Eramurra keeps a million bottles from landfill
Two thousand people on a Pilbara mine site, and a scheme that handles the lot.
Golden Grove collects 180,000 a year
The village and the mine collect together, with the refunds going to the RFDS.
RAC rolls out 100 bins at Monkey Mia
Container bins across the site, with the refunds going to local charities.
The Court returns 3,000 a week
A busy Northbridge bar built returns into the closing routine.
Claremont Quarter backs Foodbank
Diverts containers from general waste and donates every refund.
The Switch returns from 39 storeys up
Smart bins let residents of a high-rise return without leaving the building.
Crab Fest runs 80 bins
One of WA's largest events captures containers across the whole site.
Waste hubs at the Royal Show
Dedicated recycling points give showgoers somewhere to put their empties.
Feld & Co cuts the wedding waste
An event space cut its general waste by building returns into every booking.
Red Hill pays a dollar a can
The carbon-negative venue rewards returns, and plants trees with the refunds.
Beer Farm's cans fund the future
A brewer put its refunds into an Established for the Future Fund.
Nowhereman's cans pay for haircuts
The brewer donates refunds to a homelessness charity, and asks customers to do the same.
Liquor Barons: return 24, get $2 off
A bottle shop where customers buy and return in the same trip.
Perth City Farm returns 250 a week
Treats containers as a resource, not waste - and the refunds fund the work.
Shark Bay recycles around the clock
A regional centre rebuilt around containers, serving remote communities.
Warum: a town of 500, all in
Warum collects together, funding the school and the swimming pool.
Services Australia tracks its giving
Staff return their containers together and follow where the donations go.
Green Skills opens a way back to work
The Albany depot offers a safe place to work and a path to something steadier.