00:00Camperdown man Brian Stewart has been collecting cans for more than half his life.
00:07He estimates he's put through more than 100,000 containers through the Container Deposit Scheme
00:13since it began in Victoria a year ago.
00:16Twelve months I've been speeding through the machine here and I've put $10,000 through
00:21so far.
00:22He's even managed to buy a second hand caravan with the money.
00:27Can money.
00:28I used me can money.
00:30And he's not the only one making the most of the scheme.
00:34Victorians have returned more than 900 million containers to date, pocketing over $90 million
00:41in refunds.
00:42But there's calls to increase the refund amount from 10 cents.
00:47In parts of Europe, the return rate is about 40 cents.
00:51Now that may be a bit ambitious but you know if we can do something a little bit better
00:56than 10 cents in the future that would be a great start.
01:00There's also calls to widen the types of containers eligible to include wine and milk bottles.
01:06We had the opportunity to really lead the nation as such but you know wine bottles and
01:11there's a number of other ones that people are saying why weren't they included and now
01:15the other states are going to be including them.
01:17VicReturn says there are no plans to expand the list of eligible containers and that the
01:2310 cent refund will remain fixed with an increase in the deposit amount not currently
01:29being considered.
01:31After collecting hundreds of thousands of cans over more than 30 years, Brian is looking
01:37forward to taking a well deserved break.
01:40He's going to pack the fishing rod and take his new caravan on its maiden voyage to Yambuk
01:45for a fishing trip.
01:47And upon his return, he'll get back to work.
01:51So, I'll keep collecting.
01:54Hard work pays off.
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