Landfill ban for (some) e-waste

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Local councils hope to force a national recycling strategy, writes Lia Timson.

Four Sydney councils have banned the dumping of electronic waste from next January in a bid to force the federal and state governments to implement a national recycling scheme.

Mosman, Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils, responsible for all of Sydney’s northern beaches, resolved to enact the ban ahead of a national e-waste policy expected to be announced in November.

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