by NWRIC Secretariat | 29 May 2020 | Media Release, News
The NSW Government’s issue paper Cleaning Up Our Act: The Future of Waste and Resource Recovery outlines the current challenges facing the waste system and proposes a vision for the future NSW circular economy including options for reform writes Rose Read, CEO of the...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 28 Apr 2020 | Media Release, News
Employee health and safety is the number one priority for NWRIC members. We encourage all those working within the waste and recycling industry to download and use the COVIDSafe App from Google Play or the Apple App Store. This App, together with good hygiene, safe...
by NWRIC Secretariat | 9 Apr 2020 | Media Release, News
Keeping staff safe, employed and ensuring waste and recycling stays on track is essential in the face or coronavirus, writes Rose Read, CEO of the NWRIC. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, defining what is and isn’t an essential service is a hot topic of...
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...
