How much in the 1970's would you have received for handing in a softdrink bottle?

Question

(Didn't they use a different currency back then in Australia or was that way before then?) I think they used to call this 'scabbing' or something like that

Answer 1

I don't know anything about Australia then. I'm from California and the deposits were five cents for the 6,7,12, and 16 ounce bottles. Bigger bottles were 26 and 32 ounces. For those, you paid 10 cents deposit. At the end of the decade, the deposits went up five cents. You would get whatever you paid for the deposit back from the cashier in the supermarket. You would bring the bottles with you to the supermarket and they would be placed in a basket near the front door, usually unwashed.

The deposits increased by five cents before their demise around 1980.

Answer 2

Back in the day, like 1965 to 1978 or so, If you bought a bottle of soda, it was 10 oz or 12 oz. If you took the bottle they charged you a penny, later it went to 2 cents. If you drank it at the store you didnt have to pay the deposit. that was just to make sure the soda companies got thier bottles back. Man I remember that, we used to pick up soda bottles to get enough money to get a soda. In 1975, I remember i could go to the drug store, get a small cup drink a bag of chips, and a tootsie roll all for 25 cents.

Answer 3

We used to get 5cents for an empty bottle of just about any size.

People would collect enough bottles to trade in for a full bottle of soft drink. If my memory serves me correctly you needed about 5 empty bottles for a full one.