Queensland Container Refund Scheme: Impacts on prices, consumers and competition
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The Queensland Container refund scheme commenced on November 1 st 2018. This scheme pays a ten-cent refund to consumers who return an eligible drink container, with the payments funded by a levy on suppliers of containers. The purpose of this report is to estimate whether the introduction of this scheme has had an impact on:
the prices of eligible beverage containers purchased in Queensland,
the costs to beverage suppliers, and whether the costs of supplying containers correspond to any observed price changes
the quantity of beverages purchased for consumption in Queensland
the amount of money spent by consumers on beverages in Queensland
overall changes in the level of competition in the beverage market.
This work has been commissioned by the Queensland Productivity Commission and is designed to complement other analysis undertaken by the Commission as part of its price monitoring of the first twelve months of the scheme.
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