How successful is recycling?
When the publishing industry’s initial Industry Waste
Reduction Plan, Australia’s rate of recycling old
newspapers was estimated to be 28%.
In 1995, recycling rates had risen to 52.7% against a
target in the first industry Plan of 40%. ...
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How much newspaper is sent to Landfill?
One of the success stories of Australian newspaper recycling
has been the volumes of newsprint diverted from landfill.
Since 1990, the amount of newspaper sent to landfills has
dropped dramatically from 367,824 tonnes to 144,685 tonnes,
that’s...
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