Would you take your used plastic and glass bottles, milk cartons and aluminium cans to a recycling machine in exchange for money? West Australians use about 1.2 billion containers every year equating to about 500 containers per person.
But, WA lags behind other Australian states or territories when it comes to recycling. According to the 2010 National Waste Report, WA's recycling rate for bottles and cans is 33 per cent.
Labor's environment spokeswoman Sally Talbot says that means 960 million empty drink containers each year end up in landfill or as litter and that's not good enough.
"WA's recycling record is appalling, the lowest in Australia," she said.
"A container deposit scheme could be expected to lift that rate to at least 70 per cent."
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