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Food and Grocery Council Proposes Alternative to NSW Container Recycling System
Mar 30, 2016An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
Tags: AFGC, Recycling System, NSW
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Report Says Government Grants Fail to Reduce Packaging Waste in New Zealand
Dec 9, 2015A report from Envision New Zealand revealed that grants from government to boost beverage container recycling have failed to reduce packaging waste in New Zealand. The InCENTive to Recycle report is calling for the reintroduction of a ...
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A Container Deposit Scheme for Beverage Packaging
Jan 7, 2015An alliance of Australia’s beverage manufacturers has responded to speculation that New South Wales could introduce a Container Deposit Scheme for beverage packaging, saying recent research has shown such schemes are “many times ...
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Different Approaches to Encourage Recycling and Litter Reduction Targets
Jan 6, 2015Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed the acceptance of a letter addressed to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Authority (NPCIA) from the New South Wales (NSW) government related to a container deposit scheme and is examining ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, packaging recycling, Agriculture
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A Container Deposit Scheme "Will Be Cost Effective and Efficient"
Jan 5, 2015Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, recycling, Packaging
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A Container Deposit Scheme Can Solve The Worst Problem of Bottles and Cans
Aug 26, 2013Environmentalists have released the 'What a Waste' report, calling for more effective action on and measurement of litter, at the start of Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) week. "We think the KAB exercise has stalled and its National Litter ...
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The Video,While Seabirds Fall to The Ground Dying,Has Been Released by Greenpeace
May 9, 2013The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
Tags: Greenpeace, Packaging
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Coca Cola Ended Its Involvement with The Northern Territory Cash for Containers Scheme
Mar 20, 2013Coca Cola has ended its involvement with the Northern Territory cash for containers scheme, following its recent, possibly temporary, court victory. The Boomerang Alliance of 26 environment groups have urged the NT government not to be ...
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Angry Consumers Voice Their Fury at The Firm for Abolishing The Deposit Scheme
Mar 13, 2013The Federal Court, last month, ruled in favour of the beverage company after it argued the Northern Territory government’s 10c deposit recycling scheme – introduced in January 2012 and similar to a scheme that has been running ...
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Coca Cola Amatil and Its Allies Defeated The Proposed Northern Territory CDS Legislation
Mar 6, 2013Coca Cola Amatil and its allies have defeated the proposed Northern Territory container deposit scheme (CDS) legislation, and in Sydney CCA called the police to prevent protesters dumping empty drink containers in its foyer. Eight ...