CENTRAL Wheatbelt MLA Mia Davies has welcomed plans for a container deposit scheme for beverage containers in Western Australia.
The scheme is expected to start in mid-2018 and will help improve recycling and reduce littering.
Under the scheme, consumers will be able to get a 10 cent refund on containers for soft drinks, bottled waters, small flavoured milk drinks, sports drinks and spirit-based mixed drinks.
“Communities are rightly proud of their natural environments and they want to ensure those natural values are protected through better waste management and recycling,” she said.
“Containers from a wide range of drinks are constantly in our litter stream and they end up in the environment, along roads and in parks and gardens.
“This scheme will benefit local communities by helping to reduce litter while also generating jobs and economic activity in the recycling sector.”
Ms Davies said community groups that undertook regular fundraising, such as charitable groups, sporting clubs, Scouts and Guides, would now be able to profit by participating in recycling activities.
