by NWRIC Secretariat | 9 Jan 2023 | Media Release, News
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE MEDIA RELEASE IN PDF FORMAT The Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water under Minister Tanya Plibersek’s watch is proposing to introduce a tax for all recyclables exported after July 1. In addition to charging exporters a...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 1 Jun 2022 | Media Release, News
To assist Australian recyclers enhance the volume and value of tradable products in domestic and overseas markets and stimulate domestic re-use of recovered materials, the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) this month delivered the National...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 26 Apr 2022 | Media Release, News
Initially published in Inside Waste 26th April 2022 Time is ticking to resolve the serious flaws that exist in the regime for managing packaging waste, a review of the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for Used Packaging Materials (UPM), released by the...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 13 Dec 2021 | Media Release, News
Proposed reforms to the NSW scrap metal industry have been welcomed by the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC), which says a national ban on the export of unprocessed scrap metal would further improve the integrity of the sector. A new report by NSW...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 16 Nov 2021 | Media Release, News
The Tasmanian Labor Party’s bid to block Tasmania’s proposed waste levy and delay the introduction of a Container Refund Scheme (CRS) with an unnecessary new inquiry risks the development of new jobs in the ‘circular economy’, said the National Waste and Recycling...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 5 Nov 2021 | Media Release, News
Rose Read, Chief Executive Officer of NWRIC and Peter Olah, National Executive Officer of AORA, explore the challenges and risks of halving organic waste to landfill by 2030. FOGO might be a hot button topic now with enormous potential for organics to step up and help...
