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Australia’s recycling crisis: is the government’s $190m on new infrastructure worth it? – The Guardian
Environment groups have welcomed the Coalition’s waste measures but say the use of recycled content must be made compulsory
It slipped by reasonably quietly amid the Covid-19 chaos, but earlier this month the Coalition government received something it has found hard to come by in its nearly seven years in power praise on an environmental issue.
The praise was qualified, and could yet be retracted. It followed the environment minister, Sussan Ley, announcing the government would spend $190m on new recycling infrastructure, saying it would help divert 10,000 tonnes of plastic, paper and glass waste from landfill.
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