Australia could reap $328m a year if it treated recycling waste like coal – report

Calls for world-class recycling systems to replace current one, which makes just $4m a year due to contamination in co-mingled recycling bins

If Australia treated recycling waste like iron ore or coal the nation could be $300m better off each year, a report has found.

Instead, Australia makes just $4m a year from recycling due to high levels of contamination in co-mingled recycling bins.