Australia will require government departments to use more recycled products, Pri...
SYDNEY - Australia will require government departments to use more recycled products, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as Canberra looks to repair ties with Pacific island nations despite a refusal to step up efforts on global warming.
Morrison last year angered Pacific Island leaders when he declined to strengthen Canberra’s target for reducing carbon emissions. The low-lying Pacific islands are on the frontline of climate change, battling rising sea levels that have forced some residents to move to higher ground. However, Morrison said on Monday that Canberra will boost demand for recycled products by requiring government departments to buy recycled materials that could otherwise become marine debris.
In the Pacific “we have floating plastic waste which is nearly three times the size of France,” Morrison said.
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