depot?

Cash for Containers is a Territory-wide scheme but there will always be circumstances where the nearest Collection Depot is some distance away.

For remote Territorians, eligible containers can be collected and stored until a visit is planned to a community with a Collection Depot or they can establish a Collection Point in their community.

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