Australia

The state of South Australia is the only Australian state with a bottle bill, or container deposit legislation, as it is most commonly known there. There are frequent campaigns for deposit laws in Australia's other states, as well as for a national deposit law. Links and information about these campaigns follow.

Nationwide Campaigns

A nationwide deposit scheme has been considered in the Australian Parliament. A Senate Inquiry into the Management of Australia's Waste Streams discusses the success of South Australia's CDL and indicates that a national bottle bill might find strong support.

New South Wales Campaign

The ongoing campaign to introduce deposit legislation in New South Wales is supported by a number of organizations. Click here for more details on deposit campaigns in NSW.

Tasmania Campaign

The Tasmanian Greens announced a commitment to introduce container deposit legislation in 2010.

Western Australia Campaign

While the Bottle Bill Resource Guide does not presently have a page for this campaign, some links are available below.

• The Boomerang Alliance, a strong advocate for Zero Waste in Australia, has a collection of documents about the campaign for deposit laws in WA on their website.
• BringItBack.org.au - the home of the campaign to introduce CDL in WA
• View a report supporting deposit legislation by Diageo, a leading beverage company in WA and worldwide [PDF]

Northern Territory Campaign

The Northern Territory government introduced a container-deposit and plastic-bag-ban bill in 2010, which was passed in 2011. More information about the Northern Territory campaign