Bottle Recycling

Posted by: angry mum

3rd Nov 2018 02:29pm

Just wondering what others' thoughts are on this. In Brisbane and surrounding areas a new bottle recycling system has just started up a couple of day ago wherein you take your empty bottles to certain depots and get ten cents back on each bottle. This morning I went to the supermarket and purchased a couple of my normal Woolworths soft drinks which normally cost 75 cents. Today I found they have gone up to 90 cents. Another lady was complaining about it and said the extra 15 cents is apparently to help run the depots. So now we all pay more for drinks, more for fuel to get to these depots (the closest to me is about 15 minutes drive) and we already pay the Council for our recycle bins. I will be putting my bottles where I usually put them, in the recycle bin. What do others think?

2515Kristi

5th Jan 2019 12:26pm

My kids have been collecting bottles for a while now. They collect from s few residents in the estate. We live close to the NSW border, so last year we were taking them over the border to recycle. We were very happy to hear its finally being done in Qld. Last year we saved up over $300. I agree those that litter will continue to do do, but I have seen several kids cleaning up after them and collecting the bottles. Isnt it better we try something rather than do nothing? Isn't it better they go to recycle rather than landfill? If you ask me it should have been done years ago, price rise or not.

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