The Clunes Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) is now live and operating, giving locals extra reason to recycle their plastic and glass containers.

The Hepburn Shire Council snapped the above photo of Jake Weber from TOMRA Cleanaway showing Cr Tim Drylie and Cr Tessa Halliday how the CDS works, and posted it up on their social media last week.

As The Local reported earlier, the Clunes IGA supermarket is hosting the machine in partnership with state government.

It joins several CDS units now across Hepburn Shire, including those at Creswick, Daylesford and Trentham (Pig & Whistle).

Clunes residents will soon have added financial incentive to recycle many of their glass and plastic containers following the installation of a reverse vending machine in Fraser Street.

To be operated by TOMRA Cleanaway, the WestZone operator for the state’s container deposit scheme, the machine has been installed on land held by the town’s local IGA supermarket.

Expected to become operational from this Friday (July 5), the new reverse vending machine follows similar ones already operating in Creswick, Daylesford and Trentham.

“We are proud to be partnering with the local Clunes IGA to host this new reverse vending machine which is expected to go live Friday 5 July,” a TOMRA Cleanaway spokesperson said.

Clunes IGA supermarket owner Dianne Hill says the supermarket agreed to provide the land for the machine after the site was identified as one of the few locations in the town suited for the machine due to the fact that it has both three phase power and staff on site seven days a week.

Earlier this year the Hepburn Shire Council reported that soon after the installation of the reverse vending machine in Creswick, that machine had received a record 9500-plus containers in just one-week courtesy of 112 customers, pointing to the success of the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) in reducing litter and supporting community fundraising.

CDS Vic is a state government initiative that provides a 10 cent refund for every returned eligible drink container returned across the state.

The recently installed reverse vending machine in Creswick received a record 9500-plus containers in just one-week courtesy of 112 customers, the Hepburn Shire Council has reported.

It’s further indication of the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) success in reducing litter and supporting community fundraising, the council says.

CDS is a Victorian government initiative that provides 10-cent refund for every eligible drink container returned. Many sites are now open to accept containers and locations in the Hepburn Shire are:

• Creswick Hub, 68 Albert Street, Creswick
• Daylesford Industrial Estate, 37-39 East Street, Daylesford
• Pig and Whistle Hotel, 705 James Lane, Trentham East.

And a site for a machine in Clunes is being investigated, the council has recently reported.

The machines are operated by TOMRA Cleanaway with those intending to make a deposit also able to download the CDS Vic West app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.