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HOW WE’RE TRACKING in Victoria

Explore CDS Vic data and see how the scheme is tracking across Victoria. Use the dashboard to view the number of containers returned, types of refund points and materials across the scheme, and more.

3.7 Billion

Containers returned via Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

Since the scheme began in November 2023

Average 156 Containers per transaction

Victorians have returned more than

2,580 Times

The length of the Great Ocean Road

$367.8 Million

Returned to Victorian pockets

71%

Reduction in litter across Victoria

1.3 Billion

Additional containers recycled via kerbside, public and commercial collections

Top Donation Partners

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$4,243,922

Raised for donation partners

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Returns across Victoria

Container returns by local government area,
since November 2023

Hume City Council 5.7% 209,972,396
Greater Geelong City Council 5.4% 198,328,634
Casey City Council 5.1% 188,553,789
Melton City Council 4.8% 175,081,868
Wyndham City Council 4.3% 156,886,983
Brimbank City Council 3.5% 128,094,484
Ballarat City Council 3.3% 121,116,201
Monash City Council 3.2% 117,838,065
Greater Dandenong City Council 3.2% 117,273,025
Hobsons Bay City Council 3.1% 115,708,919
Whittlesea City Council 3% 111,591,994
Greater Bendigo City Council 2.8% 102,479,078
Frankston City Council 2.7% 99,274,699
Knox City Council 2.7% 98,317,221
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council 2.5% 91,605,622
Latrobe City Council 2.2% 80,637,162
Kingston City Council 2.2% 79,649,685
Greater Shepparton City Council 2% 72,057,964
Merri-bek City Council 1.9% 71,350,443
Mildura Rural City Council 1.9% 70,727,644
Cardinia Shire Council 1.8% 66,835,192
Darebin City Council 1.7% 62,492,337
Whitehorse City Council 1.6% 59,393,192
Yarra Ranges Shire Council 1.4% 51,698,057
Baw Baw Shire Council 1.4% 51,319,523
Warrnambool City Council 1.3% 47,488,287
Campaspe Shire Council 1.2% 44,035,026
East Gippsland Shire Council 1.2% 42,582,102
Wodonga City Council 1.1% 41,536,799
Banyule City Council 1.1% 40,286,954
Bass Coast Shire Council 1.1% 39,914,904
Wellington Shire Council 1.1% 39,577,302
Mitchell Shire Council 1.1% 38,845,054
Maribyrnong City Council 1% 37,434,791
Wangaratta Rural City Council 0.9% 33,765,851
Maroondah City Council 0.9% 33,746,258
Horsham Rural City Council 0.9% 32,243,909
Moonee Valley City Council 0.9% 32,033,891
Melbourne City Council 0.8% 28,823,624
Manningham City Council 0.8% 28,056,912
Bayside City Council 0.7% 27,206,537
Port Phillip City Council 0.7% 27,163,481
Swan Hill Rural City Council 0.7% 26,119,098
Moira Shire Council 0.7% 25,287,438
Glen Eira City Council 0.6% 22,974,649
Colac Otway Shire Council 0.5% 19,169,953
Moorabool Shire Council 0.5% 19,065,145
Glenelg Shire Council 0.5% 17,209,590
Benalla Rural City Council 0.4% 15,912,805
Central Goldfields Shire Council 0.4% 15,070,115
Surf Coast Shire Council 0.4% 14,732,172
Boroondara City Council 0.4% 14,469,263
Northern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 14,316,369
Southern Grampians Shire Council 0.4% 13,756,201
Macedon Ranges Shire Council 0.3% 12,103,412
Corangamite Shire Council 0.3% 11,858,367
Ararat Rural City Council 0.3% 11,814,316
Mount Alexander Shire Council 0.3% 10,310,451
Yarra City Council 0.3% 10,088,360
South Gippsland Shire Council 0.3% 10,004,545
Mansfield Shire Council 0.3% 9,729,483
Murrindindi Shire Council 0.2% 7,613,539
Hepburn Shire Council 0.2% 6,339,121
Gannawarra Shire Council 0.1% 5,454,093
Moyne Shire Council 0.1% 4,919,707
Strathbogie Shire Council 0.1% 4,631,999
Golden Plains Shire Council 0.1% 4,469,516
Yarriambiack Shire Council 0.1% 4,467,139
Stonnington City Council 0.1% 4,452,378
Nillumbik Shire Council 0.1% 4,248,332
Towong Shire Council 0.1% 4,014,881
Hindmarsh Shire Council 0.1% 3,889,220
Pyrenees Shire Council 0.1% 3,662,768
Loddon Shire Council 0.1% 3,653,674
Alpine Shire Council 0.1% 3,240,114
Buloke Shire Council 0.1% 3,158,444
Indigo Shire Council 0.1% 2,072,389
West Wimmera Shire Council 0% 738,860
Borough of Queenscliffe Council 0% 313,777

What's Being Returned

A look at the different materials people are returning through the scheme

49.6%

Aluminium

30.7%

Plastic

2%

Liquid paperboard

0.2%

Glass

Access to refund points

635

Live Refund points across Victoria

296

Reverse Vending Machines

68

Depots

271

Over-the-counter

1,065 beverage suppliers registered

supporting the delivery of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme

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Impact statistics are current as of September, 2026

Dashboard statistics are updated regularly to reflect the latest available CDS Vic scheme data since the Scheme’s start date (1 November 2023) to the latest available data. They are updated regularly as new data becomes available.

The length of the Great Ocean Road in drink containers is calculated using the length of the road (243km) compared with the potential length if all eligible drink containers returned to CDS Vic since 1 November 2023 were arranged end-to-end, lying flat. The heights of those containers used for this calculation are the median heights of all drink container types accepted by CDS Vic (eg, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, glass bottles etc). This figure is updated weekly.

The percentage reduction in litter is calculated by EPA Victoria and updated upon notice from the EPA to CDS Vic.