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The problem has been growing since January 2018, when China stopped taking most of Australia’s recycled material.
Recyclers used to pay councils up to $60 per tonne for recycled material but now they are being paid to collect it. However, the companies are not recycling the material. They are letting it build up so that it comprises a fire risk, or sending it to landfill. Whittlesea is dumping 65 tonnes of recycling material a day in landfill. Darebin 270 tonnes each week. Melbourne City Council about 190 tonnes this week. Kingston 240 tonnes over four days.
Currently if you live in one of these municipalities it does not matter whether you separate your rubbish and recyclables - it all ends up in landfill.
What's the solution? What are other states doing?
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...ing-crisis-councils-urge-20190222-p50zos.html
Recyclers used to pay councils up to $60 per tonne for recycled material but now they are being paid to collect it. However, the companies are not recycling the material. They are letting it build up so that it comprises a fire risk, or sending it to landfill. Whittlesea is dumping 65 tonnes of recycling material a day in landfill. Darebin 270 tonnes each week. Melbourne City Council about 190 tonnes this week. Kingston 240 tonnes over four days.
Currently if you live in one of these municipalities it does not matter whether you separate your rubbish and recyclables - it all ends up in landfill.
Boroondara, Brimbank, Cardinia, Colac Otway, Darebin, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong, Hobsons Bay, Hume, Kingston, Port Phillip, Queenscliffe, Surf Coast, Whittlesea, Wyndham.
What's the solution? What are other states doing?
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...ing-crisis-councils-urge-20190222-p50zos.html