War on waste

[davidc4430]

War on waste: NT environmental groups claim plastic bag ban has failed

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/war-on-waste-nt-plastic-bag-ban-fails-say-environment-groups/8...

Well of course its failing.

shopping bags make a very small percentage of plastic waste.

in south oz we i guess banned them at about the same time as the NT.

maybe i dont see as many shopping bags as i did before, hard to say. what i do know is before the ban i reused shopping bags as bin liners, now i buy bin liners! if i need to bag up old clothes to take to charity bins, id use old shopping bags. now i use bought bin liners.

plus i now have a pile of reusable bags that need replacing every few months (i'm fussy about cleanliness of the bags i carry food in)

when i go for my walks with Foo do i see lovely clean country rubbish free? no i dont, i see lots of rubbish (quite a lot of fast food containers)

maybe a ban on McGarbage wrappers?

[bushies.girl]

Plenty of surpus trees around they could use, paddocks over my way are full of them, just sitting there, not being harvested, 'cause there is a glut of  Blue Gums atm and no one wants them

[springyzone]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Just putting on my 'see into the future foil hat'

hmmm, i see a 'disposable coffee cup levy' being anounced.

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And why not? It would make every bit as much sense.

If the government is reading the messages here the collective eyes will brighten with anticipation, won't they!

Another tax they can whack on us and claim it is only for our own good.

[davidc4430]

War On Waste: Adelaide CBD cafes offered rebates to discourage disposable coffee cups

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-07/war-on-waste-adelaide-cbd-cafes-rebate-disposable-coffee-cups/...

put a 10cent deposit on the cups like we have on drink bottles, coffee cups as waste gone over night.