Time to ban the export of unprocessed scrap metal

Time to ban the export of unprocessed scrap metal This article was first published in Waste Management Review 0n 25 August 2021 The scrap metal industry has long been the recycling ...

National Recycled Material Specifications

ABOUT The NWRIC, with assistance of MRA Consulting, has been funded by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment to develop national recycled material specifications for material recycling facilities ...

NWRIC, ACOR and government collaborate to improve Australia’s resource recovery

NWRIC, ACOR and government collaborate to improve Australia’s resource recovery Two of Australia’s leading recycling and resource recovery organisations have joined forces with the Commonwealth Government to improve Australia’s resource ...

Queensland last to commit to recycling infrastructure investment

Queensland is the only state left to announce how it proposes to match and invest the Commonwealth’s funding commitment of $190 million through its Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) to upgrade ...

Looking ahead to 2021

When the new year rang in on 1 January 2020, few could have predicated the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring enormous economic and social impact. For many, 2020 ...

Victorian state budget – new funds announced but devil is in the detail

The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has welcomed the establishment of three new funds in the Victorian state budget yesterday that are in addition to the Recycling Victoria ...

NSW Govt short sighted in realising economic potential in resource recovery from waste

The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has labelled the NSW State Budget as ‘short sighted’, with the real economic potential of the waste and resource recovery industry being ...

NSW Coalition, Labor back waste to energy as solution for waste management

MEDIA RELEASE – The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has welcomed both the Coalition and Labor’s position in NSW to support the important role waste to energy can play ...

Industry opportunities in manufacturing a stand-out in Federal Budget

Last week the Federal Government handed down its 2020-21 budget and while there was no new funding for waste and recycling initiatives there’s plenty of opportunity for our sector to ...

Best practice delivers performance and innovation for CDS

This article first appeared in Waste Management Review – October 2020 issue A container deposit scheme that follows best practice leads to better performance and innovation and should be top ...