National Recycling Week 2025 Coke Recycling Drive
Community Grants Promotion
Terms and Conditions
Promoter
Coca‑Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd (ABN 50 003 029 794), Level 9, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney, Australia, 2060 (CCSP).
‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period
Entry Period 1: 12.01am (AEDT) on 03/11/2025 to 11.59pm (AEDT) on 09/11/2025.
Entry Period 2: 12.01am (AEDT) on 10/11/2025 to 11.59pm (AEDT) on 16/11/2025.
Entry Period 3: 12.01am (AEDT) on 17/11/2025 to 11.59pm (AEDT) on 23/11/2025.
Entry Period 4: 12.01am (AEDT) on 24/11/2025 to 11.59pm (AEDT) on 30/11/2025.
(each, a ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period).
‘Give it a Go’ Entry Period
12.01am (AEDT) on 24/11/2025 to 11.59pm (AEDT) on 07/12/2025.
Who can enter?
Only Australian residents who:
(a) are aged 18 or over; and
(b) are a representative of an eligible registered charity, not-for-profit community group or organisation meeting the requirements set out below (Eligible Group). For clarity, this can be an individual member, supporter or leader (etc.) of the Eligible Group.
To be considered an Eligible Group, your charity, not-for-profit, community group organisation must:
- be a group that meets one of the following criteria:
- currently registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC); or
- have deductible gift recipient (DGR) status with the Australian Taxation Office; or
- incorporated as a not-for-profit organisation (under the incorporated association legislation in the relevant State/Territory); or
- incorporated as a company limited by guarantee; and
- if a sporting club, demonstrate an affiliation with a recognised state or national sporting organisation;
- not be a political party or an organisation associated with current political issues or political activism;
- not be associated with gambling, wagering, tobacco or smoking as a primary source of its income;
- not be associated with any illegal or criminal activity; and
- not be associated with any activity or publicity that could bring this recycling drive, the relevant Container Deposit Scheme (CDS), the Promoter (or any of its stakeholders) into controversy or disrepute.
Participation instructions
There are two elements to this promotion. You can:
- submit a ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry via the Website (see the "Weekly Winner Entry Instructions" section below); and/or
- submit a ‘Give it a Go’ Entry (see the “Give it a Go Entry Instructions“ section below).
Instructions for each element are set out below.
‘Weekly Winner’ Entry instructions
To submit a ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry, you must, during the relevant ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period:
(a) visit the Website;
(b) locate the entry page and fill out and submit the online entry form including:
(i) the name of your Eligible Group;
(ii) details of your Eligible Group, including details of their:
(A) ACNC registration, Australian Business Number, Australian Company Number or DGR endorsement (as applicable);
(B) postcode; and
(C) optionally, social media page(s) or website details; and
(c) your contact details; then, complete a 2 part questionnaire by answering:
(i) in 50 words or less, “How would your Eligible Group use the grant?”; and
(ii) in 50 words or less, “What difference would the grant make for your Eligible Group and/or community?”.
‘Weekly Winner’ Entry forms missing any of the required information will not be eligible to win a ‘Weekly Winner’ Prize.
All ‘Weekly Winner’ Entries must be submitted in English, and each questionnaire answer must not exceed the 50 word limit.
The Promoter is not responsible if your mobile device/desktop is not sufficiently capable for the purpose of submitting an entry.
’Give it a Go’ Entry instructions
To submit a ‘Give it a Go’ Entry, you must, during the ‘Give it a Go’ Entry Period:
(a) locate the Promoter’s dedicated competition post on Facebook;
(d) leave a comment/caption in response, in 50 words or less answering, “Why should your Eligible Group win the $10,000 grant for your recycling efforts?”; and
(e) attach a photo/video showing your Eligible Group’s recycling efforts, such as Eligible Group members recycling or returning containers via a CDS.
