Victoria’s new Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) is making it easy for Victorians to donate their container refunds to a great cause this Easter by partnering with the Good Friday Appeal.

The annual Royal Children’s Hospital fundraiser will be the first statewide donation partner for the CDS, giving it priority placement on more than 145 reverse vending machines and promotion at more than 50 depots across the state.

The partnership will make it easy for Victorians right across the state to donate to the Good Friday Appeal by returning their containers for a 10-cent refund until 30 April.

Until Easter, the Good Friday Appeal community – including the Regional Area Managers, CFA, volunteers, schools, businesses and families, will also be collecting containers to return as refund donations.

CDS Vic is trialling the Good Friday Appeal as a statewide donation partner and will review the results to determine if a statewide donation partner model should be adopted on a permanent basis – to help Victorian charities and community groups boost their fundraising and awareness efforts.

More than 2,000 donation partners have registered with CDS Vic so far. Beyond Blue was the top fundraiser in the scheme’s first two months, with almost $14,000 raised.

Victorians have enthusiastically embraced CDS Vic since it launched on 1 November, returning more than 220 million containers and pocketing more than $22 million in refunds in just three months.

Container refunds can be exchanged for electronic or cash refunds, a retail voucher, or donated to a charity, local community or sporting group, or school registered with the scheme.

To find your nearest refund point, and for more information, visit cdsvic.org.au.