A container deposit scheme promised for Tasmania will operate under a split-responsibility model to maximise the efficiency of the scheme, the government says.
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The state government had promised to have the scheme operational by the end of 2022 but had not decided on a model until today.
Industry bodies had expressed a desire to run the scheme but Environment Minister Roger Jaensch said the scheme will split responsibility between those coordinating and financing the scheme and the those groups collecting containers.
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"We believe this will give Tasmania the best of what the beverage industry and the waste and recycling industry can offer," he said.
"And make sure we maximise the efficiency of the scheme and maximise the number of containers that we divert from landfill."
The scheme will allow Tasmanians to receive a 10c refund if they return a container to a deposit area - the refund is already built into the price of most containers.
Environmental and local government groups have long campaigned for a container deposit scheme in Tasmania.
Local Government Association of Tasmania president Christina Holmdahl said the organisation welcomed the government's announcement.
"As a sector we've been lobbying the government for a scheme like this for a long time. We are the main collector and manager of waste in the state so we know that the container refund scheme [is] going to stop an increase in container litter and also contribute to the recycle economy," she said.
"There is a real appetite in the community to see waste properly managed. I think a few years ago if you had of introduced something like this there would have been a lot of cynicism but I think we have all come a long way in recent times in ensuring that we all do our bit."
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Charitable Recycling Australia Tasmanian director Peter Freak said the container deposit scheme provided opportunities for the community sector to add another revenue stream.
As part of the proposed model charities could accept container donations and then deliver them to a deposit and receive the refund.
Mr Freak said there was examples of this type of scheme helping charities and communities groups across Australia.
"We've been behind this scheme since the start and have been involved in consultation along the way," he said.
"We do look forward to those opportunities that it does represent because it adds value and provides a value to waste which is something we have been doing for a long time."
Although the government has decided on the split-responsibility model they are yet to determine what exactly the scheme will look. Mr Jaensch said the government will now finalise their legislation before putting it out for public comment.