Additional Social Media Entry criteria:
To be eligible to win the ‘Give it a Go’ Prize, your Eligible Group must also:
- be able to demonstrate its recycling activity, having recycled a minimum of 50 containers during the ‘Give it a Go’ Entry Period); and
- retain proof of that recycling activity, including evidence that at least 50 containers were recycled during the ‘Give it a Go’ Entry Period (via CDS receipts, app screenshots, and/or other photos/videos).
Failure to provide any proof of recycling to the Promoter when reasonably requested will result in your entry/entries being invalid and disqualified.
The Promoter is not responsible if your mobile device/desktop is not sufficiently capable for the purpose of submitting an entry, including having the requisite photograph/video capability.
CDS recycling may also be known/referred to as:
- Return and Earn in NSW;
- Recycling Near You in the NT;
- Containers for Change in QLD & WA; and
- Recycle Rewards in TAS.
- CDS VIC in VIC
- ACT CDS in ACT
For more information about CDS recycling, contact the relevant authorities in your State.
Photo and Video Requirements
By entering, you warrant that:
(a) you have all relevant consents to allow the Promoter to use your entry (including any photo(s) and/or video(s) contained in your entry) in accordance with these terms and conditions, including any consents in respect of any personal information contained in your entry;
(b) your entry (including any photo(s) and/or video(s) contained in your entry) does not breach any third party rights (for example, intellectual property rights) or breach of any privacy law, and that its use by the Promoter in accordance with these terms and conditions will not breach any such rights;
How many winners will there be and how will they be chosen?
There will be 5 winners determined in respect of this competition – 4 ‘Weekly Winner’ winners and 1 ‘Give it a Go’ winner.
This is a game of skill. Chance plays no part in how a winner will be selected.
‘Weekly Winner’ winners
All ‘Weekly Winner’ entries will be reviewed and judged by the Promoter (and/or by the Promoter’s appointed judge/s)in their reasonable discretion, based on the intended use of the grant (i.e. how the funds awarded will be applied) and the potential for the grant to make a tangible difference for the Eligible Group.
Entries will be judged following the relevant ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period.
Each entry judged to be the best for the relevant ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period will win the ‘Weekly Winner’ prize for that Entry Period.
Non-winning entries will roll over to the next ‘Weekly Winner’ Entry Period.
For clarity, an Eligible Group can submit as many Online Entries as they like, but they can only win 1 ‘Weekly Winner’ prize.
The Promoter may judge additional reserve entries and record them in order, in case a winning entry/entrant is deemed invalid or a prize is unclaimed (‘Weekly Winner’ Reserve Entrants).
‘Give it a Go’ winner
All ‘Give it a Go’ Entry submissions will be reviewed and judged by the Promoter (or by appointed judge/s) in their reasonable discretion, based on how the entry has demonstrated a positive direct benefit for the Eligible Group and demonstrated interest, motivation or benefit to the broader community.
The ‘Give it a Go’ entry judged to be the best will win the ’Give it a Go’ prize.
The Promoter may judge additional reserve entries and record them in order, in case a winning entry/entrant is deemed invalid or a prize is unclaimed (‘Give it a Go’ Reserve Entrants).
What can I win?
There are 5 prizes available – 4 ‘Weekly Winner’ prizes (1 prize per Entry Period) and 1 ‘Give it a Go’ prize.
‘Weekly Winner’ prizes
Each ’Weekly Winner’ prize is a grant of up to $2,500 for the Eligible Group.
There is a limit of one ‘Weekly Winner’ prize per Eligible Group.
‘Give it a Go’ prize
The ‘Give it a Go’ Prize is a grant of up to $10,000 for the Eligible Group.
For either prize
If you win a prize, you must:
(a) provide any follow-up information, images, or testimonials requested by the Promoter showing how the grant funds and/or recycling activity supported your group (Post-Win Submission).
