I have a soft drink bottle, anybody who will be travelling through SA is welcome to have this bottle as there is a 5c deposit to be claimed back in SA so anybody who want's it can have it for free, I can also post it to you if you pay the postage.
well we must have had this bottle a long while because it has 5c printed on it
Dougwe said
08:50 PM Feb 2, 2012
Cheaper to recycle or just chuck in rubbish Wombat
_wombat_ said
09:02 PM Feb 2, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
Cheaper to recycle or just chuck in rubbish Wombat
I did think of that but it would be a waste of 5c.
dazren said
12:49 AM Feb 3, 2012
WOMBY !! Take your Medication NOW ?? and what's with the new avatar ??
Shooting Vic, he may stop being nice to you, if he sees it [ lol ]
_wombat_ said
01:10 AM Feb 3, 2012
OK I'll take my pills.
Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN
goinsoon said
02:06 AM Feb 3, 2012
Wombie, you only took the orange pills this morning didn't you, I know forgot the pink ones again
Cruising Granny said
02:26 AM Feb 3, 2012
The 10c deposit only applies to bottles purchased in SA. They take a very dim view if anyone from interstate tries to salvage plastic bottles, aluminium cans and tetra packs here in SA. It's been tried, and they failed. The bar code has the secret apparently, and you pay the 10c when you purchase the drink. The system has worked here since the 70's, yet no other state actually pays the deposit. They recycle these items but no money changes hands. Keep recycling folks. Driving along the highways and biways of this country I could see a very lucrative income source in each state to keep the roadsides clean and tidy, but no one else has taken it up. Pensioners go riding the walking each morning and fill their shopping bags.
_wombat_ said
02:36 AM Feb 3, 2012
we purchased our bottle in SA so that means we must have paid the 5c, how long has it been 10c?
it does say 5c on our bottle, would I get 5c or 10c back, not sure if it will be worth driving across the Nulla to get my money back.
Beth54 said
02:47 AM Feb 3, 2012
We used to return them in Qld too, when I was a kid. I don't know when they stopped it. I think they were threepence for a small one, and sixpence for the large Coke bottle. All glass in those days too.
Vic said
02:55 AM Feb 3, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
OK I'll take my pills.
Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN
I saw it, but I know it must be depressing down those holes, so I'll ignore it
Jack Mac said
02:59 AM Feb 3, 2012
I remember that Beth. In the early sixties a mate and I went to an international match at the Exhibition grounds. We played the curtain raiser so got in for free. Instead of watching all the main match we went around and collected bottles. Made over a pound each (a fortune in those days) in about half an hour.
In late fifties a mate and I used to collect old newspapers and sell them to local fruit shops/butchers and fish and chip shops. Got between 1d and 3d a pound for them if we folded them out and rolled them up tied with string. For those days made a fortune. What happened to it? More's the point what happend to my entrepreneurial spirit? LOL
It's been 10c deposit since mid 2010 I think. Many pensioners subsidise their income with cans and bottle salvage. Tax free, and they don't have to declare their income.
Beth54 said
06:24 AM Feb 3, 2012
Jack Mac wrote:
I remember that Beth. In the early sixties a mate and I went to an international match at the Exhibition grounds. We played the curtain raiser so got in for free. Instead of watching all the main match we went around and collected bottles. Made over a pound each (a fortune in those days) in about half an hour.
In late fifties a mate and I used to collect old newspapers and sell them to local fruit shops/butchers and fish and chip shops. Got between 1d and 3d a pound for them if we folded them out and rolled them up tied with string. For those days made a fortune. What happened to it? More's the point what happend to my entrepreneurial spirit? LOL
John, we lived close to the Pacific Highway, south of Brisbane, so walked along the highway and collected them. If we found the big coke bottle, that'd be great! The refund paid for us to go to the local pool.
goinsoon said
06:53 AM Feb 3, 2012
Here you are Beth, this something for free, I cant do much while I am convalescing, so I got a little artistic
Here you are Beth, this something for free, I cant do much while I am convalescing, so I got a little artistic
Aww, swimming with the goldfish. Thanks Brian.
Vic said
08:12 AM Feb 3, 2012
goinsoon wrote:
Trouble is Wombat has had surgery, you won't recognise him now
Don't matter.....as long he looks like Wombat, smells like a Wombat, walks like a Wombat, talks like a Wombat, that will do!
_wombat_ said
09:08 AM Feb 3, 2012
GS & Vic, I have seen your comments and will be looking out for you, I have my gun ready
Like your new av Vic & GS
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 3rd of February 2012 09:08:54 AM
Zoomtopz said
01:30 PM Feb 3, 2012
Hey Jack Mac & Others
I was one of those kids that used to dive in & find th coins people used to
throw into the water after the Manly ferris docked at Manly , that was in th
early 60s , we used to get a bit too .
Richo.
ps - 2 mates of mine that used to that regularly also collected bottles
around Manly . I ended up working for them in th early 80s , they were
multi-millionaires . Started by collecting bottles & diving into th wateto find coins .
R.
Dougwe said
01:45 PM Feb 3, 2012
I'm not sure as Uncle Al is creeping around me lately but if I do remember correctly here in Victoria when I was a whipper snipper if we took a soft drink bottle back we got money but Uncle Al prevents me from remembering how much, I think 5c. That would have been a lot then, you could get a BIG bag of lollies and not told they weren't good for you.
