I heard about this the other day though it was only today that I started to research into it a little bit..
So the Northern Territory government introduced a 10c deposit recycling scheme on all drink containers 12 months ago. All cool, South Australia has had one of these working well for almost 30 years, and in the 12 months since the NT introduced it, recycling of drink containers increased massively in the NT. South Australia has a recycling rate of 75-85%, while other states are less than half this at around 30%.
A 10c refund scheme is supported by over 80% of the wider community in recent polls, and in South Australia the scheme has around 98% public approval. Yet Coca cola, for the good of its consumers of course, took the NT government to court and had the scheme stopped on a technicality.
According to the CSIRO, plastic bottles make up 30-50% of all marine plastics pollution that's killing wildlife. Here's a simple scheme, shown to work in SA for so many years and yet coke fights it and stops it for our own good as consumers..
So I'm doing what I can do to stop consuming their products and help others to make conscious decisions about whether they want to support such a company..
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Even though this bird's stomach was full, it starved to death. It was full of plastic waste.
Scientists estimate that between a quarter and a third of marine plastic pollution comes from the drinks industry. The problem is so severe that up to 85% of Australian marine birds are are estimated to be affected by plastics. Many of them die as a result.
This needn't be the case. By adding a refundable 10c to each bottle we can dramatically increase recycling and reduce plastic waste. South Australia and the Northern Territory already have schemes which work. Over 80% of bottles are recycled in SA, more than twice the rate of other states.
Despite this, beverage and packaging producers led by Coca Cola have stopped effective government action across Australia and have even taken the Northern Territory Government to court over their system which has already seen increased recycling rates. In the coming weeks Environment Ministers will decide whether to make a recycling refund scheme national. Help make this possible. Sign and spread this petition.
Scientists estimate that between a quarter and a third of marine plastic pollution comes from the drinks industry. The problem is so severe that up to 85% of Australian marine birds are are estimated to be affected by plastics. Many of them die as a result.
This needn't be the case. By adding a refundable 10c to each bottle we can dramatically increase recycling and reduce plastic waste. South Australia and the Northern Territory already have schemes which work. Over 80% of bottles are recycled in SA, more than twice the rate of other states.
Despite this, beverage and packaging producers led by Coca Cola have stopped effective government action across Australia and have even taken the Northern Territory Government to court over their system which has already seen increased recycling rates. In the coming weeks Environment Ministers will decide whether to make a recycling refund scheme national. Help make this possible. Sign and spread this petition.
https://www.greenpeace.org.au/action/?cid=35
Interesting "Out of Order" Facebook campaign here http://www.facebook.com/itsoutoforder with people putting "out of order" signs on coke vending machines. Not that I would ever condone such actions... I'd certainly never print any out myself and put them anywhere.
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