Container Deposits - NT move welcomed, time for national action
Thursday, 06 May 2010 14:20
The announcement by the NT Environment Minister’s office today of their new container deposit system is a positive step for the NT environment and should be another step towards a national system, Boomerang Alliance said today.
“With legislation for their “cash for containers” system to be drafted this year and implementation at end of 2011 the NT community is on the way to high recycling rates, more green jobs and big reductions in litter,” said Jeff Angel, Convenor of the Alliance and Director of Total Environment Centre.
“This move should only further strengthen the signal to the Federal Government that this is the right way for the whole of
“Local governments want CD, environment groups want CD, and recent research shows that the general community wants action and is willing to pay the tiny increase (half a cent) in purchase price to make it work.”
“It is the most effective way we know of achieving return rates of at least 80% of beverage containers, as
“Today’s NT move shows the national decision process is moving too slowly, along with the recent rejection of our FOI request for a crucial national CD report due to bureaucratic inertia.”
“It’s time the state and federal governments released the Choice Modeling study and got on with a Regulatory Impact Statement. The Commonwealth should be taking the lead on this issue”, Mr Angel said.”
