[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Adam Todd]

At 02:18 PM 29/08/2006, Lea de Groot wrote:
>Kim Holburn wrote:
> > Whether it is cost effective depends on whether you add environmental
> > factors in in your economic analysis or you treat the whole world as a
> > free garbage dump.  It also depends on who paid for the study of cost
> > effectiveness!
>
>Indeed, but I suspect the implementation was ill conceived.
>If I understand how it is run correctly, the government sits in the 
>middle, receiving an amount per bottle form the manufacturer and paying 
>out to the consumer.
>I think that is inefficient.
>
>I remember recycling cans in Sydney - cans were bought back by the kilo 
>and it often seemed to be run as a fund raiser by the local scouts, or similar.
>
>Figuring out a similar system for other packaging seems more practical and 
>sustainable.

I fail to understand why we don't have brown paper bags for shopping, or 
even better - WHY THE HELL don't the supermarkets leave the empty cartons 
for people to put their shopping into?

Even ALDI are getting faster at removing the boxes before you can use 
them.  Franklins for many years had a BOX section for you to get the boxes 
and pack your groceries into.

Coles and Woolies never seemed to be smart in that respect and focused on 
how many plastic bags with branding they could get a consumer to carry about.

Amazing how we've gone nearly full cycle!

I say bring back the Brown Paper bag!  Recylcable, often reusable!  The way 
paper fibers are woven today they can be extraordinarily strong and reusable.

And there is no guilt when you shred it and lay it on your garden!