AUSTRALIA: the Great Barrier Reef, pristine beaches… and municipal landfill sites so contaminated they probably require special containment. Half a million car batteries end up in Australian landfills each year, according to John Lawson of recycling company .
Lawson, speaking at the conference in Adelaide last week, says his firm pulls out 60 to 80 batteries a day from the Eastern Creek landfill in Sydney, and that 3 per cent of the rubbish entering his recycling plant is hazardous, including the heavy metals in computers and cellphones. “Toxic material should not be in the…
