by NWRIC Secretariat | 22 Mar 2020 | Media Release, News
Updated 23 March 2020 With the shutdown of some non-essential services over the next 24 hours Australia-wide, the waste and recycling industry will increase efforts to ensure it can maintain an essential service to the community. The National Waste & Recycling...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 12 Mar 2020 | Media Release, News
The Prime Minister and Premiers’ decisions on waste export bans at this Friday’s Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting will be key to determining Australia’s future capacity to capture and reuse the millions of tonnes of recycled materials currently being...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 31 Jan 2020 | Media Release, News
The National Waste Recycling Industry Council (the ‘Council’) is calling on the Council of Australia Governments (COAG) to ensure that clean, high grade paper and cardboard are exempt from the proposed waste export bans. The COAG announced the proposed waste export...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 6 Jan 2020 | Media Release, News
The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry has made 45 recommendations to advance Victoria’s waste management and resource recovery system. NWRIC CEO Rose Read outlines which of these recommendations are critical to setting the State on the pathway to a circular economy. For...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 2 Dec 2019 | Media Release, News
The National Waste Recycling Industry Council (the ‘Council’) is calling on Premier Daniel Andrews to intervene in the City of Kingston’s decision of 25 November that has denied the extension of the Alex Fraser Group recycling facility at Clarinda. Speaking about the...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 29 Nov 2019 | Media Release, News
29 November 2019 The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (the ‘Council’) met with Commonwealth Environment Minister, the Honourable Sussan Ley MP at its quarterly meeting in Canberra on 27 November 2019, and held discussions including how to best implement...