The ACT Government has announced the ACT Container Deposit Scheme (ACT CDS) will commence on June 30, 2018.

Under the Scheme, ACT residents will be able to return eligible, empty beverage containers to designated collection points and receive a 10 cent refund for each container. The ACT will look to establish more over-the-counter collection points, located in high-residential catchment areas and will encourage more small business involvement. Source: www.drinksbulletin.com. As a reminder, we expect the Container Deposit Scheme to affect ~65% of the population once implemented in NSW (1 Dec-17), ACT (1H18), QLD (2H18) and WA (CY19). For more details on the CDS and potential impact on CCL, see: CCL – Passing on costs doesn’t make cents