Eligible Containers

ELIGIBLE CONTAINERS

Beverage	Container Type	Container Size
Non-alcoholic		Eligible*	Excluded
fruit or vegetable juice – pure	all materials	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL 1L or greater
milk – flavoured: cow’s or other animal milk soy or other plant-based milk low fat milk ultra heat-treated (UHT) milk, etc.	all materials	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL 1L or greater
soft drinks, carbonated	all materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
soft drinks, non-carbonated: energy drinks fruit drinks ready to drink cordials sports drinks vitamin drinks	all materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
water, intended for human consumption plain still or carbonated spring water mineral water	aseptic packs/casks (made from cardboard, plastic or foil)	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL 1L or greater
	all other materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
Alcoholic		Eligible*	Excluded
alcoholic beverages (non-grape) derived from fruit or other substances such as: cider alcoholic lemonade plumwine sake, etc.	all materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
beer/ale/stout	all materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
pure spirituous liquor, distilled alcoholic beverage: brandy gin rum vodka whisky	glass	nil	all containers
	all other materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
wine, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of grapes only does not include grape juice which has not undergone fermentation process	glass	nil	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
	aluminium cans	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL 1L or greater
	plastic	Less than 250ml	Less than 150mL 250ml or greater
	sachets (plastic or foil)	Less than 250ml	Less than 150mL 250ml or greater
	aseptic packs/casks (cardboard, plastic or foil)	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL 1L or greater
Spirit-based, flavoured alcoholic beverage - any beverage that contains spirituous liquor plus additional beverages, ingredients or flavours: alcopops ready to drink alcoholic beverages (RTDs) spirit-based beverages sold in casks	all materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
Wine-based, flavoured alcoholic beverage - any beverage that contains wine plus additional beverages, ingredients or flavours such as: fruit flavoured wine winecoolers ready to drink alcoholic beverages (RTDs)	aseptic packs/casks (cardboard, plastic or foil)	Less than 1L	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L
	all other materials	3L or less	Less than 150mL Greater than 3L

* Most aluminium, glass, PET, HDPE, steel and paperboard drink containers between 150ml and 3L will be eligible.

EXCLUDED CONTAINERS

Beverage	Container Type
any beverage	all containers less than 150ml all containers greater than 3L
cordial or syrups– concentrated/undiluted	all containers
fruit or vegetable juice – concentrated, intended to be diluted	all containers
fruit or vegetable juice – pure	all containers less than 150ml all containers greater than 3L
health tonics – registered	all containers
milk – plain unflavoured	all containers
milk – flavoured	all containers less than 150ml all containers greater than 3L
wine	all glass bottles/containers

Eligible Containers

ELIGIBLE CONTAINERS

EXCLUDED CONTAINERS

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