Thread: Victorian Container Deposit Scheme - A scam ?

Originally Posted by loanrangie

In the 70's and 80's we got 20c per glass bottle, collected a few and it was enough for fish n chips and a game of Galaxian or 2 at the local squash courts.
Our local milk bar would stack the bottles at the back of the shop so we'd go around and get them back and cash them in again .

Yep, we'd sneak up the creek and between the gorse in the paddock between the creek and the school bottles. We'd half fill the lifted bottles with water and float them down the creek to the beach. We'd wade back down the creek herding up the bottles ready for the cashing in. For us it was pies and a coke or L&P drink and games on the asteroids. In November with guy fawkes looming it was "Double happy" crackers and "thunder bolts".

Years ago, at Redcliffe Leagues Club, a mate's two boys would fund raise for their scout group by collecting all the beer cans from the ground, after a match. I supplied my iia as their 'Bin' to take the collection to the metal recyclers at Clontarf. It would be loaded level with the top of the bulkhead, behind the seats. Mind you, these were mostly crushed cans. The smell of stale grog would slowly dissipate until the next home game.