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HOBART — Launceston City Council mayoral candidate Ted Sands has revealed that Boags, one of the two major breweries in Tasmania, pays the council only $50 a year for waste treatment, according to the October 18 Hobart Mercury.

The company would be liable to pay around $400,000 per year according to the provisions of a 2004 payment schedule, but has locked in a previous fee of $50 per year through a 10-year deal beginning in 2003. Boags produces hundreds of thousands of litres of trade waste every year. Six other companies have similar arrangements.

Alex Bainbridge

From Green Left Weekly, October 26, 2005.
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