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by baroffoos 2586 days ago
Most of Australia has 10c deposits on plastic bottles. You virtually never see them laying around outside. Its fairly common to see homeless people walking around with bags full of bottles they found in public bins or on the street.

We also have a 10c charge on plastic bags at supermarkets and you rarely see those floating around anymore and people use them multiple times now.

Coffee cups and fast food boxes are all over the side of the street unfortunately.

Its amazing what a massive difference such a tiny fee can make.

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