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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 170

Shopping Centre Recycling Bins

Mr Westende - asked the minister for Urban Services:

(1) Has any survey been undertaken by the Government to assess the effectiveness of recycling bins at shopping centres.

(2) Where is the waste collected from these bins recycled.

(3) What happens to the recycled material.

(4) What is the capacity of recycling plants; are they keeping up with the supply of waste.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) Statistics are regularly provided by local recycling firms giving details of recyclable materials collected through recycling bins at shopping centres. This procedure gives a good indication of the effectiveness of these services.

For example, the amount of glass collected has steadily increased from 1477 tonnes in 1989 to 3415 tonnes in 1991.

The amount of glass collected through bottlebanks over the past three years is shown in the table below:

Tonnes

Year

Jan/Mar

Apr/Jun

Jul/Sep

Oct/Dec

TOTAL

Table included.

(2) The destinations for each of the commodities collected from recycling bins at shopping centres are:

Glass - ACI Glass Packaging in Sydney

Aluminium Cans - Comalco in Sydney

PET Plastic Softdrink Bottles - ACI Petalite in Wodonga

Clothing - various charity organisations in Canberra

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