With the speed of of a melting glacier, Australia's recycling industry is grinding towards its long-promised national scheme for recycling old computers, televisions and mobile phones, as well as bottles and cans.There were pledges of future legislation and further studies, but few tangible results to report so far, at a meeting of state and federal environment ministers in Sydney yesterday.
The quick action on a national "cash for cans" recycling scheme, flagged by former Environment Minister Peter Garrett as last year's meeting, will have to wait until next year while a review into its impact on industry is completed.
Advertisement: Story continues below Legislation to underpin a scheme for recycling electronic waste will not be in place until July next year. The ongoing delays mean up to 200 million electronic items will now go into landfill over the next seven months instead of being recycled.
A scheme for recycling old tyes will be in place by November next year, while legislation for recycling packaging and limiting plastic bag use is now set down for March 2012.
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