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...
Proposed scrap metal reforms in NSW long overdue
Proposed reforms to the NSW scrap metal industry have been welcomed by the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC), which says a national ban on the export of unprocessed scrap metal would further improve the integrity of the sector. A new report by NSW...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 26 November
NWRIC meets: Shadow Assistant Minister for the Environment attends and waste export bans on the agenda A virtual meeting of members of the National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) was held this week, with the Shadow Assistant Minister for the Environment,...
Tasmanian Labor party’s proposed inquiry unnecessary
The Tasmanian Labor Party’s bid to block Tasmania’s proposed waste levy and delay the introduction of a Container Refund Scheme (CRS) with an unnecessary new inquiry risks the development of new jobs in the ‘circular economy’, said the National Waste and Recycling...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 12 November
Victorian Waste to Energy Framework finalised The Victorian Government has finalised and released its waste to energy framework which confirms its commitment to place a one million tonne per year cap on the amount of waste that can be heat treated to make energy....
Organics and the Road to Recovery
Rose Read, Chief Executive Officer of NWRIC and Peter Olah, National Executive Officer of AORA, explore the challenges and risks of halving organic waste to landfill by 2030. FOGO might be a hot button topic now with enormous potential for organics to step up and help...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 22 October
Tasmania releases waste progress report and draft bill on climate change A progress report on Tasmania’s waste initiatives has been released, along with a draft Bill which proposes legislating a target of net-zero by the end of 2030. The report outlines the timeframe...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 15 October
Climate change, carbon markets and the waste and resource recovery industry As the UK prepares to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow and accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on...
NWRIC CEO Week in Review- 8 October
Funding awarded for PVC remanufacturing project A partnership between CSIRO, Think Fencing Pty Ltd, Vinyl Council of Australia and NWRIC is being funded to work with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounders and manufacturers in a project to reduce waste and innovate for...