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In addition, according to Tania Johnson, the Department of Environmental Health's (DEH) Public Education and Promotions Officer, the DEH operates recycling schemes at the George Town landfill, where all metals can be recycled, along with anything that can be stored outside without deteriorating such as cans, food tins and glass.But the DEH has no storage facility for paper; complicating the matter, paper that becomes wet cannot be recycled.
Johnson explains that it is not cost effective to recycle newspapers or plastics, adding that the DEH eventually plans to introduce a 'waste-to-energy' facility that will use the energy from burnt garbage to produce electricity.
Other recycling programmes will also be implemented soon, Johnson adds, but she is unable to give any details at this stage.
She did, however, explain why she thought recycling was so important: "Recycling reduces the amount of garbage that is thrown away.