Drink container recycling

The WA Greens are again urging the Federal Government to establish a national scheme to recycle drinking containers.
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No national bottle refunds, say environment ministers
Conservation Council WA spokeswoman Jessie Cochrane said WA had Australia's worst record for recycling drink containers. Just 15 per cent of cans and bottles were recycled, compared with 80 per cent in SA.

"Not only will a 10 cent recycling refund scheme increase WA's embarrassingly low rate of recycling but it will create new jobs, investment in the recycling industry and most importantly reduce the amount of litter going into landfill," Ms Cochrane said.

Update 10 Nov: Drink scheme canned for now