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Bring back bottle deposits?

Posted by: 3AW Radio | 23 January, 2012 - 10:29 AM
Yarra River

Former Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse has launched a campaign to bring back deposits on drink bottles.

Malthouse says he's 'appalled' at the amount of bottles and rubbish he sees in the Yarra.

In South Australia bottles attract a ten cent deposit, which is an incentive for people to collect them, rather than dump them.

Malthouse told Neil Mitchell he'd love to see a system in place here in Victoria.

Listen below and have your say - Should the state government bring back bottle deposits?

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PLAY: Mick Malthouse in the 3AW Studio with Neil Mitchell

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*Students from Boronia Heights College in front of Parliament House campaigning for a bottle deposit*

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Blog comments Your Say

  • What actually letting kids EARN money!! What a concept. About time this was brought back. Gave me a lot of pocket money, actually even more than that!!

    DavidR Tuesday 24 January, 2012 - 10:27 AM
  • This did happen in the good old days Charlie R.
    Those days were much better than today, will the deposit refund apply to plastic bottles, which we did not have in days gone by?
    I hate these modern days, we were a lot happier and safer in the 50s and 60s.

    Faye Tuesday 24 January, 2012 - 8:59 AM
  • So please where are the details on joining this campaign that Mick has launched?

    David Turk Tuesday 24 January, 2012 - 7:36 AM
  • Love the idea.
    Get this happening.
    Crazy that it's not already.

    Charlie R Monday 23 January, 2012 - 9:18 PM
  • Mick, probably the most sensible thing you've ever said!! I'd even restore my billy cart so I could go out and pick up my fortune. Oh, I thought I heard Mylene calling out "BOTTLE-OH". Damn, she got the idea first.

    David T. Monday 23 January, 2012 - 5:00 PM
  • @Marie,they were the good years, the bottle money was pocket money for a lot of kids>..

    Steve Monday 23 January, 2012 - 3:35 PM

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