ACT Container Deposit Scheme

You can make cents from your home, school, work or clubhouse with our mobile collection service.

🧃 Collect your eligible cans and bottles (minimum 300 containers)

💻 Book in your collection https://actcds.org.au/recollect/

🏡 Leave your container collection in a safe space or meet our driver at the door for pick-up

💵 Receive your container refund later (a 3c service fee per container will apply)

Hold on to your containers to score with the ACT CDS🤑

Find your nearest return point here https://actcds.org.au/return-points/

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If you recycled a bottle a day for a year through the ACT CDS, you would save resources in the production of new drink containers:

🚿water savings equivalent to 263 minutes of showering
🔌energy savings equivalent to 586.9 hours powering your TV
🚗CO2 emissions avoided equivalent to 210.2 km of driving

Find out the impact of your recycling here https://actcds.org.au/impact-calculator/

Need to drop off your containers close to home? Try one of our drop and go pods around Canberra.

🧃Bag your eligible containers

📍Label them at the return point and drop them off

🪙Receive a 10c refund per eligible container.

Find out more about getting started here https://actcds.org.au/how-to-participate/

Score cents for your recycling🤩

Look for the 10c refund mark on your bottles, cans and cartons to see if they are eligible for the ACT CDS🔍

Find out more about what is eligible for a 10c refund here https://actcds.org.au/eligible-containers/

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Students at Turner Primary School are getting creative to encourage recycling at their school🎨

After introducing 3 ACT CDS bins at the school in late 2025, year 3 and 4 students created posters to encourage students of all ages to participate in the ACT CDS.

Their creativity has been a hit, and has seen the school expand their collections with new bins recently.

Read more https://actcds.org.au/community/students-poster-campaign-helps-kick-start-act-cds-recycling-at-turner-primary/

Cheers to 8 years of recycling that makes cents 🥳

On our 8th birthday, we are toasting to...
🧃Nearly 480 million containers returned via return points
💰Nearly $48 million in refunds back to Canberrans
♻️ 69% of containers supplied have been redeemed through the scheme over the last 12 months

Thank you ACT, and cheers to many more years together!

Read more - https://actcds.org.au/community/happy-8th-birthday-act-cds/

Turning your containers into cents can be done any time, whether it's after school, on the way home, with the weekly shop or while you're chilling at home♻️🪙

Find what makes cents for you https://actcds.org.au/return-points/

In a hurry? 💨

Did you know you can drop off your containers instead of waiting?

Simply visit the terminal, label each of your bags and leave them in the bag drop zone. Our team will process your bags for you🧃♻️

Find your nearest depot here https://actcds.org.au/return-points/