Government crackdown on waste going to landfill
Source: South Australia. Environment and Conservation Minister. Media Release.
"The State Government will crack down on the amount of waste going to landfill and creating harmful greenhouse gases by moving to ban certain types of waste from being dumped.
Environment and Conservation Minister Jay Weatherill today will release the State Government’s draft Waste to Resources policy ahead of a meeting of the nation’s environment ministers in Adelaide.
Under the policy, products such as light globes, computer monitors, television screens and whitegoods would be banned from going to landfill and diverted to a system of recovery, reuse and recycling of materials and energy.
Mr Weatherill said the policy could be the first step in establishing “product stewardship” schemes for some of these types of wastes – where manufacturers and the community take responsibility for the recycling and proper disposal of their products.
“Our strong preference is for a national approach to product stewardship – and that’s what I’ll be pushing for at the ministers’ meeting today,” Mr Weatherill said."