Health, Environment and Innovation Parliamentary Committee

Waste Reduction and Recycling (Strengthening the Container Refund Scheme) Amendment Bill 2026

This bill overhauls the governance and oversight of Queensland's Container Refund Scheme, the bottle and can return program that has operated since 2018. It responds to a parliamentary committee inquiry that found weaknesses in the scheme coordinator's governance, transparency and accountability, and gives the government stronger powers to hold the coordinator to account.