Melton topped the state with more than 400,000 containers deposited at a single point during the first week of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDC Vic).
More than $40,000 would have been refunded through the state’s best performing return point depot on Reserve Road in seven days.
The point is operated by indigenous not-for-profit The KARI Foundation in partnership with waste management company Clean Vibes.
Across the state, more 10.2 million containers were deposited, refunding more than $1 million.
VicReturn chief executive Jim Round said It’s fantastic to already seeing so many Victorians get behind the scheme.
“VicReturn is working closely with our three zone operators to make Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme the most accessible and convenient in Australia,” he said.
“The mix of refund points will make it easier than ever for Victorians to recycle containers, to keep them from ending up in our streets, parks and waterways.”
So far, more than 50 per cent of containers returned have been aluminium cans, about one third have been plastic and almost 15 per cent of have been glass.
Refunds can be made as cash, a retail voucher, an electronic refund, or a donation to a charity or community organisation registered with the scheme.
To check which containers are eligible for the 10-cent refund, or to find your closest refund
point, go to cdsvic.org.au
