New reverse vending machines have been installed in Werribee South and Point Cook making it even easier for locals to get refunds by recycling bottles and cans through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS).
The scheme’s west zone network operator TOMRA Cleanaway have installed the new machines at Wyndham Harbour in Werribee South and Saltwater Reserve in Point Cook.
As well as earning money themselves, the reverse vending machines will allow residents to donate to local organisations registered with CDS Vic as fundraising partners, including:
Werribee River Association, Werribee Museum and Historical Society and Wyndham Park Community Centre.
TOMRA Cleanaway chief executive James Dorney said the company were excited to have indeed the new refund points in Wyndham.
“Our machines are quick, convenient, and automated, and able to be seamlessly integrated into
retail and community locations,” he said.
“As Network Operator for the CDS Vic West Zone, we are driven to provide a convenient and
accessible network of refund points. The community has shown that when provided with a
convenient, accessible, and technology-based container deposit scheme network, they will get
involved.”
Environment minister Steve Dimopoulos said the CDS had proved hugely popular since its inception in November last year and that the Werribee South and Point Cook refund points would help continue that success.
“We’re completely transforming recycling in Victoria backed by a $515 million investment to deliver the landmark transition to a circular economy, driving progress towards our target of diverting 80 per cent of all material away from landfill by 2030,” Mr Dimopoulos said.
