Data on Schools with Return Right Beverage Container Return Machines Installed and Plans for Expanding into Schools Without Return Machines

Ms Valerie Lee asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many Return Right Beverage Container Return Scheme machines are currently located in schools; (b) whether there are plans to install these machines in schools that do not have them; and (c) if not, what is the rationale for siting return machines away from such points of consumption.

This question has been addressed in the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment's answer to Written Question No 30 on 8 September 2026. [Please refer to "Expanding Reverse Vending Machine Accessibility near Coffeeshops and Supermarkets for Convenient Container Returns", Official Report, 8 September 2026, Vol 96, Issue 35, Written Answers to Questions section.]