Bega District Letters to the Editor, January 29

Updated January 29 2018 - 4:44pm, first published 4:24pm
CEREMONIAL: Australia Day Ambassador for the Bega Valley Nick Rheinberger on Friday. Photo: Alasdair McDonald
CEREMONIAL: Australia Day Ambassador for the Bega Valley Nick Rheinberger on Friday. Photo: Alasdair McDonald

Berejiklian ‘back flip’ wanted on scheme

Since late November 2017, each and every carton of soft drink and beer sold locally is priced from $3.60 to $5 more than in the ACT. Why? The culprit is “Return and Earn” the container deposit scheme – sold to us as the way to reduce litter in the state. But which remarkably does not accept containers that are broken or do not have their original label attached!

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