Recycling report shows NSW is on track
Source: New South Wales. Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. Media Release.
"Deputy Premier and Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Carmel Tebbutt, has released a new report showing NSW households are on track to meet ambitious recycling targets by 2014.
The 2008 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Progress Report tracks recycling progress in the municipal; commercial and industrial; and construction and demolition sectors against targets outlined in the Government’s waste strategy.
"The amount of waste diverted from landfill and turned into new products has had enormous environmental benefits, saving water and reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions," Ms Tebbutt said.
"Recycling in NSW is saving more than 5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas."