Container collecting seems like one of the easiest ways to make some extra cash ; swap your cans and plastic bottles for a 10-cent refund.

But it can seem almost too good to be true and for many, not much money for the effort involved.

Queenslander Amy Coulston is proof both those things aren't true after turning container collecting into a side hustle that has earned her serious coin.

Watch the video above.

So far she has made $420 and been able to put that towards items she wants as well as her house fund.

"I don't remember specifically the moment that made me start collecting, but I think it was just such a no brainer for me when myself and others in my household often drank from cans that could be recycled. It felt like we were throwing money away," she tells nine.

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