Though it has been long debated in the state, Victoria and Tasmania are the only Australian jurisdictions that do not have a container refund scheme.

While South Australia has had the scheme in place in 1977, most places had introduced it over the past three years.

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The budget also contains $10 million for the government to co-invest in recycling infrastructure with the waste management sector.

Local Government Association of Tasmania president Christina Holmdahl said investment in waste collection, recycling, and improved resource processing would support jobs.

"While this is an important first step, as a state we must now focus our efforts over the next few years on charting the many other opportunities that exist for Tasmania in the circular economy, particularly after the significant shock to our economy resulting from COVID-19," she said.

Statistics in the Environment Protection Authority's most recent annual report showed there was 749,219 tonnes of waste generated in 2018-19, of which 402,921 went to landfill.

There were 259,829 tonnes that were able to be recycled and 86,469 tonnes composted.

The amount of waste that has been recycled in Tasmania has doubled since 2010-11.

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