A Dash for Cash for Containers

National Recycling Week is upon us and apart from keeping the yellow bin’s contents recycling friendly, there’s an opportunity to take one more step to make more space in the bin and get involved the Cash for Containers Campaign.

From the Boomerang Alliances website ... 

The last push is on for the introduction of a 10c container deposit scheme. The NSW government is promising to make a decision

by the end of 2014.  

You can make a difference with a personal note to Premier Mike Baird saying you want a 10c refundable deposit on all beverage containers (plastic, glass bottles and aluminium cans) to reduce litter and increase recycling.

Australia currently wastes 8 billion containers every year – and we all know where many end up – on our roads, parks, beaches and in the ocean.  It is time to implement a proven solution.

“The benefits of a modern CDS...include – a doubling in recycling; new network of drive through recycling centres for a range of products servicing households and commercial sector; growing the recycling chain and local processing; and improved beverage and retailer marketing.  

A modern CDS lifts Australia’s recycling and anti-litter efforts to a new sustainable level.  All the other options on the table require industry or government funding – piecemeal, often tokenistic and under risk of being withdrawn as budgets tighten or priorities change. “