Average mass of eligible drink container = 68.9g. Source: Source: Boyden, A., Berenyi, T. & Grant, T., (p14, 2022)

Did you know all plastic and glass bottles you return are recycled into new containers right here in Australia? Source: Scheme Coordinator, Exchange for Change, More information: https://actcds.org.au/what-happens-to-your-containers/

It takes less water to make a recycled drink container than it does to make a new one with raw materials Source: Boyden, A., Berenyi, T. & Grant, T., (p22, 2022)

Making glass from recycled materials requires only 40% of the energy needed to make glass from new materials. Source: Cleanaway https://cleanaway2stor.blob.core.windows.net/cleanaway2-blob-container/2020/06/Glass.pdf

Aluminium can be recycled endlessly without losing quality...much better than sitting in the ground and decomposing for centuries! Source: Scheme coordinator, Exchange for Change. More information: https://actcds.org.au/what-happens-to-your-containers/

Based on 2021 Snapshot of Australian Capital Territory Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/snapshot-act-2021

Garbage truck capacity is based on an Australian rear lift truck with a payload capacity of 9.5 tonnes Source: https://waster.com.au/australian-garbage-trucks/

Average volume calculated from Average of designed capacity (491.5ml) from Supplied CDS containers data document

Average bedroom size 28.32 cubic metres - Global self storage webisite Source: https://globalselfstorage.com.au/storage-tips/storage-unit-size/

Garbage truck capacity is based on an Australian rear lift truck with a payload capacity of 9.5 tonnes (Source: https://waster.com.au/australian-garbage-trucks/)

Size of standard Olympic swimming pool (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool)

Household annual energy consumption (Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/energy/energy-account-australia/latest-release#:~:text=In%202019%2D20%20energy%20use,%25%20to%201%2C515%20GJ%2F%20%24mGVA)

Number of passenger vehicles in ACT (Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-transport/survey-motor-vehicle-use-australia/latest-release#tonne-kilometres-travelled)