Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced it will be implementing an additional charge on all affected products starting in 1 November 2017.
The additional charge arises from the NSW Government Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). The new scheme is also called Return and Earn which will commence on 1 December 2017.
To fund the new scheme, Return and Earn will impose mandatory costs on the supply of eligible containers into the NSW market to cover the 10 cent deposit as well as handling, administration and scheme compliance costs.
“It is not our preference to increase prices, however it is important that our customers understand these additional charges arising from the CDS are a direct consequence of NSW Government policy,” said CCA in a statement. “Our aim is to keep CDS costs as low as possible for our customers.”
They took into account a range of relevant factors for the additional charge:
• estimates of CDS costs to suppliers published online by Return and Earn (returnandearn.org.au) for the first three months of the scheme (http://returnandearn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ReturnandEarn_SchemeCosts.pdf)
• redemption rates as assessed by Return and Earn, considering the redemption channel and container type.
Return and Earn will begin invoicing all first suppliers from 1 November. Coca-Cola Amatil will match this date and apply the additional charge arising from the CDS to orders from that date.
