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Return and Earn is continuing to deliver good things for the community and the environment with more than $10,000 donated to the people of Tathra to help with their bushfire recovery.

The fundraising for Tathra’s recovery effort is tipping over $1.1million thanks to the generosity of people far and wide.

More than 350 million drink containers have been refunded through Return and Earn and more than 600 return points are now open across NSW, helping to keep our environment container free.

Return and Earn is a great way for community groups to raise money. Just gather your team together and start collecting eligible containers!

Return and Earn is a great way for community groups to raise money. Just gather your team together and start collecting eligible containers!

Local schools, charities, sports and community groups can become donation partners of Return and Earn and raise funds by being listed on their local reverse vending machine.

I refer to your article, ‘Companies pocket $400 million a year from unclaimed refunds’ (7 April 2018) in which the suggestion is made that the beverage industry is making windfall profits from the NSW Container Deposit Scheme.

More than 150 million drink containers have been refunded through Return and Earn.

Over 100 million drink containers have been returned for refunds under the NSW Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, since the Scheme started 1 December 2017.

The NSW community has returned more than 40 million containers under the Return and Earn container deposit scheme since collection points opened on December 1.

The NSW container deposit scheme Return and Earn has passed the 28 million returns mark and, with more people taking part each day, the NSW Environment Protection Authority is reminding the community about what they “can” return to claim the 10c refund.

Eighteen million containers have been returned through the NSW Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, in the first month, with the numbers expected to surge further as people across the state head to collection points in the wake of New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Eight new collection points are set to be opened in NSW this week, bringing the total number of Return and Earn sites for the state to well over 300

Two million drink containers have been returned through the State’s Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, over 28 and 29 December.

Thirteen million drink containers have been returned through the State’s Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, in under a month of the scheme’s operation.

Reverse vending machines at Coles’ supermarkets across the State will join the three hundred collection points that have already been rolled out as part of the Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton announced today.

More than five million drink containers have been returned through the State’s Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, in just under two weeks.

The first week of the state’s Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, has had an overwhelming response with more than 2 million drink containers returned.

Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton has announced the first four Return and Earn donation partners to feature on the state’s reverse vending machines.

People who claim drink container refunds through Return and Earn can have the money deposited in their registered PayPal accounts from 1 December using their smartphones, NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton announced today.

The awareness campaign for the NSW Government’s Container Deposit Scheme – Return and Earn – has commenced in the lead up to the 1 December scheme commencement.

Up to 180 reverse vending machines will be positioned at or near Woolworths supermarkets across the state by 1 December when the container deposit scheme, Return and Earn, starts cashing in containers, Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton announced today.

The estimated fees levied to beverage suppliers to fund the new NSW Container Deposit Scheme have been published.