Mr Phillip Weickhardt
Inquiry into Waste Generation and Resource Efficiency in Australia
Productivity Commission
LB2, Collins Street East
MELBOURNE  VIC  8003

Dear Commissioner Weickhardt,

In response to the draft report released in May 2006, I strongly believe we should refocus our attention on waste reduction, rather than handling the end result of waste production.

I applaud initiatives for consumers of increased responsibilities for producers, such as:
•	Take back schemes for containers
•	Levying plastic bag use and
•	Incentives to producers to use materials wisely.

Yours sincerely

Kathryn Brown