DAWE Recycled Content in Use – Video Series now live
The Commonwealth Sustainable Procurement Advocacy and Resource Centre ishappy to announce the full series of the ‘Recycled Content in Use’ videos are now live on the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) website! The series of 19 short videos...
Nation-Wide Standards to Enhance Resource Recovery
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...
Review finds packaging regulation fails to drive change
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...
Recycling infrastructure funding only one part of the solution
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has today welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to invest more in recycling infrastructure, following the Prime Minister’s $60 million announcement for advanced technology through the Recycling...
NWRIC announces new CEO
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has announced the appointment of Rick Ralph as its new Chief Executive Officer. Rick will take over from current NWRIC CEO Rose Read, who is stepping down after almost four years leading the not-for-profit...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 14 March 2022
Cleanaway opens largest PET recycling plant in the country with Coca-Cola and Asahi The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) congratulates Cleanaway Waste Management and its partners in opening the largest PET recycling plant in the country. The...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 4 March 2022
Queensland floods The Queensland Department of Environment and Science Industry Waste Group met this week to propose government actions related to flood waste for those affected by the disastrous flooding in southeast Queensland. Support includes a proposed waste...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 18 February 2022
SA PFAS Inquiry Interim Report Ahead of the March election, a South Australia parliamentary committee inquiry report has found the state should consider the "economic and environmental consequences" of continuing to send all its PFAS-contaminated waste interstate. The...
Priorities 2022: plastics, paper & metals
Priorities 2022: plastics, paper & metals The waste and resource recovery sector continues to respond to and drive progress, despite the challenges of living with COVID-19, says National Waste and Recycling Industry Council CEO Rose Read. In 2021, waste was...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 21 January – Kicking off 2022
Kicking off 2022 – What can we expect across the country There are a number of key priorities that will drive reform in the waste and resource recovery sector nationally and within the states and territories in first half of 2022 with many jurisdictions focussing on...