WASTE MGMT: “State plan to contain mountains of waste”

The West Australian
17 November 2008

The State Government says it will decide next year on the merits of a container deposit scheme designed to reduce waste, as new figures reveal a dramatic rise in the amount of garbage buried in Perth.

Perth buried at least 3.95 million tonnes of garbage in 2007-08, a huge increase on the 2.8 million tonne average over the past nine financial years…

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