Container Refund Scheme - Discussion Paper About your privacyThe Queensland Government is bound by the Information Privacy Act 2009.The information you provide on this form will only be used for the purpose of informing the Queensland Government's container refund scheme policy development. You may wish to provide your name and contact details. If you do so, we will not share your name or contact details with anyone without your consent. This consultation is a public process and any comments you provide may be published and/or online and may be transmitted outside of Australia. You may wish to bear this in mind when providing your comments.Your comments may be moderated according to our acceptable use policy. Read our privacy statement for details. w 0 Question Title * Contact details (optional, but will enable us to contact you for more information) w 0 Name Email Address Question Title * Age bracket (optional, but this information will enable us to refine further consultation) w 0 <20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 >60 I'd rather not say Question Title * Do you identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person? w 0 Yes Question Title * If an organisation, please provide the organisation's name and address. w 0 Name Address Question Title * Please indicate which sector most closely matches your interests or business(select one check box only) w 0 Local government Question Title * Please indicate your region(select one check box only) w 0 Maranoa and district North Queensland South East Queensland If outside of Queensland or Australia, please specify: REFUND PAYMENTS w 0 Question Title * Question 1. Please provide your views on the various refund options (i.e cash, voucher, direct bank credit, etc.) that may be available to a person returning containers to a container refund point.You can respond by entering text in the box below and/or by answering the sub-questions that follow. w 0 Question Title * 1a. Do you see any issues with an entirely cashless system? w 0 Yes Question Title * If you answered 'yes' please select up to three responses from the list below. w 0 Provides a disincentive to return containers Disadvantages scheme participants who do not have access to online banking and/or online payment systems Other (please specify) Question Title * 1b. Do you see any issues with non-cash refunds (i.e. when included alongside cash as a refund option)? w 0 Yes Question Title * If you answered “yes”, please specify why in the box below. w 0 Question Title * 1c. Do you think that container refund point operators should be able to choose from the outset whether or not they will provide cash refunds (i.e. ‘opt-in’ to providing cash refunds)? w 0 Yes Question Title * 1d. Do you think that legislation should set a cash refund threshold? w 0 Yes No Question Title * 1e. If you answered 'yes', what should this value be? Please select one response from the list below. w 0 Less than $100 $100 - $200 $200 - $500 $500 - $1000 $1000 - $5000 More than $5000 REFUND MARKING w 0 Question Title * Question 2. Do you think a logo or picture to represent the refund marking is easier to understand than the text, similar to that used in South Australia and the Northern Territory? w 0 Yes No Please provide further information if necessary Question Title * Question 3. Do you agree with broadening the eligibility to receive a refund to ‘participating jurisdictions’ rather than only in the ‘state of purchase’? w 0 Yes No Question Title * If not, why not? Please select up to three responses from the list below. w 0 Perverse outcomes (generally) Cost barriers Logistical barriers Coordination barriers Other (please specify) Question Title * Question 4. Do you support providing flexibility in the Scheme to allow for the use of more than one way to identify an eligible container (i.e. barcode technology, container shape, manual identification)? w 0 Yes Question Title * If not, why not? w 0 ACCESSIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE w 0 Question Title * Question 5. What is the best way to provide fair and reasonable access to a container refund point?Please select up to three responses from the list below. w 0 Provide access to container refund points in proportion to an area's population Provide for recurring, temporary container refund points in remote areas Provide access that accounts for the convenience of access for participants Other (please specify) Question Title * Question 6. What options might be available to the retail sector to participate in the Scheme? Please select up to three responses from the list below. w 0 Provide space for container refund points Provide general information to customers about the scheme and container refund points Provide up-to-date local information to customers about the location of container refund points Other (please specify) Question 7. How far would you be willing to travel and where would be a convenient location (i.e. public places and buildings, supermarkets, transfer stations, material recovery facilities) to redeem your containers? w 0 Question Title * 7a. How far would you travel to redeem your containers? Please select one response from the list below. w 0 Less than 5km 5 - 10km 10 - 20km 20 - 50km 50 - 100km 100 - 150km More than 150km Question Title * 7b. Where would you travel to in order to redeem your containers?Please select up to three responses from the list below. w 0 Local shops Place of worship Local community group premises Other (please specify) Question Title * Question 8. How can convenience for redemption of containers and equitable access to all in the community be enhanced (i.e. co-locating container refund points with other collections such as e-waste, establishing new infrastructure)? w 0 Question Title * Question 9. Do you think that the provision of a specific number of refund points to a certain area should be legislated? w 0 Yes No SCHEME ADMINISTRATION w 0 Question Title * Question 10. Do you think it is appropriate for the Queensland Government to be responsible for setting the handling fee and deciding how this is allocated among Scheme participants? w 0 Yes No IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW w 0 Question Title * Question 11. Do you think the Queensland Scheme should have a single Scheme coordinator or multiple Scheme coordinators? w 0 Single Scheme Coordinator Please provide further information, if necessary Question Title * Question 12. What do you think might be a reasonable period for the Scheme, from time of introduction, to achieve a targeted level of access?Please select one response from the list below. w 0 12 - 18 months 18 - 24 months 2 - 3 years 3 - 5 years 5 - 10 years Question Title * Question 13. How long do you think the scheme should operate before being reviewed?Please select one response from the list below. w 0 6 - 12 months 12 - 18 months 18 - 24 months 2 - 3 years More than 3 years Done