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Future of Waste - Separation and Logistics - Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

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We are faced with a waste challenge. logistics of kerbside collection (including emissions) separation on the street, at the community centre and in the school logistics of separation for processing logistics of processing in a circular economy not enough sharing and collaboration our community wants to do better but governments including council are not stepping up. Boomerang Alliance says "Time to make a switch to reusable coffee cups" In the next two years plastic coffee cups and lids will be subjected to new rules across the European Union and the UK. Some countries such as Germany will be introducing laws that all cafes offer or sell reusable cups and lids. Other countries are planning a levy on all disposable cups and lids. With the exception of Western Australia, very little is happening in this country despite the fact that we use an estimated 1.8 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Hardly any of which are ever recovered or recycled, mos