It’s a question we get a lot – where do my containers go after I get my refund? And we get it. You want to know that your bottles and cans are being recycled.
So, we thought we’d go straight to the source. Here, you’ll find a video explaining the journey your drink containers go on to get back onto supermarket shelves, told by the people who do the work.
You know about the first part because you’re there. At our refund points, you return your containers and get your refund. That’s when we take over.
From there, drink containers get taken to facilities where they’re sorted by material: glass, plastic, aluminium and so on.
Then, they’re sold to companies that recycle the containers back into raw materials. For glass and plastic, that happens in Victoria or elsewhere in Australia, while aluminium gets sent overseas.
The raw materials get made back into bottles and cans – or other useful things – and they’re ready to be enjoyed again. That’s the circular economy in action.
