A date has been set — but West Australians are being told to be “good citizens” and avoid hoarding their empty liquor bottles until they became eligible for the 10 cent containers for change scheme.

Labor’s election promise to expand the scheme has been brought forward, with Premier Roger Cook announcing the July 1 start date at the Aberdeen Street recycling depot, and urging people to make the most of it.

“The scheme will be able to cover almost all beverage containers, between 150mL and 3L, with the expansion also including sachets and casks, fruit and vegetable juices, flavoured milk and cordial containers,” he said on Wednesday.

“It is expected to bring an additional 200 million containers into the scheme every every year. It will be a massive boost to our circular economy an

See Full Page