❓ The Minister acknowledges the WALGA President's support for a container deposit scheme and notes the ongoing work of the Stakeholder Advisory Group on the issue, highlighting the environmental problem of discarded beverage containers.
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Is the Minister aware of the comments of the President of the Western Australian Local Government Association on ABC Regional Radio Drive program, regarding the benefits of a container deposit system, whereby the extended producer responsibility schemes, such as the container deposit schemes, where you pay a percentage on a drink container and then recover that at a retail centre that is participating in the scheme, is probably one of the better ways to go?
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Answered
11 December 2006
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
19 days
Yes, I am aware of the comments made by Mr Bill Mitchell. The Stakeholder Advisory Group on a best practice Container Deposit Scheme for Western Australia is developing its recommendations for a system designed to effectively recycle a significant proportion of packaging materials currently going to waste. The Stakeholder Advisory Group for Container Deposit Systems is expected to report to me by the end of the year. Bottles, cans and other similar packaging continue to be an environmental problem, as convenience food and beverages are often consumed away from the home and discarded where there is generally no available recycling system. I welcome the comments by Mr Mitchell, as representing local government which has to deal with litter and the majority of domestic waste in Western Australia.
Bottles, cans and other similar packaging continue to be an environmental problem, as convenience food and beverages are often consumed away from the home and discarded where there is generally no available recycling system. I welcome the comments by Mr Mitchell, as representing local government which has to deal with litter and the majority of domestic waste in Western Australia.
I welcome the comments by Mr Mitchell, as representing local government which has to deal with litter and the majority of domestic waste in Western Australia.
Bottles, cans and other similar packaging continue to be an environmental problem, as convenience food and beverages are often consumed away from the home and discarded where there is generally no available recycling system. I welcome the comments by Mr Mitchell, as representing local government which has to deal with litter and the majority of domestic waste in Western Australia.
I welcome the comments by Mr Mitchell, as representing local government which has to deal with litter and the majority of domestic waste in Western Australia.
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