不想交这个levy的就去www.dotherightthing.com.au去投票，添上个人信息，发送即可。
Do The Right Thing
Australia has witnessed a recycling revolution over the last 20 years.
Australians have set an example to the rest of the world when it comes to recycling and reducing litter. We are now one of the world’s leading recyclers with a very low litter rate per capita.
This is because Aussies see recycling and reducing litter as Doing the Right Thing.
The results have been amazing. Since 2005 we have reduced litter by 31% in volume and 20% by item, and increased recycling rates by more than 60% since 2003.
This has been achieved through:
Industry collaboration to reduce the materials used in product packaging and increasing the amount that can be recycled
The introduction of effective kerbside collection to most homes
Australians now inherently collect, separate and recycle their used drinks bottles, cans and containers: it’s second nature.
Australia is now on the way to becoming a sustainable low litter nation and it’s down to your contribution and action that this has become a possibility.
Don't let your hard work go to waste
But the hard work of millions of Australians to separate their waste, recycle and reduce litter is at risk by a decision the state governments may make when their Environment Ministers meet in March 2014.
On the table is the introduction of a National Container Deposit Levy (CDL). The levy will see you paying an additional 10c-20c on every water bottle, drinks can, milk or wine bottle that is bought in Australia. This is termed as a ‘deposit’, which can be redeemed if a consumer takes the clean container to new public collection points.
Sounds good in theory, doesn’t it? Unfortunately evidence has found that rolling out such a system could lead to a range of unintended consequences:
Your shopping bill will go up by around $300 per household per year
To collect just $10 you would need to collect, store at home and then transport in your car more than 100 of your own cans and bottles to a public collection point
Storing so many bottles and cans at home will be difficult (especially if you live in an apartment block) and will likely attract unwanted pests
Just as we’ve seen in other countries where they have a CDL people (maybe even children) will collect bottles and cans from public bins or trespass on people’s homes for the deposit
Your council will find it more costly to keep your kerbside collections going if bottles and cans are diverted to public collection points. They may reduce or cancel your collections altogether
As most people will decide collecting bottles is too difficult and will continue to place them in kerbside collections, councils will get a cash windfall as they get to pocket cash that belongs to you
Take Action
To make your case heard you need to contact your local MP, State or Federal Environment Minister or your Premier to say you are already Doing The Right Thing and you want to keep the way you recycle and
manage litter.
Sign and send our online letter today
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