[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Adam Todd]

I tell you what, if they (re)introduced it in Sydney I'd be THRILLED!  I'd 
probably easily make a good $30 odd a week, and with that as an incentive, 
probably a lot more.

AloCan collecting isn't worth the effort these days as the rate is less 
than 5 cents per can, (about 5 cents per 100 cans) and there are so few 
collection centres open long enough to actually get to.

Sad really.  Use to make good money as a kid collecting cans.  Trailing 
them down on my pushbike-trailer and cashing in.  I think I use to make 
around $20-30 a week until they dropped the return price and it was more 
effort than it was worth.

At 12:53 PM 29/08/2006, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>I really wonder just how effective the SA return system is.  I know it's 
>been around for at least 30 years to my certain knowledge, but is it effective?
>
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>Kim Holburn wrote:
>>On 2006 Aug 29, at 11:16 AM, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>>Kim Holburn wrote:
>>>>Well, in SA they do this with all drink containers.  Works brilliantly.
>>>>I have thought for a while that they should introduce a tax on all 
>>>>packaging (well on everything that has to go into landfill).  The tax 
>>>>should go to local councils who have to make room it.  Buy the 
>>>>non-packaged product and save on the packaging.
>>>
>>>...but a lot of the unnecessary packaging is on food stuffs, and there 
>>>you are up against food handling regulations.
>>Why shouldn't you pay for things that are going to end up as landfill?
>>If you charge at the tip then people will find nasty ways of avoiding the 
>>tip like putting their rubbish in other people's wheelie bins, dumping it 
>>in the bush etc, etc.  If you move the charge to the other end of the 
>>"consumer cycle" then it's paid already.  You don't have to have payment 
>>at the tip!!!  'Course I don't know if our politicians can actually 
>>organise something like that fairly.
>>That said, you really don't need that much packaging for hygiene.
>>At various points other states tried to bring in something like the SA 
>>drink container legislation and there was a massive lobby by the drink 
>>industry.  There was an ABC program about it (4 corners?) a few years 
>>ago.  It's still a good idea.  It's still a very, very good idea.
>>
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