(f) nominate a specific need of the Eligible Group in the Post-Win Submission (e.g. uniforms, equipment, signage) (Grant Purpose); and
(g) ensure that the Grant Purpose aligns with competition values (e.g. no alcohol, gambling, or illegal uses).
For clarity, prizes will not be awarded as a cash donation to the Eligible Groups. The prize will be awarded in the manner and form agreed by the Eligible Group and Promoter as required to achieve the Grant Purpose.
For clarity, an Eligible Group can win max. 1 Weekly Winner prize and they can also win the ‘Give it a Go’ prize.
Total prize pool
The overall ‘Weekly Winner’ prize pool is up to $10,000.
The ‘Give it a Go’ prize pool is up to $10,000.
The overall total prize pool is up to $20,000.
How many times can I enter?
Multiple entries are permitted; however, each entry must be based on separate responses/submissions, and must be submitted separately in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
How and when will the winning Group be informed?
Eligible Groups winning a ‘Weekly Winner’ prize will be notified by phone and in writing by email 5 business days after determination, via the contact details included in their entry form.
Eligible Groups winning the ‘Give it a Go’ prize will be informed via private message on the Social Media platform used for entry.
Unclaimed prize/s
‘Weekly Winner’ 1, prize claim date: By 5pm (AEDT) on 12/11/2025.
‘Weekly Winner’ 2, prize claim date: By 5pm (AEDT) on 21/11/2025.
‘Weekly Winner’ 3, prize claim date: By 5pm (AEDT) on 28/11/2025.
‘Weekly Winner’ 4, prize claim date: By 5pm (AEDT) on 05/12/2025.
‘Give it a Go’, prize claim date: By 5pm (AEDT) on 19/12/2025.
If a prize has not been accepted or claimed by the prize claim date above or if, after making all reasonable attempts, the winner can't be contacted (or a winner does not contact the Promoter) by the prize claim date above, the relevant entry/ies will be discarded and the Promoter will re-award the relevant prize/s to the ‘Weekly Winner’ Reserve Entrant/s or ‘Give it a Go’ Reserve Entrants (as relevant) and/or withdraw the prize as unawarded. Any winner/s will be informed as above (see the “How and when will the winning Group be informed?” section).
Collection and use of your personal information
By entering, you consent to being contacted by the Promoter, and agree that your name, image and entry content (including any stories, photos, videos and other materials submitted) may be used by the Promoter for marketing, publicity, photography and promotional purposes in any media activities connected to this promotion, without any limitation or additional compensation.
If you win a prize, you agree to participate in any reasonable promotional activities arranged by the Promoter (such as media interviews, photography, videography) and to provide follow-up information, images, or testimonials demonstrating how the grant was used to support your Eligible Group. You must also take all reasonable steps to ensure, and provide the Promoter with all reasonable assistance in ensuring, any other relevant people in your Eligible Group agree to participate in those activities, and agree to the Promoter using their information as set out in these terms and conditions.
The Promoter may collect your personal information (and the personal information of others in the Eligible Group) directly or through the Promoter's agents or contractors. The Promoter will use that personal information to conduct and manage the competition. The Promoter may disclose that personal information to the Promoter's related companies, agents and contractors to assist in conducting this competition, communicating with you/your Eligible Group and/or storing data. This may include disclosures to organisations outside Australia including in places such as New Zealand and Singapore.
If you have marked the “opt-in” box on the entry form, you consent to the Promoter keeping your personal information on its database to use for future marketing purposes, including contacting you by electronic messaging provided that where required by the Spam Act 2003 (Cth), the Promoter includes a functional unsubscribe facility in each direct marketing communication it sends you that you may use to opt-out of any further such communications and provided that the functional unsubscribe facility complies with the Spam Regulations 2021 (Cth).
By entering, you consent to receive email or SMS messages from the Promoter without any functional unsubscribe facility if they relate primarily to the conduct of this competition.
