Residents of Queanbeyan will receive a 10 cent refund when they return their drink containers to collection depots as part of new legislation passed by the NSW government.

Unfortunately the scheme aimed at tackling litter won’t come into effect until July 2017.

When it does, it will apply to drink containers between 150ml and three litres.

The Member for Monaro John Barilaro said this was the single largest initiative ever undertaken to reduce litter in NSW.

“Litter is a growing, costly and ugly burden on our community and we have a responsibility to do something about it,” said Mr Barilaro.

Drink containers make up a whopping 44 percent of litter volume in NSW.

“Giving people a financial incentive to do the right thing and recycle drink containers will help to tackle the estimated 160 million drink containers littered across NSW every year and improve our neighbourhoods for everyone to enjoy,” Mr Barilaro said.

The scheme will also be part of Mike Baird’s priority to reduce the volume of litter