Should we have refunds on empty bottles and cans?
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Read the latest in this Age Article from 1 February 2012.
Imagine if when you bought a drink, you got 10 cents back when you returned the empty can or bottle when you're done. Sound simple? Well it is. It's done all over the world and delivers massive environmental and social benefits. READ MORE
But Coke is running a well-funded campaign against refunds on empty bottles and cans. They have been harassing anyone trying to push for a refund recycling scheme that would reduce millions of tonnes of CO2 pollution and billions of litres of water. Not to mention removing lots of litter.
A successful deposit and refund scheme on cans and bottles has been operating for 30 years in South Australia, and many other parts of the world. But when the Northern Territory parliament tried to introduce it for 2012, Coke and its allies were there harassing them with false claims about its impact.
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