Aussie recycling worth $328m a year

Australians are throwing away $328 million a year because of poor recycling practices, with one report calling for waste to be treated like iron ore.

Source: AP

If Australia treated recycling waste like iron ore or coal the nation could be $300 million better off each year.

Instead, Australia makes just $4 million a year from recycling due to high levels of contamination in co-mingled recycling bins.

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