Vic said
02:31 PM Feb 3, 2012
How about this one then John? See if anyone can guess what flag it is
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 3rd of February 2012 02:33:44 PM
Since 1 September 2008, the deposit on beverage containers is 10 cents.
Even if the container is marked 5c, consumers can still receive a 10 cent refund.
Since the state government increased the refund on beverage containers, more South Australians have been encouraged to recycle. At the same time, there has been less litter on our streets and less waste sent to landfill.
Since 1 September 2008, the deposit on beverage containers is 10 cents.
Even if the container is marked 5c, consumers can still receive a 10 cent refund.
Since the state government increased the refund on beverage containers, more South Australians have been encouraged to recycle. At the same time, there has been less litter on our streets and less waste sent to landfill.
I have a soft drink bottle, anybody who will be travelling through SA is welcome to have this bottle as there is a 5c deposit to be claimed back in SA so anybody who want's it can have it for free, I can also post it to you if you pay the postage.
well we must have had this bottle a long while because it has 5c printed on it
I did think of that but it would be a waste of 5c.
WOMBY !! Take your Medication NOW ?? and what's with the new avatar ??
Shooting Vic, he may stop being nice to you,
if he sees it [ lol ] 
OK I'll take my pills.
Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN
Wombie, you only took the orange pills this morning didn't you, I know forgot the pink ones again
The bar code has the secret apparently, and you pay the 10c when you purchase the drink.
The system has worked here since the 70's, yet no other state actually pays the deposit. They recycle these items but no money changes hands.
Keep recycling folks. Driving along the highways and biways of this country I could see a very lucrative income source in each state to keep the roadsides clean and tidy, but no one else has taken it up.
Pensioners go riding the walking each morning and fill their shopping bags.
we purchased our bottle in SA so that means we must have paid the 5c, how long has it been 10c?
it does say 5c on our bottle, would I get 5c or 10c back, not sure if it will be worth driving across the Nulla to get my money back.
We used to return them in Qld too, when I was a kid. I don't know when they stopped it. I think they were threepence for a small one, and sixpence for the large Coke bottle. All glass in those days too.
I saw it, but I know it must be depressing down those holes, so I'll ignore it
I remember that Beth. In the early sixties a mate and I went to an international match at the Exhibition grounds. We played the curtain raiser so got in for free. Instead of watching all the main match we went around and collected bottles. Made over a pound each (a fortune in those days) in about half an hour.
In late fifties a mate and I used to collect old newspapers and sell them to local fruit shops/butchers and fish and chip shops. Got between 1d and 3d a pound for them if we folded them out and rolled them up tied with string. For those days made a fortune. What happened to it? More's the point what happend to my entrepreneurial spirit? LOL
wombat wrote
OK I'll take my pills.
Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN
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Now wombat, let me think about that
??????? hmmm there was the time that [ nah that did'nt happen ] hmm 
what about the time that Vic said
oh naa that was not Vic !! hmmm Oh ! hang on I remember something that Vic said to you ?? OOPS hang on that was'nt nice !!
Well womby,
I guess your right, Vic has never been nice to you, so all i can really suggest is go ahead and shoot him 
now I have the ok from you I will do it tonoght after dark, so don't expect Vic to be on here tomorrow
You won't be able to shoot Vic tonight ??? goinsoon said that you have taken the Orange pill already, that is the one for sleeping,
so looks like Vic is safe for one more day
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that why i feel tired
No, because I'll be too busy making Wombat stew after his failed attempt!!
Trouble is Wombat has had surgery, you won't recognise him now
Many pensioners subsidise their income with cans and bottle salvage. Tax free, and they don't have to declare their income.
John, we lived close to the Pacific Highway, south of Brisbane, so walked along the highway and collected them. If we found the big coke bottle, that'd be great! The refund paid for us to go to the local pool.
Here you are Beth, this something for free, I cant do much while I am convalescing, so I got a little artistic
Aww, swimming with the goldfish. Thanks Brian.
Don't matter.....as long he looks like Wombat, smells like a Wombat, walks like a Wombat, talks like a Wombat, that will do!
GS & Vic, I have seen your comments and will be looking out for you, I have my gun ready
Like your new av Vic & GS
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 3rd of February 2012 09:08:54 AM
Hey Jack Mac & Others
I was one of those kids that used to dive in & find th coins people used to
throw into the water after the Manly ferris docked at Manly , that was in th
early 60s , we used to get a bit too .
Richo.
ps - 2 mates of mine that used to that regularly also collected bottles
around Manly . I ended up working for them in th early 80s , they were
multi-millionaires . Started by collecting bottles & diving into th wateto find coins .
R.
I'm not sure as Uncle Al is creeping around me lately but if I do remember correctly here in Victoria when I was a whipper snipper if we took a soft drink bottle back we got money but Uncle Al prevents me from remembering how much, I think 5c. That would have been a lot then, you could get a BIG bag of lollies and not told they weren't good for you.
How about this one then John? See if anyone can guess what flag it is
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 3rd of February 2012 02:33:44 PM
Since 1 September 2008, the deposit on beverage containers is 10 cents.
Even if the container is marked 5c, consumers can still receive a 10 cent refund.
Since the state government increased the refund on beverage containers, more South Australians have been encouraged to recycle. At the same time, there has been less litter on our streets and less waste sent to landfill.
http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/environmental_info/waste/container_deposit_legislation
Now that maybe worth the trip across the Nulla from my home base of WA
Wish they had that system here, there would be less rubbish everywhere