The Promoter’s Privacy Policy (see www.coca-colacompany.com/au/policies/privacy-policy ) includes information about:
(a) how to seek access to the personal information the Promoter holds about you and seek correction of the information; and
(h) how to complain about a privacy breach and how the Promoter will deal with such a complaint.
11 These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read together with the details outlined in the table above. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms and Conditions. By entering, you accept these Terms and Conditions.
Entry
12 Your entry must be received during the Online Entry Period or Social Media Entry Period and will be deemed to be received only when received by the Promoter. Where relevant, submitted entry forms are the Promoter's property. Where online entry is available (other than via social media), you will receive a return message confirming your entry. The Promoter is not liable for any problems with communications networks outside its reasonable control. You are responsible for your own costs associated with entering. If you enter using automatically generated entries or multiple phone numbers/email addresses/addresses/aliases, you may be disqualified. The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that allows an entrant to automatically enter the Promotion repeatedly is prohibited and will render entries submitted using such means as invalid.
12 Every entry, including any statement, must be your original work and not copied. Entries must be unedited, and must not be created using any generative artificial intelligence software.
13 You must not include any other person in your photograph/video unless they have consented to you submitting it in this competition. You must not include any person in your photograph/video who is under the age of 18 years unless you have their parent’s or guardian’s consent and, if the person is aged 13 or above, that person's consent.
14 You must ensure your entry does not contain any virus, malware or other malicious or inappropriate computer code or material.
Intellectual Property
15 To the extent permitted by law, by submitting your competition entry, and in consideration for the Promoter considering your entry, you:
(a) agree that, from the time you submit your entry, you grant the Promoter a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, transferrable and sublicensable licence to all intellectual property rights in your entry (including but not limited to copyright and trade marks) for the purposes of managing this promotion, and using your entry in the manner set out in these terms and conditions, and that you will take all necessary steps to give further effect to this licence; and
(b) consent to any act or omission by the Promoter or its affiliates or any of their respective representatives, partners, licensees, sublicensees or successors in title, for the purposes of managing this promotion and using your entry in the manner set out in these terms and conditions which would otherwise infringe any Moral Rights (as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)) you hold in respect of your entry or any part of it.
16 Without limiting clause 6, the Promoter may copy and amend your entry and may use (or allow others to use) your entry and any rights in relation to your entry, including for promotional or advertising purposes. For example, the Promoter may decide not to publish an entry, to cease publication of an entry, or to publish your entry (or an edited entry).
17 Your entry must not be obscene, offensive, malicious, discriminatory, indecent or (in the Promoter's opinion) otherwise objectionable or inappropriate (for example it must not include nudity or language the Promoter deems offensive).
Prizes
18 Prizes and all elements of prizes must be taken as specified, as and when offered and cannot be altered or changed in any way by you or will be forfeited, and if forfeited, the Promoter will not be liable. If you forfeit the prize or any element of the prize for whatever reason, you will not be given cash or any alternative prize as a substitute. Prize/s are subject to any additional terms and conditions imposed by the relevant supplier or the Promoter.
19 You are responsible for all other unspecified costs related to the prize, including meals, transport, insurance (including excesses), in-room charges, additional taxes, mobile or data plans, installation costs, costs associated with ongoing use of the prize, etc.
110 The Promoter is not responsible for any dispute between you and any person with whom you choose to, or choose not to, share a prize.
General
111 Any material failure by you to comply with the conditions imposed by the prize supplier(s) may result in the prize being cancelled or withdrawn without liability for the Promoter or the prize supplier(s).
112 If required by the Promoter, you must (and must procure that any other relevant individuals at your Eligible Group) sign disclaimer and release forms provided by the Promoter in favour of the Promoter and other parties before taking the prize. If you do not sign, your entry will be deemed invalid and you/your Eligible Group will lose any entitlement to a prize.
