The Cooks River is a beautiful place, but it is marred by plastic bottles & cans. The dots on the water are just some of the daily parade of floating plastic bottles.
I think this is a great initiative by a local newspaper & well worth supporting. If you don’t want to write a public comment you can still be involved by sending an email to the Editor.
“The Express has launched a campaign to save the Cooks River and for the introduction of a NSW container deposit scheme to reduce the large amount of plastic bottles and cans being tossed into the waterway. Email us your messages of support and we will send them to State Environment Minister Robyn Parker for consideration.
Drop a line to editor@theexpress.com.au OR leave your comments below.” http://express.whereilive.com.au/news/story/join-our-campaign-to-save-the-cooks-river/
Our wildlife deserves better than this.
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August 1, 2012 at 8:33 pm
architectgja
…(figures borrowed from Wikipedia), the cost at purchase is negligible but resulted in an 85% recycle count in 2008:
California (5¢; for bottles 24 U.S. fl oz (710 mL) or greater, 10¢), California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (AB 2020) implemented in 1987, last revision made October 2010.[7] Listed on containers as “California Redemption Value”, or “CRV”. Beverages covered in the act are beer, malt, wine, distilled spirits and coolers, and all non-alcoholic beverages except milk. Container types are aluminum, glass, plastic, bi-metals (exempts refillables).[8] The recycling rate for beverage containers of all materials from January 2008 to June 2008 was 85%.
August 4, 2012 at 8:47 pm
brenda
Please people bin and recycle your rubbish. If you like plastic so much please carry a plastic bag to put all your rubbish in.
The campaign to Save the Cooks River and introduce a container deposit scheme is excellent and to be commended.
I just wish that we all would take responsibility for our own rubbish and not need campaigns to make us accountable.