Australians good at recycling

Australians good at recycling :

"Today, 99 per cent of Australian households engage in some form of recycling or re-use, compared to 91 per cent in March 1996.

Almost nine in ten households re-use plastic bags, and paper products are the most commonly recycled, followed by glass and plastic bottles."

We have got better and we can get even better. It needs to be pushed in schools and the community as a way of life. Our local shopping centre got right behind it and did everything to prick our consciences and to provide practical solutions. It also got the shops right into it, which we saw and it influenced us. Then Planet Ark got to us and has since been on our cases. It's a matter of process..because we nagged our council. Yes, we had to push them but they got onside and out did themselves in the end. So it's about hauling as a team. We really need to have a long, hard look at recycling technology because currently, apart from ink cartridges, it's too bloomin' hard and we have been needing more local areas to accept recycling technology. Even if our other recycle depots for paper and bottles could be expanded to take on the technological waste, that would be a real step forward. Bit by bit...and we flaunt our reuseable bags quite happily these days. It's not about compulsion. There actually has been very little pressure and none of the crime and punishment approach and yet this snowball effect has been very successful. Keep it coming.