RECYCLING

DESPITE other states experiencing unforeseeable problems with the Container Refund Scheme, the Queensland Government implemented the scheme on November 1.

Now, we will pay at least 10 cents more for containers, the return of which will be an added inconvenience and expense when taking time, petrol and parking into account. However, with this being the case, I will no longer require the yellow top recycling bin so I will be returning this bin to the council thereby saving $140 per year.

The plastic bag recycling debacle is nothing but a joke with the only difference being that the customer is now charged for bigger and thicker plastic bags to put their bought goods in.

Why have plastic bags not been replaced with paper bags thereby appeasing both the environment and the customers instead of charging and inconveniencing patrons for more plastic?

It is now apparent that once businesses have our money, the juggling of multiple goods by the customer is no longer their problem, so a spontaneous shop now becomes a huge inconvenience to the shopper.

If the government stopped allowing Chinese imports into our country that have an unrealistic life-span before they are thrown away to the dump, this would do a lot more for the environment than any of the above, but alas, dealing with the triviality of shopping bags and containers is much easier and besides, it creates jobs which is a statistical bonus.

Do people realise that when the ALP boasts about “creating jobs” it actually means the taxpayer will pay to employ more subservient public servants rather than support the innovation of the private sector - where the real champions of our workforce who pay for everything are?

H. QUINN, Toowoomba