Figure 1: under the South Australia empty bottle Collection Act, subsidized empty bottles must be sold in South Australia.
June 29, according to the Daily Telegraph, a resident of the new state's Broken Hill district was indicted for illegally subsidizing drinks bottles in South Australia, and he was fined A $4800.
The resident admitted to supplying non-compliant bottles to government's empty bottle collection point, the first lawsuit since the South Australian empty bottle collection act was enacted by (Container Deposit Legislation).
According to the Act, the empty bottles handed in must be drinks bottles sold in South Australia.
The Environmental Protection Council (Environment Protection Authority) said the decree required the man to confiscate 45,000 empty bottles collected by the man, including 18,999 bottles that did not comply with the principle of subsidies for empty bottles.
Susanne Coles, a judge at the Environmental Development Court, said the man tried to defraud subsidies by handing over empty bottles to South Australia.
She said, "your dishonesty is premeditated. You know you're not eligible for a subsidy, but not only do you advertise in newspapers, you also collect empty cans through a variety of channels. You're doing this to take advantage of South Australia's government and profit for yourself. "
The man was found to have been falsified when he handed over a collection of empty cans at the South Australia collection point, and the Environmental Protection Council eventually opened an investigation into the man after receiving a report against the man.
South Australia's plan to collect empty bottles has been in place for more than 40 years, and consumers can get a dime in return for each empty bottle sold in South Australia.