NWRIC Submission to the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (Sep 2022)
An independent expert panel is reviewing the integrity of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the Emissions Reduction Fund. The purpose of the Review is to ensure that ACCUs and Australia’s carbon crediting framework are strong and credible and will be...
Inside Waste: Regulations need overhaul to get confidence back into market
Article published in Inside Waste 5 September 2022 The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has investments in major landfills, transfer stations, resource recovery facilities (including advanced manufacturing), firming power facilities, collection...
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water publishes Waste Export Data Viewer
On 30 August 2022, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water released the Waste Export data viewer. The viewer presents data on waste exported by jurisdiction, destination, material group, and amount exported (in both tonnes and AUD). There...
WMR: NWRIC calls for unified action
A lack of cohesion between federal and state environmental regulations is threatening businesses. Rick Ralph, National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) Chief Executive Officer says it’s time for an overhaul. Over the past two years as we all lived the...
AWRE Resource Recovery Summit “Getting to 80%” – 24 August, Sydney
Join NWRIC CEO, Rick Ralph, at the AWRE Resource Recovery Summit “Getting to 80%” on 24 August where he will be addressing the resource recovery challenges in Commercial & Industrial, alongside a number of the sector’s most influential leaders and experts. View...
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...