12 November 2019 Last Friday’s Meeting of Environment Ministers’ export ban announcement is in need of urgent adjustment to ensure the timelines are realistic. Its intent is noteworthy however its achievability ...
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31 October, 2019
Time to get Australia’s product stewardship back on track
31 October 2019 Product stewardship is an effective way to deliver cost effective solutions that minimise the impact of products, goods and materials on the environment and human health, writes ...
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4 October, 2019
Levy reform urgently needed
4 October 2019 A national approach to levy pricing, adoption of the levy portability principle by all jurisdictions, and more transparent management of levy funds are urgently, required writes Rose ...
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25 September, 2019
Waste export bans are one part of the solution
25 September 2019 The Prime Minister’s August announcement to ban the export several waste types is a welcomed development. It has the potential to reboot local reprocessing and markets for ...
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20 September, 2019
Waste not: the value of recycling
20 September 2019 NWRIC CEO Rose Read speaks to the RN Money about improving our kerbside recycling system. Australia is squandering $324 million a year in value through an outdated ...
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3 September, 2019
Location, location, location essential to the future of C&D
Construction recyclers do most of the heavy lifting in Australian recycling, but several stones remain in the gears to drive its future, writes Rose Read, CEO of the National Waste ...
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8 August, 2019
Industry meets with Federal and Victorian Ministers to discuss the future of waste and recycling
Ministers met with the waste and recycling industry on 6 August in Melbourne to discuss solving recycling challenges, developing markets for recycled materials, new infrastructure capacity, and how waste levies ...
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1 August, 2019
Composting remains our biggest recycling opportunity
With all the recent discussion about plastic exports, it’s easy to forget that organics remains our single largest recycling opportunity, writes Rose Read CEO of the National Waste Recycling Industry ...
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Earlier this week, Victorians were faced with the news that their recycling could be headed straight for landfill after recycling plant SKM decided to shut its doors to over 30 ...
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25 June, 2019
Asst Minister Evans tours Victoria’s leading sustainable asphalt and glass recycling plant
On 25 June, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management the Hon. Trevor Evans MP visited Alex Fraser’s newly opened sustainable asphalt and glass recycling plant. Evans toured the ...
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