113 If you or your entry are deemed by the Promoter to breach these Terms and Conditions materially, your entry (or at the Promoter's discretion, all of your entries) may be discarded. The Promoter may, at any time, require you to produce documentation to establish to the Promoter's reasonable satisfaction the validity of your entries and/or verifying your identity and authorisation to enter on behalf of an Eligible Group (including documentation establishing your identity, relationship to your Eligible Group, age, place of residence and place of employment). Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not waive those rights.
114 You must not:
(a) tamper with the entry process (including but not limited to manipulating the system via bots, script use, or any other means to circumvent the entry process);
(b) engage in any conduct that may jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the competition;
(c) act in a disruptive, annoying, threatening, abusive or harassing manner;
(d) do anything that may diminish the good name or reputation of the Promoter or any of its related entities or of the agencies or companies associated with this competition;
(e) breach any law; or
(f) behave in a way that is otherwise inappropriate.
115 If you, or any person depicted in any photo/video contained in your entry, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter (and/or a medical professional, as relevant to the circumstances), are intoxicated, under the influence of alcohol or any other drug, behave aggressively or offensively, or behave in a manner which may diminish the good name or reputation of the Promoter or any of its related entities or the agencies or companies associated with this competition, is contrary to law, or is otherwise inappropriate, the Promoter may cancel the prize, and you will lose any entitlement to a prize.
116 The Promoter is not liable for entries, prize claims or correspondence that are misplaced, misdirected, delayed, lost, incomplete, illegible or incorrectly submitted for reasons outside the Promoter's reasonable control.
117 If any dispute arises between you and the Promoter concerning the conduct of this competition or claiming a prize, the Promoter will take reasonable steps to consider your point of view, taking into account any facts or evidence you put forward, and to respond to it fairly within a reasonable time. In all other respects, the Promoter’s decision in connection with all aspects of this competition is final.
118 Prizes cannot be transferred or exchanged nor (except where cash is specified) redeemed for cash. Without limiting any other term of these Terms and Conditions, all prizes (and elements of prizes) must be taken as and when specified, or will be forfeited with no replacement. The prize values are correct as at the date of preparing these Terms and Conditions and include any applicable GST. The Promoter is not responsible for any change in prize value. You agree that if a prize (or element of a prize) is unavailable for any reason the Promoter may provide another item of equal or higher value.
119 If publication will take place, by entering, you request that your full address not be published.
120 If this competition cannot run as planned for any reason beyond the Promoter's control (for example due to software, hardware or communications issues, unauthorised intervention, tampering, fraud or technical failure, government directives, a pandemic, public health orders and the like), the Promoter may end, change, suspend or cancel the competition or disqualify affected entries/entrants, subject to any necessary approval by the state/territory gaming authorities.
121 The Promoter is not responsible for any tax implications arising from you winning a prize. You should seek independent financial advice. If for GST purposes this competition results in any supply being made for non-monetary consideration, you must follow the Australian Taxation Office’s stated view that where the parties are at arm’s length, goods and services exchanged are of equal GST inclusive market values.
Liability
122 You may have consumer rights under statute including under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), which may be relevant to any issue or problem you encounter in relation to this competition and cannot be excluded or restricted. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or restricts those rights. See www.accc.gov.au for more information about those rights.
123 Subject to the previous paragraph, the Promoter and the agencies and companies associated with this competition are not liable (including in negligence) for any loss (including indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury (including allergies, skin conditions or other reactions, as relevant), illness or death suffered in connection with this competition or any prize, except for any liability which under statute cannot be excluded (in which case that liability is limited to the greatest extent allowed by law).
124 Without limiting the previous paragraphs, the Promoter and the agencies and companies associated with this competition are not liable for any loss of, damage to or delay in delivery of prize/s, or for any damage that occurs to displayed prize/s (where relevant), due to circumstances beyond the Promoter's reasonable control. Unless otherwise specified, prize/s will only be delivered to addresses in Australia.
125 This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any social media platform, including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. You provide your information to the Promoter and not to any social media platform. You completely release any relevant social media platforms from any and all liability.