An increasing number of residents of the Northern Territory strongly support the ban on plastic shopping bags, but the NT Government says it needs adjustment.
In a year of huge regulatory change for environmental managers, the Federal Government has started the process of handing core environmental responsibilities to states and abolishing carbon charges for large emitters, while all governments began targeting 'green tape'.
Environment and water ministers today approved changes to the contaminated sites NEPM, released a draft RIS on managing chemical environmental risks and proposed a national approach to biobanking.
The Northern Territory Government will keep its container deposit scheme running for eight weeks, a move that buys time to re-establish the scheme's legal validity, but Coca-Cola Amatil has already stopped participating.
Major beverage manufacturers including Coca-Cola Amatil, Schweppes and Lion have had a resounding victory this afternoon in their battle against the Northern Territory's container recycling scheme, with the Federal Court ruling the legislation is invalid and needs re-drafting.
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