Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): Every year, New Zealand generates more than 17 million tonnes of waste and sends two-thirds—almost 13 tonnes—of that to landfill. Just one-third is recycled. Other developed countries do twice as well, recycling two-thirds. Here, too much rubbish ends up in recycling bins, degrading the good stuff. Too much recyclable material goes into the rubbish bin and is wasted. Too much litter ends up on the streets. We've announced a plan to improve recycling with three main parts: standardising kerbside recycling; secondly, a container deposit scheme to incentivise people to return their empty drink containers; and, thirdly, separation of business food scraps from general waste to reduce greenhouse gases and recycle the nutrients. These actions will make a difference and we look forward to Kiwis submitting on the plan.