Mount Alexander Shire councillors and executive staff are among those strongly supporting the push for a container deposit scheme in Victoria, with the state Greens expected to this week introduce legislation aimed at establishing the scheme. Recycling has become a hot button issue in Victoria after major processor SKM went into liquidation, forcing many councils to send their recyclable material to landfill, but in Mount Alexander Shire recyclables continue to be collected and sent to the Veolia Material Recycling facility in Echuca with the shire less than a year into its five-year contract with Veolia. Back in March the local councillors unanimously resolved to call on the state Labor government to support a national container deposit scheme based on that already in place interstate. "We've tried and we will keep trying," Cr Machin told the Midland Express on Friday, while expressing frustration that the government had so far failed to support the proposed container deposit scheme.